The most outstanding data of the previous Madrid-Villarreal

He real Madridwith morale through the roof after making it to the final of cupaccept this Saturday at villarreal within Santiago Bernabeu (9:00 pm/Movistar LaLiga) after winning on Sunday in the same setting against Valladolid with a devastating 6-0. This is the most popular data of the rivalry between the merengue team (2nd in the table) and the ‘groguet’ (6th), according to Opta:

1 – Real Madrid have won just three of their last 11 meetings with Villarreal in LaLiga (6D 2D) and none in the last three (2D 1D), their worst ever winless streak against the same rival in the competition.

2- Villarreal have won just one of their 22 away games against Real Madrid in LaLiga (6E 15D), 0-1 in January 2018 with Javier Calleja as coach.

3 – After his victory at La Cerámica in January 2023 (2-1), Villarreal have a chance to make it two wins in a row against Real Madrid for the first time in their 23 seasons in LaLiga counting the current campaign.

4 – Real Madrid have lost just one of their last 42 home games in LaLiga (29V 12E), 0-4 against Barcelona in March 2022, and none in their last 17 league games at home (12V 5E).

5 – After four consecutive defeats between January and February 2023, Villarreal are unbeaten in their last five LaLiga games (4W 1D), winning the last two without conceding a goal – they haven’t gone on a three-game winning streak without conceding in the same competition campaign since June 2020 (3V).

6 – Real Madrid player, Karim Benzema, has already scored 233 goals in LaLiga and he is one goal away from equaling Hugo Sánchez as the competition’s fourth all-time top scorer (234 goals).

7 – Benzema scored nine goals against Villarreal in LaLiga and he could become the fourth player to achieve double figures against a ‘groguet’ team in the competition, after Leo Messi (15), Cristiano Ronaldo (13) and Aritz Aduriz (10).

8 – Villarreal player, Yeremi Pino, He scored two goals in five matches with Real Madrid in LaLiga. The canary, who scored in the first round, can join Cani on 10/11 and Giovani dos Santos on 13/14 as the only players from the yellow team to score in their two duels against the madridistas in the same league campaign.

9 – The coach of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti, They have lost just one of their seven games against Villarreal in LaLiga, although they have drawn four (W2, D4, L1), their highest record of draws against both rivals in the competition.

10 – Villarreal coach Quique Setién, they have won three of their last six games against Real Madrid in LaLiga (3D). Only Diego Pablo Simeone (five), Ernesto Valverde and Luis Enrique Martínez (four) have achieved more wins against the white team in the league in the last decade (since January 2013).