Valencia hosts Villarreal in round 26 of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Friday, March 5th at Estadio de Mestalla (Valencia)
As we have noted more than once, Valencia is going through hard times now. The team is distressed, key players have left, and there are no proper funding and purchases of quality players. As a result, the team’s results are not encouraging, and the season can already be considered a failure. The Bats are on the 14th line in the LaLiga standings, and the gap from the relegation zone is only five points. And they gained only six victories in 25 rounds of the current draw. Another misfire happened last weekend. Javi Gracia's men could not oppose anything to the neighboring team. Getafe sent upset Valencia's goalkeeper three times, preventing its opponents from hitting its own net, and the xG index was 0.90 versus 0.17. The outcome of that match was influenced by the sending off of defender Muktar Diahabi at the beginning of the second half.
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With the arrival of Unai Emery, Villarreal improved both the game and the results. Now the team is on the 7th line, and the chances for European Cups are not lost yet, as the whole struggle is ahead. The only problem is that the Yellow Submarine ties too often. In the current season, Villarreal shared points with its opponents 13 times. This is the highest figure in LaLiga. Because of this, the team dropped to seventh place, although earlier it was in the TOP-4 for a long time. The season is difficult, so now Emery's men have slowed down a bit. They have not won in five consecutive LaLiga matches. Another misfire occurred last weekend. Villarreal failed to take points away from the leading Atletico Madrid at home (0: 2). The Yellow Submarine was stronger in all the main parameters (possession, shots, shots on target, corners, attacks, and xG), but Diego Simeone's team played in its usual style and, as is usually the case, gained a shutout victory over a strong opponent.
We will see the match between two unstable teams that know how to score goals, but their defense cannot be called super-reliable. Both teams concede at least one goal in every second match. However, they will be motivated. The visitors want to climb into the European Cup zone, and the hosts are trying to move away from the relegation zone. Head-to-head confrontations, as a rule, turn out to be scoring. Let us remind you that the game of the first round ended with the Submarine’s victory (2:1), and we saw an exchange of goals scored already in the first half. Therefore, there is a feeling that the fans will see a spectacular game with at least two goals scored again.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.0 goals scored
