Both teams are in crisis but I don't see any reason to think that Viillarreal should be favorite here.

Valencia has a good squad and in the first rounds with the new coach their performances were so good. But in the last matches they conceded a lot in defence, which is precisely where the coach Bordalas wants to be strong.

I’m sure they can get back to the good level shown in the first rounds, and also I’m sure that coach worked mainly on improving the defence after conceding 9 goals in the last 3 games. Key player Carlos Soler is back and will be starter.

The mistakes made by Valencia in the last games, as coach said, were individual mistakes due to lack of concentration, so are pretty easy to solve. And I believe that they will do it. As captain Gaya said after the defeat vs Betis 4-1: “We need to say sorry, we need to change this. We can’t make these mistakes in defence, we need to give a better performance and start without conceding goals”.

On the other hand, Villarreal is also a great team with huge potential but poor performances lately. They have won just 2 of the 10 games played so far in La Liga, and their problem is similar to Valencia: mistakes in defence.

For this match their best player and one of the best strikers in Europe (he is in the list of 30 players nominated to Golden Ball) Gerard Moreno is out due to an injury.

I’m expecting a very tight game between two teams that are in a bad situation. Both need to improve in defence and surely we will see a game here without too many goals and chances. But I think that Valencia wil have bigger motivation due to their poor performances and the home fans support. In terms of quality, both teams are at a similar level.

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两支球队都处于危机之中，但我不认为有任何理由认为维亚雷亚尔应该是这里的热门。

瓦伦西亚拥有一支优秀的球队，在新教练的带领下，他们的表现非常出色。但在上一场比赛中，他们在防守上损失了很多，这正是博尔达拉斯想要加强的地方。

我确信他们能回到第一轮的良好水平，我也确信在过去三场比赛丢了9个球之后，教练主要是在提高防守。关键球员卡洛斯·索雷尔回来了，他将成为首发球员。

巴伦西亚在上一场比赛中所犯的错误，就像教练所说的，都是由于缺乏专注造成的个人失误，所以很容易解决。我相信他们会做到的。正如队长盖亚在4-1输给贝蒂斯后所说:“我们需要说抱歉，我们需要改变这一点。我们不能在防守上犯这些错误，我们需要有更好的表现，在开局不失球。”

另一方面，比利亚雷亚尔也是一支伟大的球队，有着巨大的潜力，但最近表现不佳。他们在西甲的10场比赛中只赢了2场，他们的问题和瓦伦西亚相似:防守失误。

在这场比赛中，他们最好的球员和欧洲最好的前锋之一(他是金球奖30名提名球员之一)杰拉德·莫雷诺因伤缺阵。

我预计两支处境糟糕的球队会有一场激烈的比赛。双方都需要提高防守，我们肯定会看到一场没有太多进球和机会的比赛。但我认为瓦伦西亚将会有更大的动力，因为他们糟糕的表现和主场球迷的支持。在质量方面，两支队伍处于相似的水平。