Villarreal vs Levante Prediction & Betting Tips (20 September)

Villarreal vs Levante closes Matchday 7 of the 2026/27 LaLiga season on Sunday, 20 September 2026, at 18:30 CEST in the Estadio de la Cerámica, and the latest news points to a home side needing a response after a bruising run: the Yellow Submarine were beaten 1-2 by Real Betis at home and also fell 3-2 at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, so Iñigo Pérez’s men must rediscover the control that deserted them in the final third.

Levante arrive with more encouragement than the table may suggest because their 2-4 home defeat to Barcelona still contained two late goals from Iván Romero and Roger Brugué, while their previous away day at Málaga finished 2-4 in the loss and 0-0 at La Rosaleda; Luís Castro’s rebuilt side has been competitive, but the absence of Karl Etta Eyong with a rectus femoris issue limits one useful counter-attacking option.

For the 2026/2027 squads, Villarreal can call on Luiz Júnior behind Juan Foyth, Renato Veiga, Santiago Mouriño and Sergi Cardona, with Santi Comesaña, Pape Gueye, Alberto Moleiro and Tajon Buchanan supporting Gerard Moreno, Georges Mikautadze, Nicolas Pépé and Ayoze Pérez; Levante’s group features Mathew Ryan, Aïssa Mandi, Adrián Dela, Ifeanyi Ndukwe and Manu Sánchez, plus Oriol Rey, Jon Ander Olasagasti, Hugo Sotelo, Enzo Bardeli and Thiago Fernández behind Romero, Ratkov, Musuayi and Brugué, with Dani Requena and Thiago Fernández knowing Villarreal’s methods from their loans.

Using European odds, Villarreal should be priced around 1.50 for the home win, near 4.33 for the draw and about 6.50 for Levante, but our prediction is a 3-1 Villarreal victory: Levante’s young midfield can keep the first half tight, yet Villarreal’s superior box quality from Gerard Moreno, Mikautadze and Pépé should eventually turn pressure into goals, with Levante’s late-game resilience making the scoreline closer than the run of play sugge