Real Madrid – Villarreal / Primera Division – In recent years, the duels between Real Madrid and Villarreal have always been very interesting, but this time we expect even more excitement and excitement on the field, because the Madrid players play very poorly this season and only four Points ahead of the bottom of the table Villarreal. Villarreal retired from the Cup last week while Real progressed. In the championship both teams drew on the last match day. A 1-1 draw was played in the direct duel in Madrid last season.
real Madrid
This season, the Madrid players are playing very modestly and if they continue as they have done before, they will hardly win a trophy. In the championship, it is already clear that they have no more title chances, especially after the 3-0 home defeat against Barcelona before two rounds. It followed away defeat against Celta on the last day, so they currently occupy the fourth place, with even seven points behind the second-placed Atletico.
However, they have a game less in the account, but this can only be a small consolation. They also do not look convincing in the cup and so they played only 2-2 against Fuenlabrada and Numancia a few days ago, but they were able to go even further. In the Cup they ran with a combined lineup, while now the injured Ramos and Benzema will fail.
Villarreal
Today’s guests are solid in the sixth place in the Primera Division, although the results are quite oscillating. They have had a negative series of three defeats while they are currently in a bottomless series of three games. However, they have no reason to be happy because they left the cup. The 1-0 defeat at Leganes in the first leg proved decisive, and so the 2-1 home win was not enough for progress. If you add the league draw to Deportivo on the final day of the match then you find that they are back in a mini-crisis. They have also oscillated in the European league, but still managed to move into the 1/16 finals. The biggest problem lately is the gate conversion.
They have not scored more than one goal per game in their last five league goals, and one of the reasons for their inefficiency is the absence of top scorer Bakambu. Now he should leave the club, which will additionally weaken Villarreal. In Madrid, they will miss out on suspended center-back Ruiz, which is why Bonera should step in. After the suspended barrier, midfielder Trigueros returns to midfield while young Raba is relegated to the reserve bench.
PREDICTION: Real Madrid win @ 1.62
