It's impossible to ignore this Villarreal loss; they're practically begging us to make money here, and we're going to take advantage of it.

Marcelino's Villarreal are having a spectacular season and are aiming for even better than last season's fifth place. After seeing their six-game winning streak in the league come to an end against Barcelona (0-2), they went to Elche and won convincingly (3-1), showing they won't be shaken by one game. The picture is clear: 12 wins, 2 draws, and 3 losses, placing them third with two games in hand, the third-best home record in La Liga (22 points/9 games), and an elite defensive record, conceding only 16 goals, a record shared with Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid. There are absences (Logan Costa and Pau Cabanes injured; Kambwala doubtful; Ilias Akhomach and Pape Gueye at the Africa Cup of Nations), but there are immediate reinforcements: Renato Veiga and Tajon Buchanan return after suspension and raise the projected starting eleven (Junior; Mourino, Veiga, Foyth, Pedraza; Pepe, Parejo, Comesaña, Moleiro; Pérez, Mikautadze). At home, high possession, Parejo orchestrating the game, and plenty of attacks down the flanks to convert possession into chances.

On the other side, Alavés is struggling away from home. Eduardo Coudet's team is in 13th place, a month without a win in the league, with only one victory in eight away games and 14 goals scored — the second worst attack in the championship. For this game, Protesoni is suspended, Garces continues to serve a long suspension, and Víctor Parada returns after suspension. The likely starting eleven (Sivera; Jonny, Tenaglia, Pacheco, Parada; Ibáñez, Blanco; Vicente, Aleñá, Rebbach; Boyé) has Carlos Vicente as its biggest threat (8 goals), but lacks spark between the lines when pushed back for long periods, precisely the scenario that Villarreal imposes at La Cerámica.

I really like this Villarreal team and they are very strong at home, while Alaves can still be competitive when playing at home but are easy prey away and can't stop their opponents. I'm predicting a very easy Villarreal victory.

我们不可能忽视比利亚雷亚尔的失利；他们实际上是在求我们在这里赚钱，而我们要利用这一点。

马塞利诺的比利亚雷亚尔有一个精彩的赛季，他们的目标是比上赛季的第五名更好。在对阵巴塞罗那（0-2）的比赛中，他们结束了联赛的6连胜，之后他们来到埃尔切，以令人信服的比分（3-1）获胜，表明他们不会被一场比赛所动摇。情况很清楚：12胜2平3负，在两场比赛中排名第三，在西甲联赛中主场战绩排名第三（9场22分），防守记录也很出色，只丢了16个球，与皇马和马德里亚特兰蒂斯队一样。缺阵（洛根·科斯塔和保罗·卡巴内斯受伤；坎布瓦拉伤情尚不确定；伊莱亚斯·阿霍马奇和佩佩·盖耶将缺席非洲杯），但很快就会有增援：雷纳托·维加和塔洪·布坎南在停赛后回归，并增加了预计的首发11人（小穆里诺、维加、福耶斯、佩德拉萨、佩佩、帕雷霍、Comesaña、莫莱罗、帕姆雷斯、米考塔泽）。在主场，控球率高，帕雷霍指挥着比赛，两翼的大量进攻将控球转化为机会。

另一方面，alavsamis在远离家乡的地方苦苦挣扎。爱德华多·库代特的球队排名第13位，一个月没有在联赛中获胜，在8场客场比赛中只取得了1场胜利，进了14个球，是联赛中进攻第二差的球队。本场比赛，proteesoni停赛，Garces继续长期停赛，Víctor Parada停赛后回归。可能的首发11人（西维拉、乔尼、特纳利亚、帕切科、帕拉达、Ibáñez、布兰科、维森特、Aleñá、雷巴赫、博伊尔）最大的威胁是卡洛斯·维森特（8球），但在长时间的防守中缺乏锋线之间的火花，这正是比利亚雷亚尔在Cerámica所施加的情况。

我真的很喜欢比利亚雷亚尔这支球队，他们在主场非常强大，而阿拉维斯在主场仍然很有竞争力，但在客场很容易成为猎物，无法阻止对手。我预测比利亚雷亚尔会轻松取胜。