Saturday brings us further action from the Spanish top flight and a tough looking encounter looks to be in store for hosts, Getafe.
Despite holding home advantage at their Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, they prepare for the visit of a Villarreal outfit who are looking to make up ground on the top six in La Liga.
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Looking at Getafe first and the hosts currently occupy a place in the bottom half of La Liga, sitting in 14th place.
And they are just four points above the relegation zone, so they know they must keep picking up results in order to avoid being dragged down into a relegation dogfight.
However, Azulones have managed to pick up just one win from their last eight matches overall in La Liga .
These 3 points came in the shape of a narrow 1-0 home win over Mallorca and Getafe look to have their work cut out this Saturday even though results at home have been encouraging.
Getafe are unbeaten in their last 10 home games, winning seven of these but they’ve failed to beat Villarreal in each of their previous six meetings.
Villarreal also need all three points in order to set them back on track for a serious challenge on the top six of the Spanish top flight after recent defeats to Cadiz and Levante have cast them eight points adrift of 6th placed Real Sociedad.
Villarreal had previously produced a promising run of just one defeat in their preceding seven games whilst picking up five wins in the process by way of victories over Mallorca, Real Betis, Granada, Espanyol and Celta Vigo, and they’ll be boosted by overcoming Bayern Munich in midweek in the Champions League too.
The visitors will therefore be looking to rekindle that sort of form again on Saturday night but to do so they’ll need to halt a three-match losing streak on the road at Getafe, following losses on the road at Osasuna as well as the aforementioned defeats at Cadiz and Levante but Villarreal have shown they are more than capable of picking up wins on their travels as well.
Villarreal have won the previous five encounters on the trot against Getafe and the visitors look in good shape to extend their dominance over their hosts on Saturday evening as well.