Villarreal will feel that they deserved more from their clash with Barcelona, and the Yellow Submarine will be looking to find some consistency at this stage of the season. We are expecting Friday's game to be a tight affair but are backing Villarreal to navigate their way to an important win.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Villarreal win with a probability of 42.07%. A win for Cadiz had a probability of 30.39% and a draw had a probability of 27.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Villarreal win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.11%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.5%) and 0-2 (7.94%). The likeliest Cadiz win was 1-0 (9.89%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.96%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 2.5% likelihood.