On Apr 9th, Villarreal hosts Athletic Club at Estadio De La Cerámica in a meeting of these two evenly matched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which is great football weather. Villarreal sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Levante. Morales scored the first goal for Levante in the 69th minute, then Morales added another in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Villarreal was frustrated by Levante’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Levante ended the match with the shutout victory. Villarreal is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Athletic Club, recorded a 2-1 win against Elche. Alex Berenguer struck first for Athletic Club in the 32nd minute, then Asier Villalibre added another in the 86th minute on a feed from Raúl García. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Athletic Club should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Villarreal and Athletic Club last played eachother at the San Mamés Barria on Oct 23rd. Athletic Club was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost 39000 jubilant spectators. Raúl García struck first for Athletic Club in the 14th minute on a feed from Williams, but Francis Coquelin got the equalizer for Villarreal in the 32nd minute.
Athletic Club is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Zarraga Egana and Williams each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Dani Parejo and Arnaut Danjuma are the top scorers for Villarreal in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Paco Alcácer, Alberto Moreno and Samuel Chukwueze are unavailable to play for Villarreal, while Marcelino García Toral’s Athletic Club squad will be without Íñigo Martínez, Lekue and Dani García.