In week 9 of the 2025-2026 La Liga, Real Madrid face Villarreal on 2025-10-04 (kick-off 20:00 GMT) at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.
With the data available to us, Xabi Alonso and Marcelino have not met as managers before.
Real Madrid have accumulated 18 points to lie 2nd whereas Villarreal have 16 points to sit 3rd.
Real Madrid report 4 missing players: T. Alexander-Arnold (Hamstring Injury), D. Carvajal (Calf Injury), F. Mendy (Hamstring Injury), A. Rudiger (Thigh Injury) but Villarreal report 7 missing players: P. Cabanes (Knee Injury), L. Costa (Knee Injury), J. Foyth (Muscle Injury), W. Kambwala (Hamstring Injury), G. Moreno (Hamstring Injury), P. Navarro (International duty), A. Perez (Muscle Injury).
Our forecast has Real Madrid in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Villarreal set to counter in 4-4-2.
Last time out, K. Mbappé registered the best mark for Real Madrid - 9.7 - and Yeremy Pino did likewise for Villarreal with an 6.7 score.
Real Madrid secured a win (5-0 vs Kairat), while Villarreal had to settle for a draw (2-2 vs Juventus).
Both teams have been in great form: Real Madrid 4-0-1 and Villarreal 3-1-1 over their last 5 matches.
Dominance for Real Madrid: across 41 clashes, they've won 20 games and only lost 6 games to Villarreal, with 15 stalemates.
2-1 leads the pack at 16.1% of all our users' guesses, with 2-0 next on 12.7%.
Our model forecasts 2-1 for Real Madrid, bolstered by their 4-0-0 home record and an average of 1.75 goals per game.
Real Madrid is going head to head with Villarreal on 4/10/2025 19:00 GMT at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu for the Spain La Liga. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 1. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Real Madrid v Villarreal H2H statistics!