Valladolid – Villarreal SOCCER PICKS
Real Valladolid and Villarreal face in Municipal Stadium José Zorrilla, in a match for the 23rd round of the First Division. Real Valladolid won out (0-1) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 09-30-2018. Despite being a match between 13th and 19th in the table, it is actually a match between the 17th classified in home matches and the 13th as a visitor.
Real Valladolid:
After 6 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses, the home team is currently in the 13 th position of the league, with 25 points won. In their last match, they lost with Huesca by (4-0), after in the previous match they won (2-1) at home, in a match against Celta de Vigo. Interestingly, this is a team that has had better results in away matches than at home, since they have won 14 points in away matches and only 11 at their stadium. For the championship, Real Valladolid won 11 points out of 30 possible, after 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (4 out of 10 matches). The team has not been very strong defensively, since it has suffered goals in the last 10 games which it disputed in this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 5 of the last 10 matches for this competition have ended with Under 1,5 goals. This is a team that marks few times is the first and only managed to open the scoring in 4 of its last 22 games for the First Division, of these 4 came to rest in advantage in 3 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in all. In 22 matches in this competition, they only got 2 comebacks in the 15 games in which they suffered the first goal. In the last 10 away matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 5 of their 10 goals between minutes (46’-60 ‘).
Valladolid is still in a terrible phase in La Liga, won only 1 game in the last 7 rounds and is looking for a recovery, as it falls in the qualifying table and has an advantage of only 2 points over the relegation zone. The team has as its main problem the enormous inefficiency of its offensive sector, which scored only 19 goals in 22 rounds and is the worst in La Liga, so much that scored only 3 goals in the last five rounds, but the defense also needs adjustments , he suffered 28 goals and is the ninth weakest. Only in the last 3 games he suffered 7 goals and these numbers help explain his disappointing campaign. In his stadium, Valladolid has encountered many difficulties, won only 1 of the last 6 games he played and has the worst attack in this type of situation, with an average of only 1 goal per game at home, but scored 2 goals in 3 of the last 4 games against his fans, since he has needed to win and, on account of that, acts more offensively than usual. For the confrontation with Villarreal, coach Sergio has no problems in the starting lineup and goes to the field with what he has of better.
Villarreal:
After 3 wins, 10 draws and 9 losses, the away team is currently in the 19 th position of the league, with 19 points won. In their last match, they tied with Espanyol at home (2-2), after in the previous match they lost out in a match against Valencia, by (3-0). Interestingly, this is a team that has conquered more positive results outside its stadium, since it has won 10 points as a visitor and only 9 in its stadium. In the last 10 away matches for the championship, Villarreal has 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, for which they have won 10 points out of 30 possible.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 7 away matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (4 out of 12 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 22 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 11 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 10 away matches for this competition there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 4 of their 10 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘); He suffered 6 of his 14 goals between the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Villarreal campaign less than expected in La Liga, do not know what it is to win for 9 rounds, which lost 4 games and tied 5, and is looking for a recovery, because it has 5 points of disadvantage for Girona, the first team outside the relegation zone, so the descent becomes more and more real.
