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Real Madrid v Villarreal

64%Real Madrid
19%Draw
17%Villarreal

Real Madrid ahead.

Tested

Real Madrid win about 64 times in 100. The other 36: a draw (19) or a Villarreal win (17).

Forecast by Vesta, published Wednesday 30 September 2026, 13:26 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals70%
Both teams score64%
Expected goals2.5 v 1.2
Most likely score2-19% chance

Likely line-ups

Our estimate from recent matches; the confirmed ones replace it about an hour before kickoff
Real Madrid4-2-3-14-5-1Villarreal

Players to watch

Model estimate

Each player's chance to score and to assist, from Vesta's expected goals for his team, his expected goals and goals per 90 minutes, and the minutes he is likely to play (the likely line-ups above).

Numbers to expect

Forecast by Vesta

What each side should make in this match, forecast by Vesta from both teams' recent numbers and the match forecast.

Shots17.310.8
Shots on target6.33.7
Corners6.33.8
Fouls9.912.7
Yellow cards1.72.2

What's at stake

Model estimate

The chance of each team finishing first, in the top four or in the bottom three: today, and in the simulated seasons where this match ends in each result.

What Real Madrid v Villarreal changes for both teams
Team and chanceNowReal Madrid winDrawVillarreal win
Real Madrid
Title5%7%3%2%
Top 498%99%98%97%
Villarreal
Top 436%33%37%46%

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals98%
2 or more goals88%
3 or more goals70%
4 or more goals50%
5 or more goals30%

Exactly

0 goals2%
1 goal10%
2 goals17%
3 goals20%
4 goals20%
5 goals14%
6 or more goals17%

Goals by team

Tested
Real Madrid: 1 or more92%
Real Madrid: 2 or more70%
Real Madrid: 3 or more44%
Villarreal: 1 or more70%
Villarreal: 2 or more34%
Villarreal: 3 or more12%
Both teams score64%
At least one team does not score36%

Winning margin

Tested
Real Madrid by 3 or more24%
Real Madrid by 218%
Real Madrid by 121%
Draw19%
Villarreal by 111%
Villarreal by 24%
Villarreal by 3 or more2%

Result combinations

Tested
Real Madrid win or draw83%
Either team wins (no draw)81%
Villarreal win or draw36%

Clean sheets

Tested
Real Madrid keep a clean sheet30%
Villarreal keep a clean sheet8%
Real Madrid win without conceding28%
Villarreal win without conceding6%
No goals at all2%

The first goal

Model estimate
Real Madrid score first66%
Villarreal score first32%
No goals2%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1540%
Minutes 16-3024%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-609%
Minutes 61-755%
Minutes 76-90+3%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Real Madrid goals down, Villarreal goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
02.23.51.70.70.2·
16.87.94.31.70.50.1
27.69.06.42.10.60.1
36.37.54.42.10.50.1
43.94.72.81.10.40.1
52.02.31.40.50.2·

Halves

Tested
A goal in the first half80%
A goal in the second half87%
Real Madrid ahead at half-time50%
Level at half-time33%
Villarreal ahead at half-time17%
Real Madrid win the second half54%
Second half level28%
Villarreal win the second half19%
More goals in the first half31%
More goals in the second half48%
Same goals in both halves21%

Half-time and full-time

Tested
Real Madrid ahead at half-time, Real Madrid win43%
Level at half-time, Real Madrid win18%
Villarreal ahead at half-time, Real Madrid win4%
Real Madrid ahead at half-time, draw5%
Level at half-time, draw9%
Villarreal ahead at half-time, draw4%
Real Madrid ahead at half-time, Villarreal win2%
Level at half-time, Villarreal win6%
Villarreal ahead at half-time, Villarreal win9%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
Real MadridVillarreal

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works

Every player's chances

Model estimate

Everyone likely to play, by chance to score. Minutes: what we expect him to play; shots: how many he should take.

Real Madrid
Real Madrid: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Kylian Mbappe-Lottin9059%23%21%68%5.1
Vinícius Júnior7932%6%19%45%2.7
Jude Bellingham7523%3%17%36%2.0
Yan Diomande4815%1%16%28%1.0
Arda Güler bench4210%<1%18%27%1.0
Denzel Dumfries509%<1%4%13%0.8
Federico Valverde799%<1%15%22%1.4
Dean Huijsen656%<1%4%10%0.7
Antonio Rüdiger bench434%<1%1%5%0.4
Marc Cucurella724%<1%10%14%0.5
Eduardo Camavinga444%<1%4%8%0.4
Ibrahima Konaté724%<1%2%6%0.4
Aurelien Tchouameni bench364%<1%3%7%0.6
Brahim Diaz bench182%<1%5%8%0.2
Bernardo Silva bench222%<1%4%6%0.2
Trent Alexander-Arnold bench402%<1%8%10%0.4
Álvaro Fernández bench181%<1%2%3%0.1
Thibaut Courtois90<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Villarreal
Villarreal: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Georges Mikautadze4818%2%6%23%1.0
Gerard Moreno bench4715%1%6%20%0.8
Ayoze Pérez bench4815%1%7%21%0.8
Nicolas Pepe5410%<1%9%18%0.8
Pape Alassane Gueye7110%<1%5%14%0.8
Alberto Moleiro5910%<1%10%19%0.7
Tajon Buchanan648%<1%5%13%0.7
Nathan Saliba594%<1%4%8%0.6
Santiago Comesaña bench434%<1%4%8%0.3
Ilias Akhomach bench323%<1%5%9%0.4
Carlos Romero bench403%<1%2%5%0.3
Tani Oluwaseyi bench82%<1%1%3%0.1
Sergi Cardona542%<1%5%7%0.3
Alexander Freeman611%<1%2%3%0.2
Renato Veiga901%<1%2%3%0.2
Santiago Mouriño bench31<1%<1%1%2%0.1
Logan Costa bench17<1%<1%<1%2%0.1
Pau Navarro52<1%<1%<1%1%0.1
Juan Foyth bench18<1%<1%<1%<1%0.1
Péter Gulácsi54<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Luiz Júnior bench36<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0