Espanyol vs Villarreal Preview and Line Up Prediction: Draw 1-1 at 5/1

Espanyol and Villarreal will play their twenty-first game of the La Liga season at the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat on Saturday, 23rd January.

Match Preview:

The teams played each other in August 2015 and Villarreal won the game 3 – 1. Before that they played in April 2015 and Espanyol won the game 0 – 3.

Espanyol is currently fourteenth in the La Liga table with 21 points having won 6 games, drawn 3 and lost 11. They are tied for points with Real Sociedad and Real Betis.

Villarreal is currently fourth in the La Liga table with 40 points having won 12 games, drawn 4 and lost 4. They are three points below Real Madrid.

Match Prediction:

A 1 – 1 draw is the most likely outcome with William Hill and Bet365 offering odds of 11/2 and 5/1 respectively.

Betting Odds:

William Hill Odds: 17/10 Espanyol to Win, 2/1 for a Draw and 7/5 Villarreal to Win

Bet365 Odds: 19/10 Espanyol to Win, 21/10 for a Draw and 6/4 Villarreal to Win