Villarreal vs Real Madrid: Live Score, Stream and H2H results
Villarreal vs Real Madrid: Live stream, TV channel, betting odds from La Liga 2023Real Madrid have the opportunity on Saturday to overtake rivals Barcelona at the top of Spain's La Liga, as both teams get set to play the 16th match of their 38-game league season. Each of the Spanish giants are on the road, but it's Madrid with the more favourable matchup on paper at seventh-place Villarreal, while Barcelona travel on Sunday to take on fourth-place Atletico Madrid, who won the Spanish league title in 2021.
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Before Real Madrid can think about the Supercopa, they will hope to take care of business at Villarreal, who, despite losing their coach to the English Premier League, are still battling to finish high enough in the La Liga table to ensure qualification to a prestigious European competition in 2023/24. MORE: Latest Real Madrid transfer news Villarreal vs Real Madrid live stream, TV channel Villarreal's Estadio de la Ceramica will be sold out for the La Liga showdown against defending Spanish and European champions Real Madrid. The club made a victorious return to its stadium on Dec. 31 after playing home games in nearby Valencia for the first three months of the 2022/23 season while La Ceramica was being renovated.
Date Time TV Channel Streaming Australia Sun, Jan. 8 02:15 AET — Optus Sport Canada Sat, Jan. 7 10:15 ET TSN2 TSN GO, TSN site/app Hong Kong 23:15 HKT Now Sports 2 Now Player, M Plus site/app India 20:45 IST Sports18 Voot Select, Sports18 Malaysia 23:15 MYT beIN Sports beIN Sports Connect, sooka New Zealand 04:15 NZST beIN Sports Connect Singapore 23:15 SST beIN Sports Connect, Star Hub Sports+ UK 15:15 BST LaLigaTV, Viaplay UK USA ESPN Deportes fuboTV, ESPN+ UK: The match will be available on Viaplay (formerly Premier Sports) and on LaLigaTV. USA: The Villarreal vs. Real Madrid match will be televised on ESPN Deportes which is streamed on fuboTV.
And it makes sense, because this Villarreal team takes more risks in the attack than the team under Unai Emery, who was more tactically calculating. The new Villarreal coach, Quique Setien, was not entirely happy with his team's latest victory in the Copa del Rey despite a 5-1 final scoreline, bemoaning his team's passing errors.
Real Madrid are level with Barcelona on points (38) courtesy of identical records (12W-1L-2D), but it's Barca with the slight edge on goal difference (+28 vs. +21). The two could be set for another head-to-head showdown in the Spanish Supercopa next Sunday if they can each get past their semifinal opponents in midweek.
Instead of lining up Lucas Vazquez at right-back again after he went a full 90 minutes in the 1-0 midweek Copa del Rey victory, it will be either Eder Militao or Antonio Rudiger filling in. Real Madrid starting lineup (4-3-3, right to left): 1-Thibaut Courtois (GK) — 3-Eder Militao, 22-Antonio Rudiger, 4-David Alaba, 23-Ferland Mendy — 10-Luka Modric, 18-Aurelien Tchouameni, 8-Toni Kroos —15-Federico Valverde, 9-Karim Benzema, 20-Vinicius Jr Real Madrid subs (10): 13-Andriy Lunin (GK), 26-Luis Lopez (GK), 17-Lucas Vazquez, 6-Nacho Fernandez, 5-Jesus Vallejo, 19-Dani Ceballos, 12-Eduardo Camavinga, 7-Eden Hazard, 11-Marco Asensio, 21-Rodrygo MORE: Real Madrid squad list and jersey numbers for 2022/23 Villarreal vs Real Madrid prediction, best bets, odds There promises to be goals in this match as is evident from the odds for the total goals and both teams to score props.
So Arnaut Danjuma will be the alternative to now-healthy starting center-forward Gerard Moreno. Giovani Lo Celso is still injured, while goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli was transferred to Dutch club Ajax earlier this week. Villarreal starting lineup (4-3-3, right to left): 1-Pepe Reina (GK) — 8-Juan Foyth, 3-Raul Albiol, 4-Pau Torres, 18-Alberto Moreno — 16-Alex Baena, 10-Dani Parejo, 19-Francis Coquelin — 11-Samuel Chukwueze, 7-Gerard Moreno, 21-Yeremy Pino Villarreal subs (10): 35-Filip Jorgensen (GK), 23-Aissa Mandi, 24-Alfonso Pedraza, 2-Kiko Femenia, 5-Jorge Cuenca, 12-Johan Mojica, 14-Manu Trigueros, 22-Jose Luis Morales, 20-Manu Morlanes, 9-Arnaut Danjuma Real Madrid are without three injured players who are not yet fit: forward Mariano Diaz, and right-backs Dani Carvajal and Alvaro Odriozola.
Villarreal vs Real Madrid: Live stream, TV channel, betting
