Offside.win La Liga Villarreal v Espanyol
Villarreal v Espanyol
Our call
We looked at this match and did not find a call worth making. That can change as team news comes in: calls are looked at again every fifteen minutes until kick-off, so one can change or come down, and each closes when the match starts. the bet slip stays exactly as posted.
Passing on Villarreal v Espanyol. There is a likely outcome here, but every bookmaker has it shorter than it deserves, so there is nothing to take.
Preview
Villarreal should take control and earn a comfortable home victory. Espanyol are stuck in the bottom three because opponents breach them far too easily, allowing six or more attempts on target in five of their last six outings. Going forward, they hit the target only 22 times from 88 strikes in those six games, wasting possession from distance. Villarreal have claimed victory in three of their last six, though a red card means top scorer Pape Gueye misses out, stripping away three goals' worth of threat. Yet Espanyol lose Vanja Drkušić at the back to physical discomfort, making their shaky defense even more vulnerable. Sharpness in the box decides it.
Form
- Villarreal have won three, drawn one and lost two of their last six.
- Espanyol are without a win in six: two drawn, four lost.
Head to head
50 meetings between them: Villarreal won 21, Espanyol won eight, 21 were drawn. Last time: Villarreal 4–1 Espanyol, February 2026.
The table
Villarreal are 10th and Espanyol 18th.
Expected line-ups
Villarreal: Luiz Júnior, Sergi Cardona, Renato Veiga, Pau Navarro, Alexander Freeman, Alberto Moleiro, Santi Comesaña, Carlos Maciá, Nicolas Pépé, Ayoze Pérez, Georges Mikautadze.
Espanyol: Marko Dmitrović, Roger Hinojo, Leandro Cabrera, Clemens Riedel, Omar El Hilali, Javier Hernández, Edu Expósito, Bryan Zaragoza, Álex Calatrava, Tyrhys Dolan, Roberto Fernández.
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