Villarreal vs Real Madrid LaLiga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Villarreal have only won one of their last 10 home LaLiga games against Real Madrid (D5 L4), 1-0 in December 2015, drawing the last three at La Cerámica.
Real Madrid have drawn their last three away LaLiga games against Villarreal but they did win their last game at La Cerámica (2-0 vs Levante last October). The White side could win two away games at the same venue in a single LaLiga season for the first time in the 21st Century.
After winning at Alfredo Di Stéfano in July 2020 (2-1), Real Madrid could win two consecutive LaLiga games against Villarreal for the first time since September 2014 (two).
Villarreal are unbeaten in their last six LaLiga games (W4 D2), keeping a clean sheet in three of them. The last time they avoided defeat in more consecutive games in the competition was in October 2016 (P9 W5 D4 on that occasion).
Real Madrid have lost two of their last four LaLiga games (W2), as many defeats as in their previous 33 games in the competition (W24 D7 L2).
In the last matchday, Real Madrid became the third LaLiga team to concede three penalties in a single LaLiga game (since 2006-07) after Sporting de Gijón vs FC Barcelona in 2016 and Getafe vs Sevilla in 2015.
Villarreal forward Paco Alcácer, has been involved in seven goals in his last eight LaLiga games (five goals and two assists), scoring and assisting in his last game in the competition for the first time as Villarreal player.
Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema has scored at least one goal in each of his last four games in all competitions (five goals in total), last scoring in five consecutive matches between March-April 2019 (5).
Following his goal against Getafe in the last LaLiga game, Gerard Moreno (37 goals) surpassed Juan Román Riquelme (36), becoming the fifth highest goalscorer for Villarreal in LaLiga history.
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Villarreal boss Unai Emery has lost his three managerial games against Real Madrid’s Zinedine Zidane in all comps (0-4 for Sevilla in LaLiga in 2016 and 1-3 and 1-2 for PSG in Champions League in 2018).
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