Villarreal vs Levante - prediction, team news, lineups

By Matt Law | 18 Sep 2026 10:36, Last updated: 18 Sep 2026 10:38

Villarreal volition beryllium aiming to physique connected their archetypal triumph of the 2026-27 La Liga run erstwhile they invited Levante to Estadio de la Ceramica connected Sunday night.

The hosts are 14th successful the La Liga table, picking up 5 points from their opening six matches, portion Levante are 15th, collecting 5 points from 5 games.

Match preview

There is nary getting distant from the information that it has been a disappointing commencement to the run for Villarreal, with the Yellow Submarine, who finished 3rd successful Spain's apical formation past season, lone managing to triumph 1 of their opening 7 matches.

That occurrence came past clip out, with Inigo Perez's squad entering this contention disconnected the backmost of a much-needed 3-1 occurrence implicit Malaga.

In La Liga, Villarreal person a grounds of 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats, with 5 points leaving them down successful 14th spot successful the division.

Perez's broadside had been connected a four-game losing tally successful each competitions earlier triumphing past clip out, and they volition present beryllium hoping the effect against Malaga tin beryllium a springboard.

Villarreal person won 23 of their erstwhile 36 matches against Levante successful each competitions, lone suffering 9 defeats successful the process.

Levante person mislaid six of their past 7 league games against Villarreal, but they did grounds a 2-0 triumph implicit the Yellow Submarine successful April 2022.

The visitors volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 4-2 decision to Barcelona, but they person picked up 5 points from their past 4 games successful Spain's apical flight.

The Frogs person a grounds of 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats from their 5 league matches this season, with 5 points leaving them successful 15th spot successful the table.

Luis Castro's broadside had been owed to instrumentality connected Athletic Bilbao successful La Liga connected Wednesday evening, but the lucifer was called disconnected astatine the last infinitesimal owed to a waterlogged pitch.

Levante finished 16th successful Spain's apical formation past season, truthful determination is wide country for betterment during the 2026-27 campaign.

Villarreal La Liga form:

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Team News

Villarreal volition again beryllium without the services of Juan Foyth owed to an Achilles injury, portion Santi Comesana is expected to miss retired with the contented that forced him disconnected successful the second stages of the archetypal play against Malaga.

Pape Gueye scored doubly disconnected the seat against Malaga and is present expected to beryllium introduced into the starting broadside for this match.

Villarreal could different beryllium unchanged, having yet managed to enactment 3 points connected the board, with Alberto Moleiro perchance again featuring done the middle.

As for Levante, Karl Etta Eyong volition again miss retired owed to a thigh problem, portion Alejandro Primo continues to beryllium sidelined owed to a enarthrosis injury.

Ivan Romero scored disconnected the seat against Barcelona and is acceptable to instrumentality to the starting side.

Meanwhile, determination should beryllium a instrumentality to the midfield for Enzo Bardeli.

Villarreal imaginable starting lineup:

Gulacsi; Freeman, Navarro, Veiga, Cardona; Akhomach, Saliba, Gueye, Buchanan; Moleiro, Perez

Levante imaginable starting lineup:

Ryan; Toljan, Dela, Mandi, Sanchez; Garcia, Sotelo, Bardeli, Brugue; Romero, Ratkov

We say: Villarreal 2-1 Levante

Villarreal volition beryllium looking to marque it back-to-back wins, and we are expecting the Yellow Submarine to enactment different 3 points connected the committee successful this contest.

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