Villarreal vs Real Madrid Betting Pick | Spanish La Liga

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2019-01-03 - Villarreal vs Real Madrid

A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser

Villarreal vs Real Madrid
Football: Spanish La Liga
3rd January 2019 – Kickoff 21:30 [Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal, Spain Time]

Introduction :

Real Madrid fresh from winning the World Club Cup competition beatin Al Ain in the final will now look to concentrate on La Liga where they are currently 4th in the standings as they travel to face Villarreal currently 18th in the standings.

Villarreal

Last season Villarreal finished fifth in the standings, but this season Villarreal have managed just three victories and are in the relegation zone as they are in 18th spot at the moment.

The club have taken the decision to appoint Luis Garcia Plaza to replace Javi Calleja recently but Villarreal could only manage a 2-2 draw against bottom side Huesca and they are not safe from the threat of relegation as they are a point behind Athletic Bilbao in 17th spot.

Villarreal have a home record of 1 win, 3 draws and 4 defeats this season and in their last 3 home games, Villarreal lost to Celta Vigo 2-3, beat Real Betis 2-1 and drew with Levante 1-1.

The player to watch for them will be Gerard Moreno. He scored his seventh goal of the season for the club when Villarreal drew with Huesca 2-2. He also scored against Real Madrid last February in a 1-0 win when he played for Espanyol.

Real Madrid:

Real Madrid have won five of their last six La Liga games including each of the last three which they lifted the World Club Cup recently before the end of the 2018 calendar year.

Real Madrid have an away record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. They have the most away defeats of all the teams in the top four of La Liga at the moment, so Real Madrid will not want to lose this match that is for sure. In their last three away games, they beat Huesca 0-1, lost to Eibar 3-0 and beat Celta Vigo 2-4.

The player to watch here will be Gareth Bale. He has hit the back of the net in his last four starts for Real Madrid including the winner in the 1-0 win over Huesca.

Before their Club World Cup triumph, Real Madrid had scored just two goals in three games, so it will be interesting to see how their form and confidence has changed after winning the World Club Cup recently.

Past Meetings:

The last seven meetings between these two have been quite evenly balanced. There have been two wins for each side and three draws each.

When they last met in May in which Villarreal hosted it ended in a thrilling 2-2 draw, while Villarreal won their last meeting at the Bernabeu when they beat Real Madrid by 1-0.

The Pick:

Go for Real Madrid and give the 1/2 ball Asian Handicap.

The Statistics :

VILLARREAL LAST SIX HOME FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2018-12-08	L	2-3	H v Celta_Vigo
	2018-11-25	W	2-1	H v Real_Betis
	2018-11-04	D	1-1	H v Levante
	2018-10-20	D	1-1	H v Atletico_Madrid
	2018-09-30	L	0-1	H v Valladolid
	2018-09-23	D	0-0	H v Valencia

REAL_MADRID LAST SIX AWAY FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2018-12-09	W	0-1	A v Huesca
	2018-11-24	L	3-0	A v Eibar
	2018-11-11	W	2-4	A v Celta_Vigo
	2018-10-28	L	5-1	A v Barcelona
	2018-10-06	L	1-0	A v Alaves
	2018-09-26	L	3-0	A v Sevilla

HEAD TO HEAD VILLARREAL v REAL_MADRID
DATE	HOME	SCORE	AWAY
2018-05-19	Villarreal	2-2	Real_Madrid
2017-02-26	Villarreal	2-3	Real_Madrid
2015-12-13	Villarreal	1-0	Real_Madrid
2014-09-27	Villarreal	0-2	Real_Madrid
2013-09-14	Villarreal	2-2	Real_Madrid
2012-03-21	Villarreal	1-1	Real_Madrid