Not very often, only twice in their latest 38! La Liga games, but today is the day?

Villarreal's strongly improved form does not fully show in the actual results as they have won only last 2 in a row, but looking at the xG-data it is easily seen their stretch of wins should be up to 9! Last time they were the worse team on the pitch was November 27th, when they lost 1-3 to Barcelona at home.

The first encounter between these two was played in September, a 0-0 at Bernabey but it was the phase of Villarreal when nothing really clicked. In the latest round Villarreal deservedly beat the team in form right now, Betis, away at 0-2.

This could be an easier task!

Real Madrid looked like confirmed league winners some time go, but it is now starting to show that Ancelotti plays always the same starting lineup if possible. There is tiredness, there are injuries and last round when Real won 1-0 at home vs mediocre Granada side they missed both of their best players, Benzema and Vinicius, and all of a sudden they look like a midtable team. Also Casemiro missed that match, but is likely to return.

Ancelotti seems to have no confidence in Hazard or Bale, and he is surpsisingly short of options, and he has to start with players he does not particularly like to.

Real also have their season's biggest game ahead, the Champion's league tie with PSG and they will avoid all injury risks, and that is always a mistake and shows in the performance.

If only Villarreal top striker Gerard Moreno was not injured this would be even more tasty set-up!

In the actual table Real Madrid are 18 points clear of Villarreal, but the performance data puts them almost equal, and it indicates that Real have been saved several times by the goals of Benzema and Vinicius, and when we put the improved form of Villarreal here, and the home advantage,

there is no other choice than to see them as favourites here!

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不经常，最近38次只有两次!西甲比赛，但今天是日子吗?

比利亚雷亚尔强劲的状态并没有完全体现在实际的结果中，因为他们只赢得了连续2场比赛，但看看xg数据，很容易看到他们连胜的时间应该达到9场!上一次他们在球场上表现糟糕是在11月27日，当时他们在主场1-3输给了巴塞罗那。

这两人的第一次交锋是在9月，在伯纳贝0:0，但这是比利亚雷亚尔没有真正发挥作用的阶段。在最近一轮比赛中，比利亚雷亚尔理所当然地以0-2击败了目前状态良好的贝蒂斯队。

这可能是一个更容易的任务!

皇家马德里看起来还需要一段时间才能成为联赛冠军，但现在开始显示安切洛蒂在可能的情况下总是使用相同的首发阵容。有疲劳，有伤病，上一轮皇马在主场1-0战胜平庸的格拉纳达，他们失去了最好的球员本泽马和维尼休斯，突然之间他们看起来像一支中游球队。卡塞米罗也错过了那场比赛，但很有可能复出。

安切洛蒂似乎对阿扎尔和贝尔没有信心，而且他的选择也少得惊人，他不得不从他不喜欢的球员开始。

皇马还有本赛季最重要的一场比赛，与巴黎圣日耳曼的冠军联赛，他们将避免所有的伤病风险，这总是一个错误，并在表现中表现出来。

如果比利亚雷亚尔的顶级前锋莫雷诺没有受伤，这将是一个更美味的设置!

实际表中皇马是比利亚雷亚尔的18分清楚,但性能数据使他们几乎相等,这表明,真正的目标已多次救了本泽马和维尼,当我们把比利亚雷亚尔的改进形式,和主场优势,

没有其他选择，除了看到他们作为最爱!

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