Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Real Madrid Vs Villarreal

Real Madrid host Villarreal in the mid-week Spanish La Liga fixture on Thurday night, scheduled to kick-off at 21:00 GMT, 20th April 2016.

Real Madrid is currently at the third spot of the league table, only a point behind league leaders FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid with five matchdays left in the Spanish top flight before the end of the season.

Real Madrid’s title bid is revived by Barcelona’s slip in recent weeks and are just point behind both Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. The 5-1 away win at Getafe in the weekend marked their seventh win a row and are poised to make a strong finish to the season.


Villarreal fell to a 2-1 away defeat at Vallecano in the weekend which put an end to their three match unbeaten run in the league. Currently fourth in the league, the yellow submarines have no chance of catching up with the third placed Real Madird, who are at a 15 point distance.



Real Madrid starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Navas; Carvajal, Pepe, Varane, Marcelo; Isco, Kroos, Rodriguez; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo

Villarreal starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Areola; Mario, Bailly, Ruiz, Marin; Suarez, Trigueros, dos Santos, Pedraza; Baptistao, Lopez


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