Valencia vs Villarreal Prediction & Preview - LaLiga
Villarreal scored three goals away to Liverpool FC on 20 October 2026 and still lost 3-4. That is the side arriving for Valencia vs Villarreal in LaLiga on Saturday, 24 October 2026, kicking off at 17:30 BST in Valencia: a team that will score, and a team that can be scored against. Our call is a narrow Villarreal win.
What time is Valencia vs Villarreal kick-off?
Valencia against Villarreal kicks off at 17:30 BST on Saturday, 24 October 2026, in LaLiga, with Valencia at home. The match comes 4 days after Villarreal's UEFA Champions League defeat at Liverpool and 7 days after both clubs drew 0-0 in their previous LaLiga outings.
- Fixture: Valencia v Villarreal
- Competition: LaLiga
- Date: Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Kick-off: 17:30 BST
- Predictions: Valencia v Villarreal match page
What the 3-4 at Liverpool says about Villarreal
Conceding four was the only time in Villarreal's last six matches they have let in two or more goals. So the defensive collapse looks like the outlier, not the pattern. The attack is the pattern: 12 goals in those six, two or more in four of them, and three or more goals in the game in four of six.
Their last two home nights read oddly next to each other. A 3-1 win over SSC Napoli in the Champions League 11 days before this match, then a 0-0 with Elche in LaLiga 7 days before it. When Villarreal have run into the better teams in Spain they have been quieter - beaten 0-1 away to Real Madrid 14 days before this fixture, with nothing on the board.
Ten points from those six, against Valencia's five.
Valencia have stopped scoring
Two draws is the most recent evidence, and neither was comfortable. A 0-0 at home to Athletic Club 7 days before this match, and a 2-2 away at Real Racing Club 13 days before, after which the run thins out badly: 2-3 at home to Real Sociedad, 1-0 away at Deportivo Alavés, 0-1 away to Sevilla, and 0-5 at home to FC Barcelona.
Five goals scored and 11 conceded in six. They have failed to score in three of those six and have won none of their three home matches. The one win came away, at Alavés.
There is something to build on. Valencia have kept two clean sheets in the last six, and both sides have scored in only two of their six matches - so this is not a team that gets picked apart every week, even when it cannot find a goal at the other end.
Where the match turns
Villarreal's away form is thinner than their overall numbers suggest - one win in three on the road. Valencia's problem is sharper and closer to home: a front line that has gone blank in half of their recent matches, against a defence that has conceded two or more just once in six.
If Valencia keep it tight the way they did against Athletic Club, this is a 1-0 either way. If it opens up at all, Villarreal are the side with 12 goals behind them.
Valencia vs Villarreal prediction
Our prediction for Valencia vs Villarreal in LaLiga on Saturday, 24 October 2026 is a 1-2 away win for Villarreal. The visitors have 10 points from their last six to Valencia's five, and they have scored two or more in four of six while Valencia have failed to score in three. Valencia's two clean sheets and their 0-0 with Athletic Club say they can make it awkward, but winning none of three at home is the harder fact to argue with.
Our prediction: Valencia 1-2 Villarreal
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