1 of the last games in La Liga on Sunday night is going to be between Villarreal and Mallorca. When we are very close to the World Cup break, Villarreal is the 8th best team with 18 points but the TOP6 is only 3 points away. It is a little bit different story for Mallorca as the team sits in 14th position with 13 points and is not so far away from the relegation zone.

In the last 2 weeks, Villarreal lost and drew in the UEFA Conference league but they were leaders of the group and had a guaranteed spot in the next round. Results in La Liga have been mixed as the team has 2 wins and 2 losses in the last 4 games. The good news is that Villarreal hasn't lost the last 4 home games as they have 3 wins and a draw. The team has played 8 home games this season and has won 6 of them while the other 2 ended with a draw. Although right now Villarreal technically isn't playing at home, their results have been good.

In the last 6 games, Mallorca has lost 3 times, got 2 draws and only 1 win. The only win during this stretch was on the road against Valencia but the team didn't win in the previous 3 away games. Last week Mallorca didn't keep the lead against Espanyol but there were many more bad things that happened to Mallorca. Manager Javier Aguirre and right-back Pablo Maffeo received red cards and will miss Sunday's game. That can be also said about captain Antonio Raillo who has 5 yellow cards that give an automatical 1 game suspension.

From the xG stat perspective, Villarreal is an absolute favorite. Villarreal is expected to score 1.91 goals at home (5th best) while Mallorca is 4th worst with expected goals of 1.07. Villarreal has the 8th best defense with 1.26 expected allowed goals in front of their fans while Mallorca has the 5th worst defense away from home with 1.92 expected allowed goals.

Villarreal is unbeaten in their last 3 La Liga matches against Mallorca and has managed to keep clean sheets in all these games. Mallorca has won only 2 of their 15 away games against Villarreal in La Liga, with their previous such victory coming in 2003. Villarreal isn't in the best situation right now but this is a great chance to get back on track as Mallorca will miss important players and a manager, and Villarreal has been good at home.

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周日晚上的西甲最后一场比赛将是比利亚雷亚尔和马洛卡之间的比赛。当我们非常接近世界杯的休息时间，比利亚雷亚尔是第8名最好的球队18分，但TOP6只差3分。对于马洛卡来说，情况有些不同，球队以13分排名第14，距离降级区并不遥远。

在过去的两周里，比利亚雷亚尔在欧足联联赛中输了和平了，但他们是小组头名，并有了下一轮的入场券。西甲联赛的结果喜忧参半，球队在最近4场比赛中取得了2胜2负的成绩。好消息是比利亚雷亚尔最近4个主场没有输过，他们取得了3胜1平的战绩。这支球队本赛季打了8场主场比赛，其中6场获胜，另外2场以平局结束。虽然现在比利亚雷亚尔技术上没有在主场比赛，但他们的成绩还是不错的。

在过去的6场比赛中，马洛卡输了3场，2平1胜。在这段时间里唯一的胜利是客场对阵瓦伦西亚，但球队在之前的3场客场比赛中都没有获胜。上周马洛卡没有在西班牙人的比赛中保持领先，但在马洛卡身上发生了更多糟糕的事情。主教练哈维尔·阿吉雷和右后卫巴勃罗·马菲奥都吃到了红牌，将缺席周日的比赛。队长安东尼奥·雷略也可以这么说，他有5张黄牌，自动停赛1场。

从xG数据来看，比利亚雷亚尔是绝对的热门。比利亚雷亚尔的主场进球数预计为1.91球(排名第五)，马洛卡的主场进球数预计为1.07球，排名第四。比利亚雷亚尔以1.26个预期失球排名第8，马洛卡则以1.92个预期失球排名第5。

比利亚雷亚尔在最近3场西甲对阵马洛卡的比赛中保持不败，并且在所有的比赛中都保持零封。马洛卡在西甲的15场客场对阵比利亚雷亚尔的比赛中只赢了2场，上一次胜利是在2003年。比利亚雷亚尔现在的状态不是最好的，但这是一个回到正轨的好机会，因为马洛卡将失去重要的球员和教练，而比利亚雷亚尔在主场表现很好。