About Match
The table reads 19th (Villarreal, 2 pts) against 2nd (Real Madrid, 15 pts), 13 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Villarreal 1.4 scored and 2 conceded per game, Real Madrid 2.83 and 1, with the league averaging 1.49. If Villarreal win, their total rises to 5 and up to 14th, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Villarreal have lost four in a row. Real Madrid come in having won three on the spin. Over the last five, Villarreal have taken 1 of 15 points to Real Madrid's 12.
Across 33 recorded meetings, Villarreal have 4 wins to Real Madrid's 18, with 11 draws, at 3.42 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 39% of the wins in this fixture. History points to goals: 64% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 70%.
Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal stages the fixture, a ground that holds 23,500.