Another game that is very interesting to me, the Valencian Community derby. I don’t like betting too much on Villarreal on a regular basis, in fact I have a maxim which is that Emery’s teams always have a low stake, that the Basque arrives, gives him the pájara and messes it with the least expected, but within this it’s football and anything can happen, I think the difference between the two teams is considerable.
I am a little more cautious due to the game that the Basque coach’s pupils have today. One of those “finals” of the season against Sevilla, a direct rival, and in which they will give their best. There should be enough time to recover, but hey, with caution in that regard.
Getting into flour, Villarreal is having a great season. Right now fourth place, with 26 points from 15 games, the good work of this team and the aforementioned Unai Emery is undoubtedly to be praised. They have not lost at home, but the fact that their last three matches at El Madrigal have ended in a draw does leave some doubt and fear:
Villarreal 1 – 1 Athletic Club
Villarreal 0 – 0 Elche
Villarreal 1 – 1 Real Madrid
The last two can therefore be considered the birds that I have said before about Emery’s teams. If the season started the same, tying with Huesca at home (and almost losing). But it is not something that is repeated frequently and now they have been three in a row (let’s count it as two, since drawing with Real Madrid at home we accept it as a pet given the difficulty of the rival). In fact, in El Madrigal, before those three draws, they had a total of four wins in a row; six if we count the Europa League games against Maccabi Tel Aviv and Sivasspor.
The local team has a very solid team, with a lot of magic from the center of the field up … Gerard Moreno, Parejo, Moi, Alcacer, Coquelin, Chukwueze, Moi … but on top of that, they are very solid behind with players like Pau, Pervis for the band … well, almost nothing!
Levante, for their part, is an inferior team, of course they have good players, especially Morales, who for me is the best, the one who never fails you. But he is accompanied by players like Campaña, Bardhi, Melero, Roger or Dani Gómez. The problem is behind me. It is not a team with a solid defense. On the left wing I think they have a very big gap with Clerc, but in the central zone with Vezo, Pier or Postigo they are not much better. I think it is the great weakness of this team and the reason why it is condemned to suffer during the season to avoid relegation. They will succeed, eh, for me there are worse teams, but behind to compete against such a powerful Villarreal at the top I should not give them.
The script for the match is clear, Levante tucked behind him and waiting for cons with Morales as the main asset of Paco López’s men. But it is that Villarreal is not going to get stuck in every game; and he has already used the bullets to miss and miss against Athletic Club and Elche. I should win.
The share is very good, in fact in other houses it is already around 1.5X and it will end up going down more. Then you can leave or not, but that the fee is like that, minimum, to try.
PREDICTION: Villarreal to win @ 1,70
