Real Madrid is the biggest and most trophy-winning football club in the world, the current ruler of Europe and Spain. It inspires awe wherever it appears, but even such a club has some places it would prefer to avoid. It may sound a bit unusual, but Estadio de la Cerámica, better known as El Madrigal, is a real nightmare for the players of the Royal Club. That’s exactly where the boys in white jerseys will meet this Saturday, from 6.15 PM EAT, they will be hosted by Villarreal in the 16th round of the Spanish Primera.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Strange as it may be, nowhere do Los Blancos have such a black streak of results on Spanish soil as in Villarreal. If we look at streaks of 10 consecutive visits, the Royal Club has collected more victories against Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia, their traditional biggest rivals, than against Villarreal, an average team that has also been relegated to the Segunda Division in the last decade.Only on two occasions in the previous 10 away games did the Madrid great win at the Madrigal. They have been waiting for a triumph there since 2017, when in the interval from the 64th to the 83rd minute, they turned a 0-2 deficit into 3-2 win with the goals of Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo (from the penalty spot) and Alvaro Morata.Villarreal have not won any of their last nine games against Real Madrid in LaLiga 😬🤝 D6 ❌ L3 pic.twitter.com/9FgIWhtoiV— LiveScore (@livescore) January 7, 2023 None of the three are wearing the white shirt anymore. Moreover, only Morata is still in Europe, but in Atletico Madrid. Real’s last five visits to the “Royal Village” (Villarreal translated from Spanish) – ended in draws. It was 2-2 three times, then 1-1 and 0-0 once.By comparison, against Barcelona in the last 10 matches at Camp Nou, Real Madrid collected three victories. At the Atletico Madrid stadium, they also triumphed three times (once at the Vicente Calderon and twice at the Metropolitano), while they haves four triumphs each at Valencia’s Mestalla and Sevilla’s Sanchez Pizjuan.In this term, Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti did not manage to triumph in Villarreal, but he did in the previous one. In the 2014/2015 season, it was 2-0 for the visitors at El Madrigal, with goals from Luka Modrić and Ronaldo.📊| Real Madrid haven’t won away vs Villarreal since 2017:• 2-2• 2-2• 2-2• 1-1• 0-0 🤕 pic.twitter.com/Bg5aGOLQ3L— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) January 7, 2023 In the last meeting between Villarreal and Real Madrid, in February last year, there were no goals. However, there are a few debatable decisions by Murcia referee Sánchez Martínez. On two occasions, he missed the opportunity to award very obvious fouls in the penalty area of both teams. First in the 14th minute, when Raul Albiol elbowed Vinicius Junior, and then he call a spot-kick in the 23rd after Dani Carvajal’s foul on Lo Celso. Moreover, subsequent analysis showed that Martinez did more damage to Villarreal then, as he missed the opportunity to show Asensio a direct red card for a foul on Iborra in the 29th minute. The Real Madrid player got away with only a yellow card.Let’s hope that this time after the match there will be no need to discuss the refereeing, that is, that we will enjoy a quality football performance.Le 1️⃣1️⃣ du Real Madrid pour affronter Villarreal. pic.twitter.com/dhqtiirv4K— Le Journal du Real (@lejournaldureal) January 7, 2023 LA LIGA – Round 16FridayElche – Celta 0-1 (0-1)/Aspas 5/Valencia – Cadiz 0-1 (0-1)/Alcaraz 9/Saturday18:15: (3.35) Villareal (3.45) Real Madrid (2.15)20:30: (2.00) Mallorca (3.30) Valladolid (4.00)23:00: (2.35) Espanyol (3.30) Girona (3.35)Sunday16:00: (3.90) Almeria (3.50) Sociedad (2.05)20:30: (1.85) Sevilla (3.35) Getafe (4.70)23:00: (3.10) Atl.Madrid (3.35) Barcelona (2.45)Monday23:00: (1.70) Ath.Bilbao (3.60) Osasuna (5.40)***odds are subject to change***
