Can Villarreal’s Home Attack Test PSG’s Perfect League Start?
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Villarreal’s home scoring and PSG’s away scoring offer the clearest contrast before their fourth League Stage fixture, with the provisional table and recent three-match samples favouring the visitors.
Before kickoff
Can Villarreal’s home record match Paris Saint Germain’s away output? Both sides have one win in the relevant season sample, but PSG have scored 4 goals in their away game, compared with Villarreal’s 3 goals in their home game. Neither side has kept a clean sheet in that scope.
A six-point table gap
The provisional League Stage standings put Villarreal at #19 with 3 points from 3 games (1W 0D 2L), while Paris Saint Germain are #1 with 9 points from 3 games (3W 0D 0L). PSG are 6 points ahead of Villarreal (9 v 3) before Tuesday’s League Stage - 4 fixture at Estadio de la Cerámica.
The recent-form sample also favours the visitors: Villarreal’s last 3 results are Loss, Win, Loss, while PSG’s last 3 are Win, Win, Win. That is a short sequence, but it reinforces the table contrast without settling what will happen in this match.
Absences shape the pre-match picture
Villarreal will be without I. Akhomach and N. Saliba, both listed as missing with injuries, while G. Moreno is questionable with an injury. PSG list O. Dembele, K. Kvaratskhelia, A. Longoni, Marquinhos and N. Mendes as missing, with thigh, knee, injury, thigh and muscle issues respectively.
Villarreal have used 4-2-3-1 in 2 matches and 4-4-2 in 1; PSG have used 4-3-3 in 3 matches. The key question at kickoff is whether Villarreal can turn home scoring into sustained pressure against a PSG side with 3 wins from 3 games.
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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.
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| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | WWW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2 | Aston Villa | WWW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | |
| 3 | Liverpool | WWW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 9 | |
| 4 | Real Madrid | WWW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | |
| 5 | Real Betis | WWW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | |
| 6 | VfB Stuttgart | DWW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | |
| 7 | Arsenal | DWW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | |
| 8 | Barcelona | LWW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | |
| 9 | Como | WLW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | |
| 10 | Manchester City | WLW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | |
| 11 | Club Brugge KV | WWL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | |
| 12 | Sporting CP | LWW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |
| 13 | Borussia Dortmund | WLW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | |
| 14 | Bayern München | DDW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
| 15 | AS Roma | WLD | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | |
| 16 | Atletico Madrid | DWL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| 17 | Shakhtar Donetsk | LWD | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| 18 | PSV Eindhoven | WLD | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 19 | Villarreal | LWL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | |
| 20 | Inter | WLL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | |
| 21 | Manchester United | LLW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | |
| 22 | Napoli | WLL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | |
| 23 | Galatasaray | WLL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | |
| 24 | Lask Linz | WLLWL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | |
| 25 | Sabah FA | LWLWL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| 26 | Feyenoord | LWL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | |
| 27 | Lens | LLW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |
| 28 | Bodo/Glimt | LWLWW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | |
| 29 | AEK Athens FC | LLWWD | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |
| 30 | RB Leipzig | LWL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |
| 31 | Fenerbahçe | DLDWD | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | |
| 32 | Slavia Praha | DLL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
| 33 | Viking | LDLWD | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | |
| 34 | FC Porto | LLL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 35 | Lille | LLL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
| 36 | Slovan Bratislava | LLLWD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 |