La Liga Gameweek 30 Sun, Apr 4 · 16:00 Estadio Abanca-Riazor, La Coruña
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Away travel787 kmRest days14 · 14Matches / 14d1 · 1
Real contextStrength only
Deportivo La Coruna—%
Draw—%
Villarreal—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (La Coruña)

Forecast from 20 Mar

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Deportivo La Coruna and Villarreal. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

Deportivo La CorunaVillarreal
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
45 Current StrengthIn forecast 65
40 AttackIn forecast 76
57 DefenceIn forecast 73
21 Form indexContext 79
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Deportivo La Coruna

Attack—
Defense risk—

Villarreal

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Deportivo La CorunaVillarreal
1.44 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.44
1.33 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.44
1.08 xGVia Att/Def 2.13
1.15 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.13
+0.36 Goals minus xGContext -0.69
89% Scored inContext 67%
0% Clean sheetsContext 11%
11.67 ShotsContext 16.33
4.33 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.33
37% On target shareContext 39%
7.89 Shots in the boxContext 11.11
64% Box shareContext 68%
12% ConversionContext 9%
1.71 OffsidesContext 2.89
12.56 Shots allowedContext 12.00
4.33 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.44
3.11 BlocksContext 5.14
3.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.33
69% Save rateContext 77%
48% PossessionIn forecast 60%
444 PassesContext 573
376 Accurate passesContext 510
85% Pass accuracyContext 89%
6.79 Team ratingContext 6.87
13.00 FoulsContext 11.11
11.89 Fouls sufferedContext 11.67
1.78 Yellow cardsContext 1.78
0.22 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 9 and 9 games
1.40 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.60
1.40 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.50
1.08 xGVia Att/Def 2.12
1.15 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.30
+0.32 Goals minus xGContext -0.52
90% Scored inContext 70%
0% Clean sheetsContext 10%
11.10 ShotsContext 16.50
4.20 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.00
38% On target shareContext 36%
7.60 Shots in the boxContext 11.00
66% Box shareContext 67%
13% ConversionContext 10%
1.63 OffsidesContext 2.90
11.80 Shots allowedContext 12.00
4.10 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.70
3.00 BlocksContext 4.63
3.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.29
69% Save rateContext 72%
48% PossessionIn forecast 59%
455 PassesContext 560
389 Accurate passesContext 493
85% Pass accuracyContext 88%
6.77 Team ratingContext 6.86
12.80 FoulsContext 10.40
11.50 Fouls sufferedContext 12.10
1.70 Yellow cardsContext 1.70
0.20 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Deportivo La Coruna
Rest14 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km1,592 km in 14d
Schedule load5%Low
Form 21 · 3 pts vs 6.7 for an average club · -3.7 vs expected
  • D16 OctH · Levante1–11.6 xPts
  • L11 OctA · Real Sociedad2–31.1 xPts
  • D20 SepH · Real Betis1–11.2 xPts
  • L16 SepH · Sevilla0–11.6 xPts
  • D13 SepA · Getafe1–11.3 xPts
Villarreal
Rest14 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel787 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
Form 79 · 10 pts vs 6.2 for an average club · +2.2 vs expected
  • D17 OctH · Elche0–02.1 xPts
  • W13 OctH · Napoli3–11.7 xPts
  • L10 OctA · Real Madrid0–10.7 xPts
  • W20 SepH · Levante3–11.9 xPts
  • W17 SepA · Malaga3–11.5 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Deportivo La Coruna Villarreal
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 5Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match14La Liga 2026-2027, 21 Mar14La Liga 2026-2027, 21 Mar
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km787 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,592 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 30 / 1 / 3
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Deportivo La Coruna Last XI · not confirmed
4-4-2 · vs Levante (H) 1–1, 16 Oct
13Leo Román(G)
12G. Quagliata 22B. Ede 20J. Giménez 23Ximo Navarro
14Riki Rodríguez 8Diego Villares 21Mario Soriano 19Luismi Cruz
32B. Nsongo 10Peke
Villarreal Last XI · not confirmed
4-4-2 · vs Elche (H) 0–0, 17 Oct
25P. Gulácsi(G)
23Sergi Cardona 2Logan Costa 8J. Foyth 3A. Freeman
10Alberto Moleiro 16Carlos Macia 14Santi Comesaña 11I. Akhomach
21T. Oluwaseyi 22Ayoze Pérez

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Deportivo La Coruna Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Villarreal Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Deportivo La Coruna · Home 1.20points per game · 5 home games
W-D-L
1-3-1
Scored
1.20
Conceded
1.00
Villarreal · Away 1.00points per game · 5 away games
W-D-L
1-2-2
Scored
1.40
Conceded
1.40

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 4 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 1 of 1 meetings

1 Deportivo La Coruna wins0 draws0 Villarreal wins
Goals per game3.00 – 2.00 Over 2.5100% Both scored100% Clean sheets0% · 0%
  • 5 Sep 2026Villarreal2–3Deportivo La Coruna

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Deportivo La Coruna9 games · scored 13 · conceded 12
1 0-15
3 3 16-30
1 3 31-45
1 2 46-60
3 1 61-75
4 3 76-90
Villarreal9 games · scored 13 · conceded 13
1 0-15
2 1 16-30
5 6 31-45
1 1 46-60
1 1 61-75
4 3 76-90
Deportivo La Coruna10 games · scored 14 · conceded 14
1 1 0-15
4 4 16-30
1 3 31-45
1 2 46-60
3 1 61-75
4 3 76-90
Villarreal10 games · scored 16 · conceded 15
2 0-15
4 16-30
3 5 31-45
1 2 46-60
2 1 61-75
6 5 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.