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Rampant Real Madrid set for big home win over Villarreal

Real Madrid vs Villarreal CF - 25/09/2021

24/09/21
Rampant Real Madrid set for big home win over Villarreal
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Real Madrid will aim to maintain their lead at the La Liga summit when they welcome Villarreal to the Bernabeu on Saturday.

Los Blancos find themselves two points clear of second-place Atletico Madrid, having picked up five wins and a draw from their opening six games.

Although eleventh-place Villarreal are also unbeaten this season, they have only managed to secure one win and four draws – leaving them nine points behind Real Madrid.

Carlo Ancelotti’s men head into Saturday’s clash on the back of a dominant 6-1 victory over Mallorca in midweek.

They have now netted a whopping 21 goals in six league games this term (3.5 goals per game), meaning they are the highest scorers in La Liga by some distance.

Karim Benzema (8 goals, 7 assists) has been the star of the show so far, while Vinicius Junior (5 goals, 3 assists) has played a stellar supporting role.

Thanks to a solid end to the previous campaign, Los Blancos are currently enjoying an 11-match unbeaten streak in all competitions.

Villarreal, on the other hand, drew their opening four La Liga outings this season – tying with Granada, Espanyol, Atletico and Mallorca.

The Yellow Submarine finally got their first win of the campaign on the board on Wednesday, thrashing Elche 4-1.

Unai Emery’s men enjoyed 60% possession against Elche, with Yeremi Pino, Manu Trigueros, Arnaut Danjuma and Alberto Moreno grabbing the goals.

Villarreal also sealed a 2-2 draw with Atalanta in the Champions League last weekend, meaning they remain unbeaten in all competitions this season.

Head-to-head: Villarreal's last win over Real Madrid came back in 2018. Since then, Los Blancos have claimed three wins in this fixture, with four draws coming along the way.

It is also worth noting that seven of their previous nine meetings have produced over 2.5 goals, with five of those dishing up over 3.5 goals.

Team news: Real Madrid have a number of injury concerns at the moment, with Gareth Bale, Dani Ceballos, Toni Kroos, Ferland Mendy, Marcelo and Dani Carvajal on the sidelines.

As for Villarreal, they will be without Nigerian forward Samuel Chukwueze for Saturday's trip to the Bernabeu.

Although Villarreal have started the season in decent form, there is no denying that Real Madrid should claim an easy win and extend their unbeaten streak on Saturday.

Forebet predicts that Los Blancos will score over 2.5 goals en route to dispatching Villarreal.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
Es1
51419
1
3 - 1
3.79
18°
1.50
1.50 4.80 6.10 1 -1 1
FT
0 - 0(0 - 0)
-
- - -
La Liga
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Real Madrid 78 31 24 6 1 47
2
Barcelona 70 31 21 7 3 28
3
Girona 65 31 20 5 6 24
4
Atlético Madrid 61 31 19 4 8 23
5
Athletic Bilbao 57 31 16 9 6 22
6
Real Sociedad 50 31 13 11 7 12
7
Valencia 47 31 13 8 10 2
8
Real Betis 45 31 11 12 8 1
9
Villarreal 39 31 10 9 12 -5
10
Getafe 39 31 9 12 10 -6
11
Osasuna 39 31 11 6 14 -8
12
Las Palmas 37 31 10 7 14 -6
13
Sevilla 34 31 8 10 13 -5
14
Deportivo Alavés 32 31 8 8 15 -12
15
Real Mallorca 31 31 6 13 12 -11
16
Rayo Vallecano 31 31 6 13 12 -13
17
Celta Vigo 28 31 6 10 15 -13
18
Cadiz 25 31 4 13 14 -20
19
Granada CF 17 31 3 8 20 -28
20
UD Almería 14 31 1 11 19 -32

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