In this week 24 match on the 12th of February, Real Madrid and Villarreal will play a match in Villarreal in a meeting of these two closely matched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Villarreal recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Real Betis. Pau Torres struck first for Villarreal in the 41st minute, then Étienne Capoue added another in the 83rd minute on a feed from Manu Trigueros In the end, Real Betis couldn’t muster any offence and Villarreal ran away with the shutout win. Villarreal should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Real Madrid, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Granada. Asensio scored the first goal for Real Madrid in the 74th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Granada was frustrated by Real Madrid’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Real Madrid ended the match with the shutout victory. Real Madrid is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
On the 25th of September, Real Madrid hosted Villarreal in their last match together. Real Madrid and Villarreal battled to a 0-0 draw in front of almost 24000. Neither Real Madrid nor Villarreal could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
For Real Madrid, their top scorers are Vinícius Júnior and Karim Benzema, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Villarreal’s most prolific scorer has been Pau Torres. The Spanish defender has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches
Villarreal will be without Juan Foyth, Arnaut Danjuma, Paco Alcácer and Rubén Peña, while Ferland Mendy, Asensio and Mariano Díaz are unavailable to play for Real Madrid.