Can Valencia solve their home scoring problem against Villarreal?
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Valencia’s weak home scoring record meets Villarreal’s more productive away attack, while the provisional table leaves the hosts 3 points behind. Several Valencia absences and N. Pepe’s doubt add team-news uncertainty.
Before kickoff
Valencia’s home scoring is the key question
Valencia’s home record this La Liga season is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, with 2 goals scored and 9 conceded across those five home games. Villarreal’s away record is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses, with 7 goals scored and 7 conceded in five away games. That contrast makes Valencia’s attacking output the central issue before kickoff.
Provisional table increases the pressure
In the provisional La Liga standings, Valencia are ranked #19 with 6 points from 9 games and a -9 goal difference. Villarreal are ranked #12 with 9 points from 9 games and a 0 goal difference, putting them 3 points ahead of Valencia. Barcelona lead the league with 27 points; Valencia trail the leaders by 21 points and Villarreal by 18.
Valencia’s nine-match form sample reads Draw, Loss, Loss, Loss, Loss, Win, Loss, Draw, Draw, most recent first. Villarreal’s reads Draw, Draw, Loss, Loss, Loss, Win, Win, Loss, Draw. The sequence gives both teams a recent draw to build from, but neither arrives with a winning result in the latest match.
Absences to monitor
S. Canos, D. Lopez and U. Sadiq are listed as missing for Valencia. J. Copete and D. Foulquier are questionable. Villarreal list N. Pepe as questionable with an eye injury.
Can Valencia create more than the 2 goals recorded in their five home games against an away side that has scored 7 in five?
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
| Logo | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | WWWWW | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 27 | |
| 2 | Atletico Madrid | WWWWW | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 22 | |
| 3 | Real Madrid | WWLWW | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 21 | |
| 4 | Real Betis | LWDWW | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 19 | |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | WWWLW | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 16 | |
| 6 | Sevilla | LDLWW | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 14 | |
| 7 | Alaves | LLDLL | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | |
| 8 | Celta Vigo | WDWDD | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | |
| 9 | Deportivo La Coruna | DLDLD | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | |
| 10 | Osasuna | WLDLL | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 11 | |
| 11 | Levante | WDDLL | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 10 | |
| 12 | Villarreal | DLWWL | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | |
| 13 | Athletic Club | LDDD | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |
| 14 | Rayo Vallecano | DDWL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 9 | |
| 15 | Getafe | DLWLD | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | |
| 16 | Espanyol | LDLLW | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | |
| 17 | Racing Santander | LDLLW | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 8 | |
| 18 | Elche | DDWLD | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 7 | |
| 19 | Valencia | DDLWL | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 6 | |
| 20 | Malaga | LDLLD | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 4 |