Name of the game: La Liga

Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica

Time: 2025/03/04 04:00

Team: Villarreal VS Espanyol

Winning prediction: Home win 42%

Score prediction: 2-0

Number of goals prediction: 2 goals

Personal analysis: The strength of Villarreal has declined significantly compared to the previous two seasons. The team's main offensive method is to find Barry and Perez in front of the goal through diagonal passes from the wing. The left winger Baena and the full-back Cardona both have good crossing ability. Pino and Pepe on the right are both wingers. Their crossing ability will be slightly worse, but Comesaña in the middle has good through-ball ability, which can make up for the lack of right-wing passing ability to a certain extent. Barry on the front line has speed and breakthrough ability in counterattacks in addition to finishing ability. In particular, this player is tall and has considerable ability to compete in front of the goal. Perez relies more on the smell in front of the goal and the ability to get rid of the shot. The team's defense can only be said to be average. It is qualified in blocking and key personnel marking, and the defensive ability on the wing is slightly worse. Espanyol is a defensive team, but the team's defense line itself is not very solid. It relies more on regional positioning to defend. Once the opponent pulls and passes, it is easy to miss people. The offense in the front court relies more on pressing to create opportunities. Most of the offenses do not have much cooperation, and more rely on the individual ability of the players to score. Among them, Puado and Tejero are the main core points of the offense. The overall offensive ability of the team is weak. Although it is not in the relegation zone at present, it is close to the strength of Valencia and Alaves. There is still a lot of relegation pressure in the future of this season.

Villarreal is much stronger than Espanyol in terms of offensive ability, but the difference in defensive strength between the two teams is not that big, so in this game, Villarreal still has an advantage in terms of offensive ability, at least their normal wing counterattacks and shooting ability in front of the goal are much better than Espanyol. In this game, Villarreal's home handicap of 1.25 goals is normal, but it can be seen that the organization's support for Villarreal's ability to play through is not strong. For the sake of stability, Lao Li still recommends Villarreal's home win option, and the score is expected to be 2-0 or 2-1.