Villarreal vs FC Copenhagen Prediction & Betting Tips (10 December)

1 point only for the Yellow Submarine in this Champions League, obtained when receiving Juventus 2-2. There are clearly two Villarreals this season, the Villarreal of La Liga 3rd and the Champions League. At the heart of this C1, the Spaniards are obliged to win their last three matches to “hope” to finish in the first 24 places and thus qualify for the play-offs. Recently, traveling to Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Villarreal did not make the heavyweight defeat 4-0. This was already the case at home against Manchester City 0-2 defeat, or even at Tottenham 1-0. There was also a more than avoidable defeat against Pafos 1-0. In the league, Ernesto Valverde's men were defending a run of five straight wins against Getafe last weekend with the result to follow. A few days earlier in the week, they traveled to Antoniano, a 4th division club as part of a 1/32nd final of the Copa del Rey result to come.

 Opposite, Copenhagen has collected more points than Villarreal in this league phase, 4 to be precise. The Danes offered themselves their first success in C1 against Kairat Almaty during the previous day 3-2. Before that, traveling to Tottenham, the Lions did not find the fault 0-4 defeat. A defeat which followed the disappointment at home against Dortmund 2-4 or the upgrade at Qarabag defeat 2-0. Copenhagen is 29th, now a stone's throw from 24th, Pafos. In the championship, no consistency for the visiting team which, after its defeat at Velje 2-0, had offered itself a little respite by beating Brondby 1-0 before diving back to the leader: Aarhus defeated 2-0. Last week, two matches were on the program, in the national cup against Esbjerg result to follow and in the championship last weekend against Sonderjyske result to come. 

As a bonus for having conceded a nice spanking to Dortmund, Villarreal saw its Argentinian central Juan Foyth receive a red and suspended today quite logically. The three long-injured musketeers: Kambwala, Logan Costa (non-qualified) and Pau Cabanes (non-qualified) did not return to the competition and will watch this meeting from the stands of the Ceramica. Unlike Copenhagen which has three players with at least 2 goals in C1, no player has reached this 2-goal mark at Villarreal. And yet, the offensive pool is monstrous with Gerard Moreno (4 goals in La Liga), Buchanan (4 goals in La Liga), Georges Mikautadze (2 goals, 2 assists in La Liga), Nicolas Pepe (2 goals, 1 assist) without forgetting Ayoze Perez (2 goals, 2 goals in the league) or even the midfielder Alberto Moleiro (6 pawns, 2 assists). At Copenhagen, starting midfielder Lerager (1 goal, 1 assist in the league) will serve a suspension for accumulation of yellow cards today. In the defection department, Thomas Delaney, absent for a long time due to injury, made his return against Aarhus in the championship and will be available today.

This will not be the case for midfielders Magnus Mattsson and Oliver Hojer (18 years old) without forgetting defender Rodrigo Huescas and the young Norwegian Liam West (17 years old), all four injured. Usually a substitute in the league, the young Icelandic talent Viktor Dadason (17 years old, no goals in the league) was sent up front against Almaty and distinguished himself by participating in his team's victory (2 goals in C1). Wingers Jordan Larsson (5 goals, 2 assists in the league) and Robert (2 goals, 1 assist in the league) also scored against the Kazakhs. As playmaker, Viktor Claesson (3 goals in the league) will be well operational, like former Nice player Youssoufa Moukoko (3 goals, 1 goal in the league).