Probable Lineups
4-4-2
4-3-3
Probable Lineups Statistical Comparison
* Values in brackets (x) are overall player statistics in LaLiga.
Missing Players
Villarreal
Real Madrid
Player | Reason | Status | Rating |
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Nicola Sansone | Doubtful | 6.63 |
Player | Reason | Status | Rating |
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Raphaël Varane | Out | 7.03 | |
Danilo | Doubtful | 7.41 |
Team News
Villarreal
Real Madrid
- Nicola Sansone is struggling with a knock, so Cedric Bakambu and Adrian are expected to start despite Roberto Soldado's return to fitness.
- Jaume Costa should be preferred to Jose Angel at left-back, with Fran Escriba not likely to make many alterations after winning away against Roma midweek.
- Samu Castillejo should retain his place in the side over Roberto Soriano, despite the Italian midfielder returning from suspension this weekend.
- Raphael Varane misses out due to injury, with Pepe likely to come into the side at centre-back ahead of Nacho.
- Lucas Vazquez should be preferred to James Rodriguez out on the right-hand side, with Gareth Bale not fit enough to be deployed from the off.
- Karim Benzema is likely to retain his place up front, with Zinedine Zidane not looking to make wholesale changes despite their midweek loss against Valencia.
just like i said... the madrid media has nothing about ramos mistakes.. if varane or casemiro make mistakes they just cant let it go, but if he is spanish like ramos, he is untouchable, same with illarra, he would make mistakes and only the fans would speak but the madrid media wanted to cover it up under a rug because he is spanish, the next xabi, basque, etc.
As always, hilarious penalty gifted to RM when they were on the ropes (and five minutes later, of course no penalty against them), but they deserved the win. The last 30 minutes, Villarreal totally lost all composure and just whacked the ball away (something they're not good at), and waited for RM to attack and score.
Penaldo!
Zizou, you can't bench Morata, he has more goals than Benzema!Even Navas will get more goals than Benzema until the end of the season!Sergio Ramos has more OWN goals like Benzema!
and Zidan will bench Morata for a retarded fuck like Benzema again and Isco will be benched for the lazy cunt Kroos again.
@Geuvara morata and isco suck cock
hahahahahah, its funny seeing barcelona losers crying for a legit decision. Kiss goodbye to Champions league and probably liga hahahahaha! Win that minnie mouse CDR lolololololol
Papa Perez again saving Madrid's ass. When will this stop? I'm tired of seeing refs helping Madrid. All the other clubs need to unite against this corruption. Time to say: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. NO MORE CORRUPTION.
@Boeree ??? barcelona had like so many fake penalties given to them and you are complaining? hypocrite
Thanks for staying up to watch this game barca fans.villarreal scored 2 goals to give you false hope.now go to sleep : )
@loli hahahah those morons deserve it
@loli thats the definition of greatness, when just as many fans of your opponents watch your games.
Zidane needs to change something. The way I see it, Real Madrid's attack has to be revolutionized.
people might not like what i have to say, but it's generally accurate or because to many haters aka culos here, not a typo.. 1st place it is where it belong.. Hala
Morata needs to start.
morata in, now they are sure going to win
@edemex called it, even if you give me a thumb down.. LOL
@edemex lol you're too cool
Benzema needs to be replaced in the summer. He has been average all along and with Ronaldo aging, Real Madrid can't have 2 slow players up front. The difference between Suarez and Benzema on personal level just shows how average Benzema is.
@Turan benzema is crucial. Cant be sold.
@Turan most player get one change in madrid, maybe 2.. karim like a cat he has 9 lives. i wanted him out 2 summers ago, after he played 1000 minutes between goals, you just cant win titles when you have a player like that. there is no comparison between suarez and karim.. one is a killer the other just wast chance after chance
last game everyone blame varane.. now lets see how many blame ramos for playing terrible, probably not many because he is spanish and the captain.
@edemex On Twitter, everyone is blaming him.
@elementasrat im talking bout the madrid media
AGAIN! BAHAHAHA
Hahahahaha Madrid getting exposed recently. FRAUDS!!!
@elementasrat you were saying?
of course karim is going to missed that header. take him out pls
@edemex karim misses it on one side and they dont..
1st thing, i am glad james is not playing because thats like playing vs 10.5, 2nd why is karim playing, he hasnt scored since jan 7th. and last ramos is such a terrible defender, leaves the box all the time leaving the other CB to cover the whole area by himself and its so easy all you have to do is attack w 2 on the left side, marcelo takes one and ramos leaves his area creating a huge hole for attackers to do whatever they want. part of the blame is to kroos that he is a terrible defender and never helps marcelo.any way you look at it, its a domino effect that when on defense they seems to be always shorthanded because of the lack of TEAM defense. i dont understand why cant everyone just do their job, but the prob is that kroos is not a CM, marcelo thinks he is a LM/LW, karim wants to be a AM.
@edemex Kroos is not a flexible player. He played in the CDM role for a whole season under Ancelotti and he didn't improvise in that role. I know that he presses really well but e lacks tactical intelligence in defensive phases of the game. He is a great player and he's suitable for possession football.
@CirdomAkul yes, when real has the ball his skill is on display, but when facing a fast team, he is a real weakness, even when carlo had him in the middle of the 4.3.3, he would never drop into the box to shield the defense. real need really fast wings to cover up for him, but you are going into the same problem where one player is not doing his job, he needs to be the number 10, thats his skill but even at that real madrid plays a fast counter which also doesnt fit him. the 3.5.3 might be the only way to cover for all their weakness, this will leave marcelo where he is best at attacking, and only help on defense which is what he does, the 3 CB can take care of the moving forwards better. but you need a coach like conte that knows the formation better than anyone.
@edemex In my opinion, 343 is not a suitable formation for Real Madrid because players don't really fit into it. Each squad is different.
@CirdomAkul james, kroos and karim all should be a AM, but real madrid dont even uses that. its hard to get the best out of all without getting exposed on defense.. i want players who are versatile, like dybala, alaba, thiago, dembele, alex sandro. they can play many positions and still do it at high level and they run on offense and defense too. well dembele is still young but he has what it takes
Fc Franco gonna lose
1-2
Can tell you Real Madrid won't win here. Maybe a draw. Seems good. Villarreal do really step up against this top teams. And it's highly unlikely for Madrid to win. Sevilla got a 0-0 at El Madrigal, Villarreal 1-1 Barcelona ( a stoppage time free kick that saved Barcelona ass). Villarreal 3-0 Athletico Madrid.. And we can't forget that this Villarreal side went 0-4 down against Roma and 0-2 against Valencia. But they showed some guts to win at Stadio Olimpico 0-1 a place where Roma has had 100% win record. Maybe exhaustion might kick in here but Real Madrid aren't in a that good composure. But still a hard game to predict. Not sure Madrid will let the top spot slip but Villarreal will be a hard game. Maybe 1-1 but mostly expecting either way
@njamimaranga you were saying?
Gareth Bale to score the winning goal, 2-0 for Real.
2-1
2-1 Villareal
why do people keep voting on ronaldo being motm by a big margin?since when was he last motm?modric,kroos or bale are more likely.not saying that its impossible ronaldo wont be motm here but its unlikely
1-3
Valencia
1-2
@ProudUefaLona : All they need to do to win is to get a real GK and use Morata!
0 - 1
Let's see if Madrid is going to pay the ref again like against valencia
2-2
This game will be one of the key to win La Liga. Barcelona may losing point at Calderon, we better not repeating the same mistakes vs Valencia and treat this game like a final.
It will be a very similar game to the Mestalla game. Villareal defends really well and has the best defense in the league. It will be very intense for sure.