It seems that this time, Ancelotti is quite alert but still confident that his team can beat Villareal. and they must do it, otherwise, the possibility of their position to overtake Barcelona will be even further away. especially with the condition of their players who are still injured, this makes the club very worried.
Although I will be predicting a Real Madrid win today but this isn’t going to be na easy game for them, Villarreal have been that club the usually frustrates Real Madrid all the time. In past three seasons now they have always managed to take points off Madrid. So with such upset and with their current form they should be able to also push Madrid hard again. I will be going for Real Madrid win because they just came off a very disappointing loss to Lille in the champions league. A point drop again this weekend will actually mount pressure on them and as such I expect them to put in a good performance today but Villarreal would not be defeated easily that I know
Yes, Madrid is not always easy to win against Villarreal. The last meeting at Villarreal's home ground ended in a 4-4 draw. Although this time Madrid will play at home, Madrid has always conceded when facing Villarreal in their last few matches. Madrid will still be favored to win, but their efforts to win will get resistance from Villarreal.
Madrid cannot lose any more points to maintain the points difference with Barcelona. Likewise with Villarreal, I think they don't want to lose points just like that. I just don't want to expect Villarreal to give Madrid their first defeat in La Liga this season.
Real Madrid are in a bad shape after they were beaten by Lille in the Champions League, because a win will be very important to restore their mentality now, facing Villareal, indeed Madrid is the favorite to win the match especially because they play at the Santiago Bernabeu, However, if you look at Villarreal who are also in their best form at the moment, it is not impossible that Madrid will have difficulties in the the match, especially since so far Villareal has always given fierce resistance every time facing Madrid, and even in the last 5 meetings in all competitions, Madrid has only won 2 times, while Villarreal has won 2 times and 1 match ended in a draw.
The match will of course be full of high intensity considering that Madrid can no longer lose points if they still want to compete with Barcelona, ,likewise with Villarreal who will definitely also try hard not to lose points, especially since they are also in a pretty good position in the standings