LaLiga – Levante face Villarreal

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Saturday at the Ciutat de Valencia, as Levante host Villarreal in the LaLiga.

It’s a trip to the Ciutat de Valencia for twentieth placed Levante on Saturday, as they take on seventh placed Villarreal.

Levante to host Villarreal Amid Relegation Battle

This match gives Alessio Lisci’s Levante 90 minutes to get their season back on track. Their last outing resulted in a 3-1 loss to Osasuna, with a 1-1 draw against Espanyol before that. Only a positive result will be good enough.

Also, Alessio Lisci may ponder the reasons why his Levante team are struggling at the bottom of the table this season. But 12 defeats out of the last 20 matches, should be all the analysis that he really needs. Now they have 3 matches won, 16 games lost and 10 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in twentieth place, with a total of 19 points having won three fixtures, drawn 10 games, and lost 16 meetings.

Playing at home, Levante have won two meetings, drawn seven matches, and lost five fixtures.

Victory for Levante would take their points tally to 22 so far this season.

Levante’s squad will likely be depleted of three of their key players when they start on Saturday, due to injury or illness.

Villarreal have so far accrued 45 points in this season of the LaLiga

Only a positive result will be acceptable for Unai Emery’s men, following their recent away defeat at the hands of Cádiz in their last match.

Also, Villarreal keep finding ways to win, having secured nine victories in their last 14 fixtures is astonishing this season. With a seventh position in the league and 12 wins, 8 losses and 9 draws, they currently have 45 points in the League having won 12 games, drawn nine matches, and lost eight meetings.

Villarreal’s away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Levante. In the 14 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won three games, drawn five fixtures, and lost six meetings.

Winning this fixture will see Villarreal on 48 points.

Good atacking and defensive team

Villarreal have a solid defence, with only 27 goals conceded in their previous games. They have a good scoring rate of 48 goals (45 from open play and three penalties). This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Yeremi Pino (4), Arnaut Danjuma (3), and Dani Parejo (2).

Villarreal are no strangers this season to illness and injury and Unai Emery is concerned that Saturday’s fixture could see him without two of his key players

Levante v Villarreal – Head-to-Heads.

Regarding their historical duels the recent form between these two sides has seen Villarreal with a greater number of wins. In the last 38 meetings, they have enjoyed 24 victories, to Levante’s nine victories. Additionally, Villarreal are unbeaten in their thirteen of the last 20 matches played against Levante. The last time both teams met in this competition was January 2022 and the score line ended up with a 5-0 win for The Yellow Submarine.

Performance Report

For Levante, Dani Gomez, one of their best scorers, has nettedthree goals in 29 League games this season, while Yeremi Pino is one of the top performing players after having scoredfour goals in 29 League fixtures so far for Villarreal.

Other players of note for Levante are Dani Gomez and Roger Marti with three goals both and for Villarreal are Arnaut Danjuma and Dani Parejo with three goals and two goals respectively.

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