Getafe vs Villarreal

Coliseum Alfonso Perez is the venue as Getafe and Villarreal go head-to-head in a tasty-looking La Liga encounter.

Despite seating four points above the relegation zone, Getafe are not off the hook yet, with seven fixtures left in this La Liga season. Coming into this matchday, ‘Los Azulones’ have won just one of their last eight league matches (D4, L3), failing to get on the scoresheet in three of the most recent five. However, Quique Sanchez Flores’ men are unbeaten in their last ten La Liga home games (W7, D3) and are one win/draw away from equalling the club’s longest-ever such streak in the competition. That said, Getafe have lost both previous home league meetings with Villarreal by the identical 3-1 scoreline, one more defeat than they had in their eight top-flight H2Hs at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez beforehand (W4, D3).

On the other hand, Villarreal will take the field in high spirits after overcoming European powerhouse Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals. But things are not looking shiny for ‘El Submarino Amarillo’ in La Liga, as they’ve only won once in their five previous league outings (D1, L3) and are winless in the last three in a row (D1, L2). Moreover, Unai Emery’s men have lost their last three La Liga away matches without finding the back of the net, last losing four on the trot in 2012. Another defeat ‘to nil’ would see Villarreal set an unwanted club record in La Liga, yet a morale-boosting Champions League success could turn the tide. Conceding first could prove fatal, though, as they’ve lost seven out of eight away league matches when falling behind this season (W1).