La Liga Gameweek 1 Fri, Aug 15 · 20:30 Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal
Villarreal
2–0Full time
Oviedo
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Our take

Villarreal were clear favourites.

Villarreal were the stronger side on L90 Strength (75 vs 28). Absences weigh more on Oviedo. Villarreal had ? days of rest, Oviedo ? and had to travel 610 km.

Away travel610 kmMatches / 14d0 · 0
Villarreal72%
Draw18%
Oviedo10%
Expected goals 2.25 – 0.70
Villarreal73%
Draw17%
Oviedo10%
Expected goals 2.37 – 0.75
Villarreal71%
Draw19%
Oviedo10%
Expected goals 2.19 – 0.70
Villarreal66%
Draw21%
Oviedo13%
Expected goals 2.01 – 0.78
Villarreal74%
Draw17%
Oviedo9%
Expected goals 2.44 – 0.75
Over 2.5 57% Both score 45% Likeliest score 2–0
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Villarreal)

No weather data yet

Referee · SpainAlejandro Muñiz Ruiz
  • Cards per match 5.3
  • Penalties per match 0.40
  • Matches 25

Team strength

VillarrealOviedo
75 L90 StrengthIn forecast 28
65 Current StrengthIn forecast 29
76 AttackIn forecast 23
73 DefenceIn forecast 39
— Form indexContext —
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

Villarreal

Attack—
Defense risk—

Oviedo

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

VillarrealOviedo
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— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
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— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
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— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
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— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
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— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
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— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
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This league season, per match
2.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
1.20 Goals concededVia Att/Def —
1.64 xGVia Att/Def —
1.35 xG allowedVia Att/Def —
+0.36 Goals minus xGContext —
80% Scored inContext —
40% Clean sheetsContext —
12.10 ShotsContext —
4.20 Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
35% On target shareContext —
10.13 Shots in the boxContext —
73% Box shareContext —
17% ConversionContext —
1.67 OffsidesContext —
15.20 Shots allowedContext —
5.11 On target allowedVia Att/Def —
4.89 BlocksContext —
4.00 Goalkeeper savesContext —
78% Save rateContext —
44% PossessionIn forecast —
402 PassesContext —
337 Accurate passesContext —
84% Pass accuracyContext —
7.12 Team ratingContext —
10.50 FoulsContext —
12.60 Fouls sufferedContext —
1.90 Yellow cardsContext —
0.20 Red cardsContext —
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 0 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

Villarreal
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Oviedo
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel610 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

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
Villarreal Oviedo
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km610 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one8.99

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

Villarreal Confirmed XI
4-4-2
1Luíz Júnior(G)
23Sergi Cardona 4Rafa Marín 8J. Foyth 15S. Mouriño
21Yeremy Pino 18P. Gueye 14Santi Comesaña 19N. Pépé
29E. Eyong 7Gerard Moreno
+3 more reported missing outside this XI
Oviedo Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
13Aarón Escandell(G)
3Abdel Rahim 12Dani Calvo 15Oier Luengo 22Nacho Vidal
5Alberto Reina 6Kwasi Sibo
7I. Chaira 21L. Ilić 10H. Hassan
23S. Rondón
+3 more reported missing outside this XI

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
Villarreal Scores -0.01 · concedes 0.00 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Oviedo Scores -0.01 · concedes +0.08 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Villarreal+1.3 pp
  • Draw-0.7 pp
  • Oviedo-0.6 pp

Home / Away this season

Villarreal · Home No home games yet this season.
Oviedo · Away No away games yet this season.

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

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz Spain · 25 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards4.96league 1.00
Red cards0.32league 1.00
Cards 5+60%league 0%
Fouls24.9league 24.0
Penalties0.40league 1.00
Home wins52%league 0%
Villarreal1 with this referee
Record0-0-1 Cards · opp.4.0 · 4.0 Pens for · against0 · 1
  • L8 Oct 23H · Las Palmas1–24
Oviedo

No previous matches with this referee.

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Villarreal
No complete event data.
Oviedo
No complete event data.
Villarreal10 games · scored 20 · conceded 12
5 1 0-15
2 2 16-30
5 3 31-45
5 2 46-60
1 1 61-75
2 3 76-90
Oviedo
No complete event data.

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

Scenario lab Beta

Numbers are home · draw · away chances. Pick a scenario to update the forecast at the top of the page.