Real Madrid vs Villarreal Predictions

Despite the heavy defeat in their last LaLiga match, Madrid won’t be very much worried as they are a quality side and are clear favourites to win this fixture. On the other hand, Villareal will hope to get at least a point from this fixture. Most probably, the home team will win this fixture and will take all three points

Match info: La Liga

Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid

Date: Saturday, 4^th October 2025

Time: 8 pm Nigerian time

Real Madrid will be aiming to return to winning ways in Spain's top flight when they welcome high-flying Villarreal to Bernabeu on Saturday night for an intriguing affair.

Los Blancos are currently second in the La Liga table, boasting 18 points from their opening seven league matches of the season, while the visitors are third, picking up 16 points from their first seven fixtures of 2025-26.

Head-to-head:

• Real Madrid have won 22 of the last 43 meetings between the two teams.
• Villareal recorded just 6 victories.
• The remaining 15 clashes ended in draws.
• Last season, Madrid won both matches quite comfortably against Villarreal.
• In the last five meetings between these two sides, Madrid won three, Villarreal won once, and one match ended in a draw.
• A lot of late goals have been scored in this fixture in the past.
• Six of their last seven encounters produced at least three goals.

Form:

• Real Madrid in the league: W-W-W-W-L
• Real Madrid in all competitions: W-W-W-L-W
• Villarreal in the league: D-L-W-W-W
• Villarreal in all competitions: W-W-W-W-D

Team News:

• Dani Carvajal is set to miss around a month, Eder Militao might be available in the squad after he missed the Champions League match due to injury. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Antonio Rudiger and Ferland Mendy are all injured and won’t feature against Villarreal.
• Logan Costa and Pau Cabanes are both out due to a Cruciate Ligament Tear and will miss most of the action of this season. The rest of the squad is fit to play for Villarreal.

Player(s) to watch:

• Kylian Mbappe is in fine form and is scoring in every match. He won the Golden Boot last season, and this season he is looking very determined to win it again. Even though most of his goals have been penalties till now, it is still very impressive that he is consistently performing well. He is by far the best-performing player for Xabi Alonso’s Real Madrid this season. In nine matches this season, he has scored 13 goals and provided one assist.
• Georges Mikautadze can finish well with either foot despite being right-footed and is a proper poacher inside the box. He possesses a very powerful strike and always aims for the corners. Due to his clever movements inside the box, he can beat defenders who are much bigger and stronger than him. He can very well change the tempo of his movements to beat players and is also a decent dribbler. In five matches this season, he has scored once and provided one assist.