Valencia Vs. Villarreal in La Liga: A battle to secure third spot
The enthralling contest between Valencia and Villarreal will take place on April 10 at the jampacked Estadio de Mestalla, the home of Valencia.
Valencia will cement a third spot finish in this La Liga season if they somehow defeat Villarreal as the points distance will shoot up to seven points between the two.
Unai Emery’s Valencia snatched the third spot from Villarreal during last week when they inflicted a demoralising 4-2 defeat on Getafe. The Yellow Submarines were put to the sword by the league leaders Barcelona, which consequently
took them to fourth spot in the table.
Valencia need to come all guns blazing as they possesses a poor late record against Villarreal. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 have defeated Villarreal only once in their last ten meetings. Valencia’s biggest concern in the match would be their last
three home matches’ goal scoring drought at Mestalla.
For Villarreal the match is as important as for Valencia because a defeat in the match will not only increase the point’s gap to six points but it will dent their confidence badly in their ongoing efforts to win the Europa League.
Villarreal player, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-Marchena-c8481 who made a successful transfer switch from Valencia last summer said “Both teams are playing for a lot because the third place is there. Valencia only have a three-point advantage and if we have
a good game we will be right there with them.”
Valencia needs to put the heartbreaking Copa del Rey defeat behind their minds as Villarreal had defeated them earlier this season in the competition. Valencia have lost four out of their last five encounters with their only win coming
against Getafe. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-Soldado-c31367 netted all four goals for his team.
Speaking about the game Valencia striker, Roberto Soldado said “I hope I`ve still got some goals left for Sunday`s game. Neither side will settle for a draw and we will both be going out to win.”
Whereas, Villarreal in their last five encounters, have won three matches, lost once while one match ended in draw.
Villarreal confidence must be skies high after denting the Dutch club http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 with a 5-1 final score in the last-eight match of Europa league.
Villarreal defender Marchena further added "We`re going to arrive a little tired, but very motivated after the big win against Twente. One thing could cancel out the other and we hope it`s the positive aspect that comes through.”
From the Valencia, it is http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-Guaita-c36003, Miguel and Joaquin Sanchez will make their comeback in the match.
The biggest setback for Villarreal has come up in the shape of their http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Captain-c8314 Gonzalo Rodriguez who broke his leg recently. According to the latest medical reports he is expected to miss the next four month of football action for
Juan Carlos’s Villarreal.
The fans can expect an exciting fixture between the two teams. Villarreal do have a little edge over Valencia and they are expected to overcome Valencia with a marginal 2-1 victory.
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