Villarreal v Girona

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Villarreal and Girona do battle at the Estadio de la Cerámica on Wednesday night with both teams looking to build upon recent encouraging results and in Girona's case, continue their early challenge at the top of the La Liga table as well.

After having had to endure a disappointing start to this new Spanish top flight season which yielded just one win from their opening four games, Villarreal have managed to set the record straight in recent weeks as the hosts have picked up four points from their last two league matches.

A 1-0 win away from home at Mallorca was overshadowed by three defeats which came in the form of losses to Real Betis, Barcelona and Cadiz but a subsequent 2-1 home win against Almeria followed by a point earned in a 1-1 draw away from home at Rayo Vallecano have helped Villarreal move up the La Liga table into 12th place prior to these midweek fixtures.

The bigger picture shows Villarreal have suffered just four defeats out of their last 14 matches overall in the Spanish top flight while losing just twice in their last eight home games, collecting five wins in the process.

Wednesday night's visitors, Girona, have emerged as one of the potential dark horses in the early stages of this new La Liga campaign as they sit in second place to Barcelona (only on goal difference) after producing an impressive start to this new term.

An opening day 1-1 draw away from home at Real Sociedad was a good start for Girona but even better was to come for Michel's side as they have subsequently embarked upon an excellent five-match winning streak which has helped them to the top of the table.

Victories against Getafe, Sevilla, Las Palmas, Granada and Mallorca have been productive and useful wins for Girona and the visitors will be in confident mood as they prepare for this upcoming trip to face Villarreal at the Estadio de la Cerámica.

The bigger picture shows Girona have lost just three of their last 14 matches overall in the Spanish top flight but one of these defeats was a 2-1 loss at home to Wednesday night's hosts, Villarreal, towards the end of last season.

Villarreal v Girona Verdict

Villarreal have seemingly steadied the ship in recent times and the hosts will also be in confident mood ahead of this upcoming encounter especially as the hosts have won each of the previous five meetings on the trot against Girona which will give Villarreal a welcome boost.

In addition, four of these previous five victories against Girona have also seen Villarreal keep clean sheets as well and this may only further favour the hosts for this battle.

Therefore, our main bet will be Villarreal win @ 2.25

Other side bets worth considering:

Villarreal win & Under 2.5 goals @ 6.50

Correct score: Villarreal 2-0 @ 13.00