Villarreal vs Sevilla prediction and preview
La Liga · Sunday 3 January 2027, 00:00 UTC
Match facts
Villarreal vs Sevilla
La Liga · Sunday 3 January 2027, 00:00 UTC · Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
Villarreal vs Sevilla preview
Villarreal host Sevilla in La Liga on Sunday 3 January 2027, kick-off 00:00 UTC at Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal. Villarreal are 9th in the table with 12 points from 11, while Sevilla are 6th in the table with 17 points from 11.
Recent form: Villarreal L-W-D-L-W, Sevilla L-W-L-D-L (most recent first). Over their last 6, Villarreal have scored 1.3 and conceded 0.8 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Sevilla average 1.5 scored and 2.2 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.
The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Villarreal won 4, 3 games were drawn and Sevilla won 3. Those games averaged 3.2 goals, 6 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 9. The most recent meeting, on 13 May 2026, ended Villarreal 2-3 Sevilla.
At home this season Villarreal have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 5 matches; on the road Sevilla have 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 6.
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Form and table
- VillarrealLast five: W L D W L
- SevillaLast five: L D L W L
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Sevilla | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -2 | 17 | LDLWL |
| 9 | Villarreal | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 12 | WLDWL |
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal expected line-up (4-4-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Pau Navarro, Alberto Moleiro, Pape Gueye, Carlos Macià, Tajon Buchanan, Ilias Akhomach
Sevilla expected line-up (4-4-2)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Andrés Castrín, Gabriel Suazo, Juan Iglesias, Kike Salas, Lucien Agoumé, Youssouf Fofana, Félix Correia, Chidera Ejuke, Lucas Stassin
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