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Los Blancos welcome the Yellow Submarine to the Bernabeu in a huge tie in LaLiga this week. Real Madrid have a perfect home record this season; however, losing to Atletico Madrid before the international break dampened some of the good feeling.
That was Real’s second loss of the season, and they now enter this match in fourth, looking to regain their form.
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Villarreal are ninth currently and were actually building momentum before the three-week break. After three losses in a row, Villarreal won two on the bounce and truly started to get their season up and running.
They are leaky at the back, having not kept a clean sheet in 11 games, and this test against one of the scariest attacks in the league could see that record extended.
Real Madrid vs Villarreal key information
• Date: Saturday, October 10
• Kick-off time: 8pm BST
• Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
• Referee: N/A
• VAR: N/A
• TV channels: Disney+ (UK)
• Odds: RMA (3/10) - DRAW (21/4) - VIL (15/2)
Real Madrid team news
Jose Mourinho’s side looked to have quite a few players out ahead of this Saturday, but news coming out of the camp is that Kylian Mbappe, Ibrahima Konate and Fede Valverde have all recovered from their knocks and will be able to play.
Madrid will be short defensively, though, as Dean Huijsen is suspended, while Raúl Asensio, Eder Militao and Ferland Mendy are all injured.
Real Madrid predicted lineup vs Villarreal (4-2-3-1)
Coach: Jose Mourinho
Courtois; Dumfries, Konate, Rudiger, Cucurella; Tchouameni, Valverde; Guler, Bellingham, Vinicius Junior; Mbappe.
Villarreal team news
Villarreal are likely to be without the services of Tajon Buchanan, who suffered a hamstring injury whilst on international duty with Canada.
Apart from Buchanan, Inigo Perez has a fully fit squad to choose from, with Alberto Moleiro being the danger man for the Yellow Submarine after getting four goal contributions across their last two fixtures (G2, A2).
Villarreal predicted lineup vs Villarreal (4-2-3-1)
Coach: Inigo Perez
Gulacsi; Cardona, Veiga, Navarro, Freeman; Saliba, Gueye; Pepe, Moleiro, Akhomach; Perez.
Where to watch
You can catch Real Madrid face Villarreal on Disney+. To be able to access Disney+, you need a subscription, and then you can stream online, on your TV or on your game console.
Head-to-Head
Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last six LaLiga games against Villarreal (W5, D1), winning the last four in a row, their best winning streak against them in the competition since October 2011 (W5).
Villarreal have lost 18 of their 26 away games against Real Madrid in LaLiga (W2, D6), their highest number of away defeats against the same opponent in LaLiga history.
Kylian Mbappe has scored five goals in four LaLiga appearances against Villarreal, having only scored against Real Sociedad more goals in the competition (7).
Odds for Real Madrid vs Villarreal
Real Madrid are the favourites to win, coming in at 3/10 at bet365, compared to Villarreal at 15/2. A draw is at 21/4.
Odds correct at time of writing, subject to change.
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