Real Madrid vs Villarreal - prediction, team news, lineups

Real Madrid volition beryllium aiming to instrumentality to winning ways successful Spain's apical formation erstwhile they resume their run astatine location to Villarreal connected Saturday evening.

Los Blancos are presently 4th successful the La Liga table, boasting 15 points from their opening 7 matches of the season, portion Villarreal are ninth successful the part connected 8 points.

Match preview

Real Madrid are already six points disconnected the gait being acceptable by Barcelona successful Spain's apical flight, with Jose Mourinho's broadside sitting 4th successful the division, and they person mislaid 2 of their past 4 astatine this level, including the Madrid derby to Atletico Madrid earlier the planetary break.

There person been affirmative signs this season, but Barcelona's unthinkable signifier means that the country for mistake is small, and determination is large unit connected Mourinho to present a triumph successful this match.

Los Blancos are heading into a captious tally of matches earlier the extremity of October, including Champions League fixtures with Roma and RB Leipzig, portion they volition instrumentality connected Villarreal, Sevilla and Barcelona during a pugnacious play successful the apical formation of Spanish football.

Real Madrid volition surely instrumentality encouragement from the information that they person lone mislaid six of their 55 contests with Villarreal passim history, portion they person been victorious successful each of the past 4 meetings betwixt the 2 teams.

That said, Villarreal bash person a caller distant league triumph implicit Real Madrid to their name, signaling a 3-2 triumph successful this fixture backmost successful April 2023.

Villarreal's commencement to the play has been a disappointment overall, having already mislaid 4 times successful each competitions, but the Yellow Submarine volition participate this crippled disconnected the backmost of successive wins.

Indeed, Inigo Perez's broadside recorded a 3-1 triumph implicit Malaga connected September 17 earlier beating Levante by the aforesaid scoreline 3 days aboriginal to propel themselves up the division.

Villarreal presently beryllium ninth successful the table, boasting a grounds of 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats, which has brought them 8 points, 7 less than their opponents this weekend.

The Yellow Submarine are again competing successful the Champions League this season, with Napoli their opponents adjacent week, portion they look a travel to Anfield to tackle Liverpool connected October 20.

Villarreal besides person league games against Elche, Valencia and Espanyol earlier the extremity of the month, successful summation to a Copa del Rey contention with Manacor.

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Team News

Real Madrid are expected to person some Kylian Mbappe and Ibrahima Konate successful their starting broadside connected Saturday, with the brace recovering from genu injuries that they suffered during the planetary break.

However, Federico Valverde faces a precocious appraisal connected the ankle wounded that helium picked up successful the Madrid derby, with the midfielder seen arsenic a large doubt.

Eder Militao (muscle), Rodrygo (knee), Ferland Mendy (hip), Raul Asencio (leg) and Dean Huijsen (suspended) are besides retired of the lucifer with Villarreal.

Aurelien Tchouameni and Bernardo Silva could diagnostic arsenic the midfield two, portion Arda Guler is besides successful enactment to diagnostic successful the starting side.

As for Villarreal, Tajon Buchanan (hamstring) is retired of the lucifer owed to a hamstring issue, but the visitors are different successful beardown signifier for this match.

Head manager Perez has a large determination to marque successful the last 3rd of the field, arsenic Ayoze Perez and Georges Mikautadze were some connected the scoresheet past clip out; the second could beryllium fixed the motion from the commencement here.

Santi Comesana is backmost from wounded and should diagnostic successful the mediate of the midfield, portion Nicolas Pepe could payment from Buchanan's absence.

Real Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Courtois; Dumfries, Konate, Rudiger, Carreras; Tchouameni, Bernardo; Guler, Bellingham, Vinicius; Mbappe

Villarreal imaginable starting lineup:

Gulacsi; Mourino, Navarro, Veiga, Cardona; Comesana, Gueye; Akhomach, Moleiro, Pepe; Mikautadze

We say: Real Madrid 3-1 Villarreal

Villarreal are susceptible of making this a pugnacious lucifer for Real Madrid, and we are expecting the visitors to score, but Los Blancos should beryllium capable to navigate their mode to each 3 points.

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