Villarreal vs Espanyol

Villarreal face Espanyol in the La Liga on Friday 30 October 2026, kick-off 20:00 UTC at Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal.

Villarreal are 8th with 15 points from 12 games, while Espanyol are 13th with 12. That leaves Villarreal 3 points ahead.

At home this season Villarreal average 1.3 goals scored and 1.2 conceded per game; on the road Espanyol average 1.2 scored and 1.2 conceded. Villarreal have kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times; Espanyol have 4 clean sheets and 2 blanks.

Villarreal have scored 9 and conceded 7 in their last 4 matches, with 3 going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 1. Espanyol have scored 4 and conceded 7 in their last 4 matches, with 2 going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2.

Villarreal come into this fixture with a recent record of 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats, while Espanyol have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in the same window. Villarreal currently sit 8th on 15 points, with Espanyol placed 13th on 12 points. Across the last 4 head-to-head meetings, 11 goals have been scored and both teams found the net in 2 of them. The home side is favoured for this fixture, backing the Villarreal win. The Home Win selection (Home Win) is assigned a 72% probability at odds of 1.39.

• Villarreal have the better recent form (9 pts vs 4 pts from the last 5 matches).
• Villarreal have scored 17 goals this season compared with 13 for Espanyol.
• Defensively, Villarreal have conceded 15 and Espanyol have conceded 14.
• League positions: Villarreal 8th, Espanyol 13th.
• Villarreal have won 2 of 6 home matches in this competition.
• Espanyol have won 2 of 6 away matches in this competition.

• Villarreal at home: 2 wins, 1 draws and 3 defeats from 6 games.
• Espanyol away from home: 2 wins, 1 draws and 3 defeats from 6 games.
• Villarreal have taken 9 points from their last 4 matches.
• Espanyol have taken 1 points from their last 4 matches.

In the last 4 meetings, Villarreal have won 4, Espanyol have won 0 and 0 ended level. The most recent, on 9 February 2026, finished Villarreal 4-1 Espanyol.