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Villarreal vs Espanyol Prediction & Betting tips
Villarreal comes into action in the third game of Sunday in the Estadio de la Cerámica, while the final is Espanyol. The surprise earlier this season ended in a tight 0-1 victory for Villarreal, what can we expect in the return?
Villarreal:
The club of coach Javier Calleja will want to continue the second half of the season in the same way as it ended the first half of the season. The last three league matches in a row were won and the Yellow Submarine was also successful in the cup. Last weekend the formation of Calleja visited third class Orihuela in the third round of the Copa del Rey, eventually an extension was needed to secure the ticket for the next round.
The ‘winning streak’ of Villarreal came after a period with very mixed results, the six competitions that preceded it were all not won. With 28 points, the yellow shirts currently occupy the ninth position in the ranking and the difference with the top five is only three points. This weekend trainer Calleja will play full on the attack, according to the 41-year-old coach that is the best strategy against a club of the caliber Espanyol. Furthermore, there was little to experience in the area of transfer around Villarreal, but it seems that Toko Ekambi, a fixed base force, will leave for Olympique Lyon.
Espanyol:
As good as Sunday’s opponent fared in the weeks before the winter break, the results for Espanyol were that bad. For the final victory of the Catalans we have to go back to 27 October when it was too strong for Levante with 0-1, since then only three meager points were collected. Thus, Los Pericos closed the first half of the season as the last player in La Liga, the gap with the safe seventeenth place currently being four points.
In the cup the Catalans managed to do good business last weekend and the next round was achieved at the expense of San Sebastian Reyes. Reaching the fourth round, however, has a downside, as the team of coach Abelardo Fernández cannot use extra matches well. In the coming months, the focus must be on preservation of life in La Liga and, moreover, the blue and white are also active in the Europa League. Espanyol will therefore make strategic choices and may have to let the tournaments go.
Villarreal vs Espanyol head to head matches
20.10.19 LL Espanyol Villarreal 0 : 1
03.02.19 LL Villarreal Espanyol 2 : 2
17.01.19 CDR Espanyol Villarreal 3 : 1
09.01.19 CDR Villarreal Espanyol 2 : 2
07.10.18 LL Espanyol Villarreal 3 : 1