Comments and predictions for Real Madrid vs Villarreal: The King's mettle
The match between Real Madrid vs Villarreal in La Liga takes place at 1:00 a.m. on October 5. Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Real Madrid vs Villarreal team information
Real Madrid will continue to be without Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dani Carvajal, Ferland Mendy and Antonio Rudiger due to injury. However, Eder Militao is likely to return in time after an ankle injury.
Coach Alonso is expected to make some changes, possibly switching to a 3-center-back formation to strengthen the defense, in which Aurelien Tchouameni can drop back to play deep.
Jude Bellingham and Eduardo Camavinga are almost certain to start, while Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior could form a forward pairing in a 3-4-1-2 formation. Federico Valverde is also likely to return to the starting line-up.
Villarreal suffered a heavier loss of force with the absence of Logan Costa, Willy Kambwala, Juan Foyth and Pau Cabanes. In addition, Ayoze Perez and Gerard Moreno are uncertain to play.
Georges Mikautadze will continue to lead the attack, likely partnering Nicolas Pepe if Perez does not recover in time.
Compared to the draw with Juventus, Villarreal will have a few adjustments: goalkeeper Luiz Junior returns to goal, along with the possibility of Sergi Cardona, Thomas Partey, Alberto Moleiro and Ilias Akhomach in the starting lineup.
Latest Real Madrid vs Villarreal expected lineup
Real Madrid:
Courtois; Militao, Huijsen, Tchouameni; Valverde, Guler, Camavinga, Carreras; Bellingham; Vinicius, Mbappe
Villarreal:
Junior; Mourino, Veiga, Marin, S Cardona; Akhomach, Partey, Gueye, Moleiro; Mikautadze, Pepe
Latest Real Madrid vs Villarreal football review
Real Madrid started the 2025-26 La Liga season with six consecutive wins against Osasuna, Real Oviedo, Mallorca, Real Sociedad, Espanyol and Levante. However, this winning streak was halted when they were unexpectedly defeated 5-2 by Atletico Madrid in the derby last weekend.
This result caused Real to lose the top spot to Barcelona, but coach Xabi Alonso's team is only 1 point behind their Catalan opponents. Overall, this is still considered a successful start for the Royal team.
In the Champions League, Real also won all 2 matches after the first 2 rounds, successively surpassing Marseille and Kairat. They are temporarily ranked second in the overall standings of the tournament group stage.
After the October international break, Real will return to La Liga with a trip to Getafe, before facing Juventus at the Bernabeu in the Champions League group stage on October 22.
Last season, Real Madrid won both La Liga meetings with Villarreal, including a 2-0 home win. However, they lost 2-3 to the Yellow Submarine at the Bernabeu in the 2022-23 season.
On the other side, Villarreal also played in the Champions League midweek, drawing 2-2 at home with Juventus. After 2 matches, they only have 1 point in the European arena.
In La Liga, Villarreal is playing well with 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, earning 16 points, ranking 3rd - 2 points behind Real Madrid and 3 points behind the top spot.
The Yellow Submarine are on a three-game winning streak in the domestic league, against Osasuna, Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao. Their only defeat this season came against Atletico Madrid, right after the September international break.
Finishing the 2024-25 season in 5th place, Villarreal now have reason to believe in their ability to break into the top 4, especially with Athletic Bilbao's unstable start.
Head-to-head statistics show that Villarreal have only won 6/53 times against Real Madrid – a rather modest number. However, they have only lost 3/8 of their most recent La Liga matches against “Los Blancos”.
Latest Real Madrid vs Villarreal score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Real Madrid vs Villarrealas follows:
- Sportsmole:Real Madrid 2-1 Villarreal
- WhoScore:Real Madrid 2-0 Villarreal
- We predict:Real Madrid 2-1 Villarreal
When and where to watch Real Madrid vs Villarreal live?
To watch the Real Madrid vs Villarreal match live in La Liga at 1:00 a.m. on October 5, viewers can watch it onK+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. Wish you have fun watching football.