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Villarreal vs Deportivo La Coruna Prediction & Betting tips
In Madrigal, two teams meet on Sunday evening that have almost reached their goal. Villarreal needs a victory to definitively secure European football, while Deportivo La Coruna is still a few points removed from retention. Neither team wants to arrive at the last day of play.
Villarreal :
Villarreal can finally write Champions League qualification on her belly. The yellow shirts saw on Friday evening direct competitor Sevilla to waste points, but then went to FC Barcelona on a day later: 4-1. With only two games to go, the difference is now six points. With a preliminary fifth place, Europa League football is almost in place, though it may still miss the men of trainer Fran Escriba. If the yellow shirts unexpectedly finish seventh and FC Barcelona loses in the Spanish Cup final of Alaves, they are still pissing next to the pot. That chance, however, seems very small.
Despite the four drawbacks of last week, Villarreal still has the lowest-backed backstage of the Primera Division. The defense received an extra boost this week with the return of the weather-cousin Jaume Costa, who can make his return on this weekend after eight matches. With him, Villarreal had to collect only 21 contests in 28 games, which represents an average of 0.75 against each match. In the eight games without him, that moyenne went up to 1.37 in a match, a big difference.
With the defense there is nothing wrong, but Villarreal itself is usually struggling to score. However, Bakambu begins to come to steam in the last few weeks – in his last five duels the strong Congolese were well-suited for six goals. This weekend too, most threats will undoubtedly come from him again.
Probable setup Villarreal
Andres; Costa, Victor Ruiz, Musacchio, Mario; Roberto Soriano, Trigueros, Bruno Soriano, Jonathan Dos Santos; Soldado, Bakambu
Deportivo La Coruna :
Deportivo La Coruna kept only one point on her last four duels and is still not sure about retention. Last week, the Galicians put themselves in charge of their own audience by Espanyol (1-2), while closest defender Sporting Gijon managed to win. Deportivo La Coruna, with two more games, has scored five points above the degradation line, but saw her main competitor getting closer. Assassin Andone: “We are a little nervous, but I think that Sporting Gijon will be even more nervous.”
Normally, this can not be missed for Deportivo La Coruna, but in the degradation struggle, strange things are going to happen. In any event, you do not want to make it a club at the very last game round. Points to Villarreal are therefore the devils. In any case, the blue whites have been chopped with this little ax, because last season they only played safe on the last day of play. Strikingly enough, that was when visiting Villarreal: 0-2. Past performance, however, does not provide a guarantee for the future. The recent results, with only one victory in the last nine rounds of the game, give little attention.
Probable setup Deportivo La Coruna
Lux; Navarro, Albentosa, Arribas, Juanfran; Borges, Guilherme; Ola John, Emre Colak, Carles Gil; Florin Andone
Villarreal vs Deportivo La Coruna head to head
14.01.17 LL Dep. La Coruna Villarreal 0 : 0
09.08.16 CF Dep. La Coruna Villarreal 2 : 0
08.05.16 LL Villarreal Dep. La Coruna 0 : 2
03.01.16 LL Dep. La Coruna Villarreal 1 : 2
02.05.15 LL Dep. La Coruna Villarreal 1 : 1