🇪🇸 Real Madrid vs Villarreal 🇪🇸 — Prediction
La Liga · Matchday 8 · Sat, 10 Oct 2026, 21:00 CEST · Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Why we called it
Real Madrid have lost two of their last three league games (Betis, then 2-1 at Atletico with Huijsen sent off), Huijsen is suspended, Konate is out, and Mourinho may rest Kylian Mbappe (knee hyperextension) and Vinicius Junior with the Clasico in mind, leaving Bellingham, Guler and Brahim Diaz to carry the attack. Villarreal come off back-to-back 3-1 wins over Malaga and Levante with Ayoze Perez, Alberto Moleiro and Georges Mikautadze scoring, but they concede 1.7 goals a game. With Madrid's line-up unclear the scoreline could be anything from a tight 1-0 to a 3-2, which makes the exact score a lottery, while a depleted Madrid defence against an in-form Villarreal attack that scores 1.9 a game makes the Goal read clear, so we call BTTS: yes.