On the last Monday of January, one game will happen in Spanish La Liga with Villarreal hosting Rayo Vallecano. After 18 games played, Villarreal has 9 wins, 4 draws, 5 losses, a total of 31 points and 5th place while Vallecano has 7 wins, 5 draws, 6 losses, a total of 26 points and 9th place. In this game, I'm predicting that Villarreal will win.

Since the restart of the season, Villarreal has been very good. The team won 2 rounds in Spanish Cup but lost to Real Madrid last week. Villarreal has played 7 times and recorded 5 wins, a draw, and a loss. Overall this season, Villarreal has been the 2nd-best home team with 6 wins in 8 games, with 14 goals scored and 6 conceded (tied for 3rd-best). Villarreal is expected to score 1.94 goals (5th best) and concede 1.29 (10th best).

Vallecano hasn't played very well after the break. The team managed to get 1 win in the cup but then lost to 2nd division team. In La Liga, the team lost Real Betis and Real Sociedad, draw against Girona and beat Valladolid. On the road this season, Vallecano has 3 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses, 11 goals scored (4th worst among TOP9 teams) and 11 conceded (2nd worst). Away from home, Vallecano is expected to score 1.39 goals and concede 1.76 (7th worst).

The good thing for both teams is that almost every player is healthy and there are no major injury concerns. If we look at the recent head-to-head meetings, Villarreal has won the last 4 meetings. The stats are even more impressive when the games are played in Villarreal. The home team has won the last 7 matchups in front of their fans.

Villarreal is a dangerous team at home as they have beaten Real Madrid (2nd best), Valencia (13th) and Osasuna (7th). Villarreal has the same amount of points as Atletico which is the 4th best team. There's no doubt that Villarreal wants to be in the Champions League and their motivation should be super high. The home team should secure 3 points and continue to fight for the highest places in the standings.

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1月的最后一个星期一，西甲联赛将有一场比利亚雷亚尔主场迎战巴列卡诺。18场比赛过后，比利亚雷亚尔9胜4平5负，积31分，排名第5，巴列卡诺7胜5平6负，积26分，排名第9。在这场比赛中，我预测比利亚雷亚尔会赢。

自从赛季重新开始，比利亚雷亚尔的表现非常好。这支球队在西班牙杯上赢了两轮，但上周输给了皇家马德里。比利亚雷亚尔参加了7场比赛，取得了5胜1平1负的成绩。本赛季，比利亚雷亚尔在8场比赛中取得6场胜利，进14球失6球(并列第三)，是排名第二的主场球队。比利亚雷亚尔预计进球数为1.94球(排名第五)，失球数为1.29球(排名第十)。

巴列卡诺在中场休息后表现不佳。该队在杯赛中取得了一场胜利，但随后输给了乙级球队。在西甲联赛中，球队输给了皇家贝蒂斯和皇家社会，战平赫罗纳，击败了巴利亚多利德。本赛季巴列卡诺客场战绩为3胜3平3负，进11球(TOP9球队中倒数第4)，丢11球(倒数第2)。在客场，巴列卡诺预计进1.39球，丢1.76球(排名第七)。

对两支球队来说，好消息是几乎每个球员都很健康，没有大的伤病问题。如果我们看看最近的交锋，比利亚雷亚尔在最近4次交锋中获胜。当比赛在比利亚雷亚尔进行时，数据更加令人印象深刻。主队在球迷面前赢得了过去7场比赛的胜利。

比利亚雷亚尔在主场是一支危险的球队，因为他们已经击败了皇家马德里(排名第二)，瓦伦西亚(排名第13)和奥萨苏纳(排名第7)。比利亚雷亚尔与马竞的积分相同，马竞是排名第四的球队。毫无疑问，比利亚雷亚尔想要进入欧冠，他们的动力应该是非常高的。主队应该获得3分，并继续为积分榜上的最高位置而战。