Villarreal is currently in their best form, maybe best in the whole of Spain. Guests are in fantastic form at the moment of the season with six victories in a row, although diminished by the numerous casualties they have(Covid-19, some players play in African Nations Cup), against a Sporting Gijon, a team who is currently in the middle of standings in La Liga 2. After two wins in a row in which they scored five goals against Alaves and Levante, Unai Emery's team hopes to continue on the good line of results, since in the cup competition they have high hopes as it is a way to be able to repeat a final they played last year.

In their last two games in Spanish Cup, Emery fielded a very strong team so I expect the best possible team today. For this meeting, Villarreal will have to play without Pena, Danjuma, Paco Alcacer and Francis Coquelin must be added the absence of the players called up for the Africa Cup, such as footballers Aurier, Dia, Mandi and Chukwueze. Gijon is more focused on reversing its situation in the league so everything suggests that coach Gallego will save several of the most outstanding players for Sunday's game in Malaga. Right now Sporting Gijon is struggling and I don't think they have enough "firepower" to win against guests who are in fantastic form right now. It won't be an easy job for Villarreal but their manager Emery has a reputation as a manager who knows how to play these kinds of games so I think it's a good bet here to back Villarreal to win.

My prediction: Villarreal to win

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在西班牙杯的最后两场比赛中，埃默里派出了一支非常强大的球队，所以我希望他们今天能成为最好的球队。在这场比赛中，比利亚雷亚尔将不得不在没有佩纳、丹朱马、阿尔卡塞尔和科奎林的情况下出场，因为非洲杯征召的球员包括奥里耶、迪亚、曼迪和查克维泽。希洪更专注于扭转其在联赛中的局面，所以所有的一切都表明，教练加莱戈将在周日对马拉加的比赛中保留几名最优秀的球员。现在希洪竞技正在挣扎，我不认为他们有足够的“火力”去赢下现在状态很好的客队。这对比利亚雷亚尔来说不是一件容易的事情，但是他们的教练埃默里是一个知道如何打这种比赛的教练，所以我认为在这里支持比利亚雷亚尔赢球是一个很好的赌注。

我的预测:比利亚雷亚尔会赢