LaLiga – Match-day 26 Sees Villarreal take on Espanyol

This Sunday sees Villarreal go head to head with Espanyol at the Estadio de la Ceramica – Kick-off 2:00pm GMT.

Espanyol currently sit in fourteenth place as they travel to sixth placed Villarreal.

Villarreal’s campaign so far has seen them accrue 39 points this season

Villarreal will be keen to retain their winning form, having beaten Granada 1-4 in their last match.

Also, Villarreal keep finding ways to win, having secured seven victories in their last 10 games is astonishing this season. With 39 points (10W, 6L and 9D), they are established in sixth position in the League having won 10 meetings, drawn nine fixtures, and lost six matches.

Villarreal have won seven meetings, drawn four games, and lost two meetings of their 13 League matches at home this season.

Victory for Villarreal would take their points tally to 42 so far this season.

Good atacking and defensive team

Villarreal have shown a consistency in defence, having so far only conceded 24 goals in their previous matches. Villarreal will be pleased to have a good goal scoring record so far this season (42). This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Arnaut Danjuma (3), Pau Torres (1), and Dani Parejo (1).

Injury and illness have depleted Unai Emery’s Villarreal and they will likely be missing four key personnel for Sunday’s match.

Espanyol’s LaLiga season, has so far seen them gain 29 points, going into this game

Espanyol have dropped four points in their last two encounters – 1-1 at Seville and 2-2 at Barcelona.

Also, consistently drawing and losing games will not win titles, as Espanyol are finding with their form of no wins in the last six matches. With a fourteenth position in the league and 7 wins, 10 losses and 8 draws, they currently have 29 points in the League having won seven matches, drawn eight games, and lost 10 fixtures.

Espanyol now travel, knowing that their current away form is woeful. So far this season they have won one game, drawn four meetings, and lost seven matches matches on the road.

Winning this fixture will see Espanyol on 32 points.

It is likely that one key players will miss Sunday’s fixture, which is something of a concern for Vicente Moreno and his Espanyol team.

Villarreal v Espanyol – Head-to-Heads.

Regarding their historical duels this is a fixture that hastended to favour the local team when it comes to wins.Villarreal have recorded 14 wins and 21 draws. In addition, the two teams have drawn five of the last eight meetings played between them. In their most recent meeting of this fixture was August 2021 and the score line ended up with a 0-0 draw.

Performance Report

For Villarreal, Arnaut Danjuma is one of the top performing players after having scored
three goals in 25 League fixtures this campaign, while Raul De Tomas has netted
three goals in 25 League matches this season for Espanyol.

Other players of note for Villarreal are Arnaut Danjuma and Pau Torres with three goals each and for Espanyol are Raul De Tomas and Sergi Darder with three goals both.