PreMatch Data

Real Madrid vs Villarreal head-to-head

Real Madrid and Villarreal have met 19 times across all competitions between 2017-18 ~ 2025-26: Real Madrid 9 wins, 7 draws, Villarreal 3 wins. At Real Madrid's ground the home side is 6-1-2 (9 games); at Villarreal's it is 1-6-3 (10 games). The fixture averages 3.32 goals and both teams score in 73.7% of meetings (18 league, 1 cup).

Compare these two clubs by conditionWin rates side by side by weather, rest days, formation, referee and lineup

Head-to-head9 · 7 · 3Real Madrid W · D · Villarreal W

Goals per game3.323+ goals 68.4%

Both teams score73.7%19 games

First goal22.8 mingoals from 76' 22.2%

Yellows per game4.16reds 2 · pens 6

Top scorerK. Benzema5 goals

What stands out

30pp
How far the two sides diverge from their own norms in August: Real Madrid 79.2% (24 games), Villarreal 26.9% (26 games).Against their usual rates: Real Madrid +13.0pp, Villarreal -17.2pp
10.0%
Villarreal's win rate at home against this opponent. Their usual home win rate is 50.0%.10 home games, 1W 6D 3L · 40.0pp below their usual home rate
15.8%
Villarreal's win rate in this fixture. Across La Liga over the same span it is 44.1%.19 games, 3W 7D 9L · 28.3pp below their usual rate
6 games
Villarreal have gone 6 straight meetings with Real Madrid without a win.6 games, 1D 5L · Villarreal usually win 44.1% of their league games · small sample
3.32
Goals per game in this fixture. The average across La Liga is 2.59.63 goals in 19 games · 0.72 per game more than the league average
36.8%
Share of these meetings that ended level. The average across La Liga is 26.5%.7 draws in 19 games · 10.4pp above the league average

Every condition was compared for both teams; only the items that deviate most from their usual records and the league average are kept. Samples under 5 games are left out entirely, and those under 10 are faded and marked as a small sample. Conditional records count league games only.

How these games play out

Most common scorelines

2–13×
2–23×
2–02×
3–22×

When the goals come

1–1511
16–308
31–459
46–6011
61–7510
76–90+14

Most starts in this fixture

14T. Courtois · Real Madrid
12F. Valverde · Real Madrid
11Dani Parejo · Villarreal
11Gerard Moreno · Villarreal
11L. Modrić · Real Madrid

Scorelines are shown Real Madrid first · goal timings split the fixture's goals into 15-minute blocks · starts count league meetings since 2017-18

All results

2026.10.11PreviewReal Madrid16:00VillarrealReal Madrid vs Villarreal Preview
2027.03.07UpcomingVillarreal16:00Real Madrid
2026.01.24La LigaVillarreal0–2Real Madrid
2025.10.04La LigaReal Madrid3–1Villarreal
2025.03.15La LigaVillarreal1–2Real Madrid
2024.10.05La LigaReal Madrid2–0Villarreal
2024.05.19La LigaVillarreal4–4Real Madrid
2023.12.17La LigaReal Madrid4–1Villarreal
2023.04.08La LigaReal Madrid2–3Villarreal
2023.01.19Copa del ReyVillarreal2–3Real Madrid
2023.01.07La LigaVillarreal2–1Real Madrid
2022.02.12La LigaVillarreal0–0Real Madrid
2021.09.25La LigaReal Madrid0–0Villarreal
2021.05.22La LigaReal Madrid2–1Villarreal
2020.11.21La LigaVillarreal1–1Real Madrid
2020.07.16La LigaReal Madrid2–1Villarreal
2019.09.01La LigaVillarreal2–2Real Madrid
2019.05.05La LigaReal Madrid3–2Villarreal
2019.01.03La LigaVillarreal2–2Real Madrid
2018.05.19La LigaVillarreal2–2Real Madrid
2018.01.13La LigaReal Madrid0–1Villarreal

top rows are fixtures still to be played (UK kick-off time) · green home win · red away win · league games since 2017-18 only · rows marked Preview open the pre-match data published for that game

Top scorers in this fixture

K. Benzema 5 · Vinícius Júnior 5 · K. Mbappé 5 · Gerard Moreno 4 · A. Sørloth 4