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Villarreal v Espanyol : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 30th Oct, 20:00 BST, Estadio de la Cerámica, Castellón

the Estadio de la Cerámica is the stage on Friday night, as Iñigo Pérez Soto's Villarreal welcome José Manuel González Álvarez's Espanyol in the La Liga. We have predictions, tips, and the best odds and head-to-head stats across all the main betting markets, so there really is only one place to get ready for this La Liga clash.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Villarreal 54%	-	-
Draw 22%	-	-
Espanyol 24%	-	-
Draw 1-1 10%	-	-
Villarreal 2-1 10%	-	-
Villarreal 1-0 8%	-	-
Villarreal 2-0 8%	-	-
Villarreal 3-1 6%	-	-
Espanyol 2-1 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Villarreal 3-0 5%	-	-
Espanyol 1-0 5%	-	-
Villarreal 3-2 4%	-	-
Draw 0-0 4%	-	-
Villarreal 4-1 3%	-	-
Espanyol 2-0 3%	-	-
Espanyol 3-1 3%	-	-
Espanyol 3-2 3%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 63%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 37%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 54%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	-	-
No 1st Goal 2%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 61%	-	-
BTTS - No 39%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 30%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 14%	-	-
Home/draw 76%	-	-
Away/draw 46%	-	-
Home/away 78%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 83%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 17%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 40%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 60%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 22%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 78%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Home DNB 69%	-	-
Away DNB 39%	-	-
Villarreal win to nil 25%	-	-
Espanyol win to nil 10%	-	-

Win / draw / win La Liga table

Villarreal have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 11th place in the La Liga league table. Villarreal are unbeaten in 3 games against teams below them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 3 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 3 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 1 and lost no matches. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Villarreal have outscored their opponents by 13 goals to 11 goals.

Home League Performance

Villarreal have played 3 games at home winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 6 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Espanyol are in 12th position in the La Liga on 8 points having played 8 matches so far this season. Espanyol are winless in the 3 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in every game.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 5 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 5 goals in total and found the back of the net in every game.

Performance against teams above them in the league

3 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 1 and won zero. Espanyol have conceded 5 goals, scored 3, scored in every game and have kept no clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Villarreal Espanyol
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Barcelona	8	8	0	0	27	24	Feb 14	Nov 22	Jan 3	Apr 18
2	A.Madrid	8	6	1	1	10	19	Apr 21	d 2-2A	Oct 17	Jan 31
3	Real Betis	8	6	1	1	5	19	l 1-2F	Feb 28	Jan 10	May 9
4	Real Madrid	8	6	0	2	11	18	Mar 7	l 1-0A	l 1-2A	Mar 14
5	Sevilla	8	4	2	2	1	14	Jan 3	May 16	d 1-1A	Feb 14
6	R.Sociedad	8	4	1	3	-3	13	Dec 6	May 30	Apr 21	l 2-1A
7	Alaves	8	3	2	3	4	11	Jan 17	l 1-0A	May 30	Dec 6
8	Deportivo	8	2	4	2	1	10	l 2-3F	Apr 4	Nov 7	May 23
9	Celta	8	1	5	2	2	8	May 9	Nov 29	Dec 13	Feb 28
10	A.Bilbao	6	2	2	2	1	8	Apr 11	Jan 10	Mar 21	Nov 22
11	Villarreal	8	2	2	4	0	8	-	-	Jan 24	Oct 30
12	Espanyol	8	2	2	4	0	8	Oct 30	Jan 24	-	-
13	R.Vallecano	7	2	2	3	-5	8	Dec 13	May 2	Feb 7	l 2-1A
14	Getafe	8	2	2	4	-6	8	Nov 8	Feb 7	Nov 29	Apr 4
15	R.Santander	8	2	2	4	-10	8	Jan 31	d 2-2A	Mar 7	Oct 24
16	Osasuna	8	2	2	4	-10	8	May 23	Dec 20	Feb 21	w 0-2F
17	Levante	7	1	3	3	-4	6	w 3-1F	Apr 18	w 3-0F	Jan 17
18	Elche	8	1	3	4	-6	6	Oct 17	Mar 14	l 1-3A	May 2
19	Valencia	8	1	2	5	-9	5	Feb 21	Oct 24	May 16	Dec 20
20	Malaga	8	0	4	4	-9	4	Mar 21	w 1-3A	Apr 11	d 1-1F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Villarreal	3 - 1	Levante
Villarreal	1 - 2	Real Betis
Villarreal	2 - 3	Deportivo
Villarreal	5 - 1	A.Madrid
Villarreal	2 - 3	Sevilla
Villarreal	5 - 1	Levante
Villarreal	2 - 1	Celta
Villarreal	3 - 1	R.Sociedad
Villarreal	2 - 1	Elche
Villarreal	2 - 1	Valencia
Villarreal	4 - 1	Espanyol
Villarreal	0 - 2	Real Madrid
Villarreal	3 - 1	Alaves
Villarreal	0 - 2	Barcelona
Villarreal	2 - 0	Getafe
Villarreal	2 - 1	Mallorca
Villarreal	4 - 0	R.Vallecano
Villarreal	2 - 2	Real Betis
Villarreal	1 - 0	A.Bilbao
Villarreal	2 - 1	Osasuna

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

20 / 20

Clean sheets

0 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Villarreal	0 - 1	Real Madrid
H	Villarreal	3 - 1	Levante
A	Villarreal	3 - 1	Malaga
H	Villarreal	1 - 2	Real Betis
H	Villarreal	2 - 3	Deportivo
A	Villarreal	0 - 1	Alaves
A	Villarreal	2 - 2	A.Madrid
A	Villarreal	2 - 2	R.Santander
H	Villarreal	5 - 1	A.Madrid
A	Villarreal	0 - 2	R.Vallecano
H	Villarreal	2 - 3	Sevilla
A	Villarreal	1 - 1	Mallorca
H	Villarreal	5 - 1	Levante
H	Villarreal	2 - 1	Celta
A	Villarreal	1 - 1	Real Oviedo
A	Villarreal	2 - 1	A.Bilbao
A	Villarreal	0 - 1	Girona
H	Villarreal	3 - 1	R.Sociedad
A	Villarreal	1 - 1	Alaves
H	Villarreal	2 - 1	Elche

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Malaga	1 - 1	Espanyol
R.Vallecano	2 - 1	Espanyol
Osasuna	0 - 2	Espanyol
R.Sociedad	2 - 1	Espanyol
Osasuna	1 - 2	Espanyol
Sevilla	2 - 1	Espanyol
R.Vallecano	1 - 0	Espanyol
Barcelona	4 - 1	Espanyol
Real Betis	0 - 0	Espanyol
Mallorca	2 - 1	Espanyol
Elche	2 - 2	Espanyol
A.Madrid	4 - 2	Espanyol
Villarreal	4 - 1	Espanyol
Valencia	3 - 2	Espanyol
Levante	1 - 1	Espanyol
A.Bilbao	1 - 2	Espanyol
Getafe	0 - 1	Espanyol
Celta	0 - 1	Espanyol
Alaves	2 - 1	Espanyol
Real Oviedo	0 - 2	Espanyol

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Espanyol	1 - 1	Malaga
H	Espanyol	1 - 3	Elche
A	Espanyol	1 - 2	R.Vallecano
A	Espanyol	2 - 0	Osasuna
H	Espanyol	1 - 1	Sevilla
A	Espanyol	1 - 2	R.Sociedad
H	Espanyol	1 - 2	Real Madrid
H	Espanyol	3 - 0	Levante
H	Espanyol	1 - 1	R.Sociedad
A	Espanyol	2 - 1	Osasuna
H	Espanyol	2 - 0	A.Bilbao
A	Espanyol	1 - 2	Sevilla
H	Espanyol	0 - 2	Real Madrid
H	Espanyol	0 - 0	Levante
A	Espanyol	0 - 1	R.Vallecano
A	Espanyol	1 - 4	Barcelona
A	Espanyol	0 - 0	Real Betis
H	Espanyol	1 - 2	Getafe
A	Espanyol	1 - 2	Mallorca
H	Espanyol	1 - 1	Real Oviedo

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Villarreal

Espanyol

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 10

7 / 10

Clean sheets

3 / 10

2 / 10

VIL

ESP

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Villarreal
Villarreal	4 - 1
Villarreal	1 - 0
Villarreal	4 - 2
Villarreal	5 - 1
	1 - 2	Espanyol
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Villarreal	2 - 0
Villarreal	3 - 1
	0 - 3	Espanyol

Espanyol

Villarreal

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 10

8 / 10

Clean sheets

2 / 10

5 / 10

VIL

ESP

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Espanyol
	0 - 2	Villarreal
	1 - 2	Villarreal
	0 - 1	Villarreal
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Villarreal
Espanyol	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.0 is fairly strong for Villarreal in their clash with Espanyol, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 55 consecutive La Liga games.

	Villarreal 11th	Espanyol 12th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.0 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 14% 1 27% 2 27% 3 18% 4+ 14% There is a 86% probability that Villarreal will score 1 or more goals	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Espanyol will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+24 Villarreal have scored 24% more goals at home than predicted	+9 Espanyol’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.4 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2026/2027 season

better

VIL

ESP

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

better

VIL

ESP

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Villarreal v Espanyol La Liga lLine ups will show here when available.

Villarreal La Liga squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
8	3	3	3
R Veiga	P Gueye	A Moleiro	R Veiga

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Veiga DEF	8		1	3 -
P Gueye MID	8	3		1 -
A Pérez FWD	8	1	2	-
A Moleiro FWD	8	2	3	-
G Mikautadze FWD	8	2	1	-
A Freeman DEF	7			-
S Comesaña MID	7			1 -
T Buchanan FWD	7			2 -
G Moreno FWD	7	2		-
I Akhomach FWD	7		2	1 -
C Romero DEF	6			1 -
S Mouriño DEF	6			2 -
N Pépé FWD	6	2		1 -
N Saliba MID	5			-
P Gulácsi GLK	4			-
L Júnior GLK	4			-
J Foyth DEF	4			2 -
P. Navarro Badenes DEF	4			1 -
S Cardona DEF	4			-
Carlos Macià MID	4			-
T Oluwaseyi FWD	4			-
L Costa DEF	1			-
N. El Jmili Ben Hamou FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	11	3	4
P Gueye	G Mikautadze	A Moleiro	A Moleiro

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Gueye MID	3	6
A Moleiro FWD	2	6	3	4
G Mikautadze FWD	2	11	1	2
G Moreno FWD	2	3		3
N Pépé FWD	2	7		1
A Pérez FWD	1	7	2	2
R Veiga DEF			1	1
A Freeman DEF		1
S Comesaña MID		1
T Buchanan FWD		4		1
I Akhomach FWD		1	2	3
C Romero DEF		1
S Mouriño DEF		1		1
N Saliba MID				1
J Foyth DEF		1		1
S Cardona DEF				1
Carlos Macià MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
668	15	34
R Veiga	A Freeman	A Freeman

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Veiga DEF	668	2	16
P Gueye MID	459	5	25
A Freeman DEF	330	15	34
S Comesaña MID	298	9	16
P. Navarro Badenes DEF	278	6	15
J Foyth DEF	268	7	18
A Moleiro FWD	256	7	16
C Romero DEF	255	8	26
S Cardona DEF	230	6	15
N Saliba MID	222	11	23
N Pépé FWD	220	3	24
S Mouriño DEF	197	13	24
G Moreno FWD	158	2	17
G Mikautadze FWD	146		17
T Buchanan FWD	141	8	28
A Pérez FWD	110	5	21
I Akhomach FWD	103	5	21
P Gulácsi GLK	99		2
L Júnior GLK	84
L Costa DEF	52		1
Carlos Macià MID	48	4	5
T Oluwaseyi FWD	19	3	5
N. El Jmili Ben Hamou FWD	5

Espanyol La Liga squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
8	6	5	4
F. Hernandez Coarasa	R Fernández	F. Hernandez Coarasa	C Riedel

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R. Hinojo Estrada DEF	8			3 -
E Expósito MID	8			2 -
U González MID	8			2 -
A. Calatrava Torrado MID	8	1		3 -
F. Hernandez Coarasa MID	8		5	2 -
R Fernández FWD	8	6		-
M Dmitrović GLK	7			-
O Hilali DEF	7		1	2 1
C Riedel DEF	7			4 -
M. Fernández Sánchez FWD	7	1	1	2 -
T Dolan FWD	7	1		-
P Milla FWD	6			1 -
L Cabrera DEF	5			-
U Núñez DEF	5			-
B Zaragoza FWD	5	1		1 -
Q Hartman DEF	4			-
R. Bauzà Sureda MID	4		1	1 -
P Lozano MID	4			1 -
G Salles MID	4			1 -
V Drkusic DEF	3			-
J Carreras FWD	3			-
Ángel Fortuño GLK	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	9	5	5
R Fernández	R Fernández	F. Hernandez Coarasa	F. Hernandez Coarasa

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Fernández FWD	6	9
A. Calatrava Torrado MID	1	5
M. Fernández Sánchez FWD	1	4	1	2
T Dolan FWD	1	1
B Zaragoza FWD	1	4
E Expósito MID		1		3
F. Hernandez Coarasa MID		4	5	5
O Hilali DEF		1	1	1
C Riedel DEF		2
Q Hartman DEF				1
R. Bauzà Sureda MID			1
G Salles MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
363	18	40
E Expósito	E Expósito	E Expósito

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
E Expósito MID	363	18	40
U Núñez DEF	291	7	22
C Riedel DEF	271	5	21
R. Hinojo Estrada DEF	269	15	25
L Cabrera DEF	267	5	23
U González MID	185	4	13
O Hilali DEF	182	18	37
M Dmitrović GLK	171		2
F. Hernandez Coarasa MID	161	9	31
T Dolan FWD	133	5	19
A. Calatrava Torrado MID	131	14	31
Q Hartman DEF	131	7	11
R Fernández FWD	90	5	34
B Zaragoza FWD	82	4	17
P Lozano MID	65	6	6
V Drkusic DEF	65	3	7
G Salles MID	56	8	17
R. Bauzà Sureda MID	46	3	6
M. Fernández Sánchez FWD	40	2	11
P Milla FWD	29	3	8
Ángel Fortuño GLK	29
J Carreras FWD	13		1