Spain - LaLigaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Villarreal and Mallorca, taking place on Saturday, 20 January 2024, at The Estadio de la Cerámica in Villareal.
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Villarreal, Recent FormBuilding up confidence within his squad will be a priority for Villarreal supremo Marcelino García Toral after sustaining a heavy 3-0 away loss to Las Palmas. Their share of possession in that meeting was 44%, while racking up 17 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target, in contrast to Las Palmas, who had 8 shots on goal with 3 on target.
García Toral will be closely scrutinising his squad's defensive frailties, his back line having shipped 16 goals in their last 6 matches, despite having picked up some points through the 6 goals they've managed to net. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 12 games; however, playing at home this season, they have scored in 9 of their 10 games.
With 4 defeats and just 1 victory in their last 6 league matches, they have had a poor run and will need to turn that around if they want to start climbing the table. If they want to get anywhere this season, they'll need to do something very quickly to fix their home form, having lost 6 of the first 10 league games at The Estadio de la Cerámica.
Mallorca, Recent FormMallorca were forced to settle for a share of the points in their last league match, which wound up a 1-1 draw against Celta Vigo. They came away from that fixture with a 56% share of the possession and clocked up 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target, in comparison to Celta Vigo, who managed 6 attempts on goal, 2 of which were on target.
Manager Javier Aguirre will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, having managed to score 5 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 4 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away games, and over the course of the season they have failed to score in 5 of their 10 games on the road.
Their recent poor run of form away from home has left them without an away win in 7 games.
Vedat Muriqi will be hoping to create problems for Villarreal in this one, having scored 3 goals in his last 6 outings on the road for Mallorca.
It was not a positive ending for Mallorca last time they met Villarreal in the league, with the game ending in a 0-1 defeat.
Dani Rodríguez will be feeling confident of netting goals for Mallorca in this one against Villarreal with his scoring record of 3 goals in their last 5 meetings in the league.
The injury list is starting to mount up for Villarreal manager Marcelino García Toral with Raúl Albiol (Hamstring), Juan Foyth (Muscle) and Denis Suárez (Thigh) all unavailable for selection, and Yeremy Pino (Cruciate ligament) out for the rest of the season.
Javier Aguirre has a number of injury concerns in his Mallorca squad to contend with: Omar Mascarell (Muscle), Vedat Muriqi (Sprained ankle) and Martin Valjent (Knee)
Villarreal Playing at home | Mallorca Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | Goals scored | 0.9 |
| 2.1 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 55' | Time first goal scored | 48' |
| 40' | Time first goal conceded | 36' |
| 2.5 | Yellow cards | 3.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.8 | Subs used | 4.9 |
| 3-1 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 5-3 |
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