Real Madrid vs Villarreal LaLiga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Real Madrid could win their 35th LaLiga title. It would be the first time they have won the league in consecutive seasons since 2006/07 under Fabio Capello and 2007/08 under Bernd Schuster. In fact, Zinédine Zidane could become the first Real Madrid manager to win two league titles in a row since Leo Beenhakker's three (1986/87, 1987/88 and 1988/89).
Real Madrid have only won two of their last seven meetings with Villarreal in LaLiga (D4 L1), with both of those coming in their last two home league games against them (3-2 in May 2019 and 2-1 in July 2020).
Villarreal have lost 70% of their away games against Real Madrid in LaLiga (P20 W1 D5 L14), their highest away loss ratio against a single side that they have visited at least twice in the top-flight.
Real Madrid have gone 17 straight games without losing in LaLiga (W12 D5), the longest current undefeated streak of any team in the competition, and their best such run without a defeat within the same league campaign since March 2014 under Carlo Ancelotti (W15 D3).
Villarreal have won both of their last two LaLiga games, keeping a clean sheet in both. The last time they had three wins in a row without conceding in the competition was in June 2020 under Javi Calleja.
Real Madrid have scored 16 headed goals in LaLiga this season, more than any other team in the competition, and their highest total in this regard in a single league campaign since 2016/17 (27).
Karim Benzema has scored 22 goals in 33 LaLiga games this season and is two goals away from equalling his best goalscoring record in a single league campaign with Real Madrid (24 in 2015/16).
Gerard Moreno has scored 23 goals in 32 LaLiga games this season, the second-best goalscoring record by a Villarreal player in a single season in the top-flight, behind only Diego Forlán’s 25 in 2004/05.
Real Madrid coach Zinédine Zidane has won four of his nine managerial LaLiga games against Villarreal (D4 L1), suffering his only such defeat against Villarreal at home (0-1 in January 2018).
Villarreal manager Unai Emery has not won any of his nine away games against Real Madrid in LaLiga as a manager, losing eight of them and drawing in April 2012 with Valencia (0-0 at Santiago Bernabéu).
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