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Real Madrid vs Villarreal 1:0: result and odds
Real Madrid vs Villarreal finished 1:0. The AI models' pick was over 3.5 goals at 1.71, and it lost.
- Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera
- LaLiga, matchday 8 of 38
- +20°, mostly clear
- Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
published · updated UTC


AI models' pick: Over 3.5 goals
1.71AI models' pick · 5 of 16 on this bet · 3 more in the same direction
Split panelOur football predictions so far: 56 won · 34 lost · 3 void · +10.13 units All results
what these numbers mean
- won / lost
- The result of the bet once the round is settled: profit or loss at a stake of one unit at the odds shown.
likely score
2:1 9%1:2 8%2:2 7%
The likely score lists the four most likely results; the odds next to it are the average price of 6 bookmakers on that score. This is not the bet: the AI consensus chooses the bet.
What the odds were
Over 17 days a Villarreal win shortened from 9.24 to 7.23 — money is coming in on the away side.
abbreviations
- 1/X/2 — home win / draw / away win
- O/U — over/under total goals
- H1/H2 — home/away handicap
- 1X/12/X2 — home or draw / no draw / away or draw
Line movementOur bet — Over 3.5: 1.71 → 1.71 since we publishedView
This market has barely moved: Over 3.5 1.71 → 1.71, Under 3.5 2.19 → 2.17.
Price changes
| When | Over 3.5 · our bet | Under 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.71−0.01 | 2.17+0.02 | |
| 1.72+0.01 | 2.15−0.04 | |
| 27 Sep – 10 Oct · no snapshots for 13 days | ||
| We published over 3.5 goals at 1.71 | ||
| 1.71opened | 2.19opened | |
How the match went
It was goalless at half-time. Real Madrid broke the deadlock through Yan Diomande on 62 minutes, converting a Federico Valverde pass. Ten minutes later Vinícius had a goal ruled out by VAR and was sent off, leaving Real Madrid to close out a 1-0 win with ten men. Villarreal shaded the shot count, 15 to 11. They also held more of the ball, 54% to 46%. Villarreal's xG finished at 0.64, well short of Real Madrid's 0.99, the total that delivered the only goal. Our over 3.5 goals pick at 1.71 went down, as the match finished with just one goal in total, well under that mark. Before kick-off the market had Real Madrid favourites at 1.36 and Villarreal out at 7.23, with the exact 1-0 finish quoted far higher than either price.
- 10'
Renato Veiga YC - 19'
Jude Bellingham YC - 45'
on Marc Cucurella, off Álvaro Fernández Carreras - 52'
on Vinícius, off Trent Alexander-Arnold - 56'
on Nathan-Dylan Saliba, off Santi Comesaña - 56'
on Carlos Romero, off Juan Foyth - 62'
Yan Diomande (Federico Valverde)1:0 - 63'
VAR check · Yan Diomande - 67'
on Gerard Moreno, off Ilias Akhomach Chakkour - 67'
on Georges Mikautadze, off Sergi Cardona Bermúdez - 68'
José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix YC - 72'
goal disallowed (VAR) · Vinícius - 72'
Vinícius RC - 77'
on Eduardo Camavinga, off Arda Güler - 81'
Ibrahima Konaté YC - 83'
Antonio Rüdiger YC - 84'
Pau Navarro YC - 86'
on Denzel Dumfries, off Yan Diomande - 86'
on Nizar El Jmili, off Alberto Moleiro - 87'
Aurelien Tchouameni YC - 90+4'
Kylian Mbappé YC
| Real Madrid | stat | Villarreal |
|---|---|---|
| 0.99 | expected goals (xG) | 0.64 |
| 11 | shots | 15 |
| 4 | on target | 4 |
| 46% | possession | 54% |
| 9 | corners | 3 |
| 8 | fouls | 13 |
| 4 | saves | 3 |
| 5 | yellow cards | 2 |
| 1 | red cards | 0 |
what these numbers mean
- expected goals (xG)
- How many goals shots of this quality and from these positions produce on average. It shows how well the score reflects the game: 0.6 xG with two goals scored means clinical finishing, not domination.
- feed rating
- The player's match rating from our statistics provider — not ours. It is based on actions on and off the ball; we do not recalculate it and show it as it is.
Starting line-ups
- 1T. Courtois7.7
- 18Álvaro Fernández7.2
- 22A. Rüdiger6.8
- 16I. Konaté6.7
- 12T. Alexander-Arnold6.7
- 14A. Tchouaméni6.5
- 8F. Valverde7.7
- 25Y. Diomande — highest feed rating in the match8.2
- 5J. Bellingham6.5
- 15A. Güler6.8
- 10Kylian Mbappé6.3
- 6E. Camavingaon 77'6.6
- 17Marc Cucurellaon 45'6.6
- 24D. Dumfrieson 86'6.1
- 19Carlos Espí
- 13A. Lunin
- 26Sergio Mestre
- 9Endrick
- 20Bernardo Silva
- 7Vinícius Júnioron 52'5.9
- 27Thiago Pitarch
- 21Brahim Díaz
- 25P. Gulácsi6.5
- 23Sergi Cardona6.6
- 12Renato Veiga6.2
- 6Pau Navarro6.3
- 3A. Freeman7.3
- 18P. Gueye6.8
- 8J. Foyth6.8
- 10Alberto Moleiro5.9
- 14Santi Comesaña6.5
- 11Ilias Akhomach6.4
- 22Ayoze Pérez6.1
- 15S. Mouriño
- 7Gerard Morenoon 67'6.3
- 9G. Mikautadzeon 67'6.7
- 16C. Macia
- 28Joselillo Gaitán
- 27N. El Jmilion 86'6.2
- 5A. Diatta
- 2Logan Costa
- 21T. Oluwaseyi
- 1Luíz Júnior
- 20Carlos Romeroon 56'6.7
- 24N. Salibaon 56'7.0
AI prediction and analysis
The largest group of AI models bet on over 3.5 goals — the bet lost. 3 more chose close bets in the same direction: over 2.5 goals and over 3 goals. 3 more each on both teams to score (lost) and on Real Madrid −1.5 (lost). The other 2 chose a bet each: a Real Madrid handicap and a Real Madrid win.
- 5 of 16O 3.5our betodds 1.71Claude
Gemini
GrokKimiQwenlost - 3 of 16BTTSodds 1.56ChatGPT
GLMXiaomi MiMolost - 3 of 16H1 (−1.5)odds 1.66DeepSeekDeepSeek FlashMiniMaxlost
- 2 of 16O 2.5same directionodds 1.24MistralNemotron Ultralost
- 1 of 16H1 (−1)odds 1.32
Sonarvoid - 1 of 161odds 1.33Nemotron Superwon
- 1 of 16O 3same directionodds 1.35
Dots3-Notelost
Odds — the bookmaker average at the moment the AI model answered.
Odds quoted in this analysis are as of 09.10 at 11:21 UTC
The last two meetings finished 2-0 and 0-2, Real Madrid getting through both without any shootout, and the market rates over 3.5 goals at just 56%. At home, though, Madrid are running at 4.7 goals per game, and all three fixtures at the Bernabéu have gone over 2.5. Villarreal have yet to keep a clean sheet in four away trips, they ship 1.8 goals a game on the road, and both teams have scored in three of those four. Form points the same way: Real have 12 goals scored and six conceded in their last five, Villarreal nine and eight. This ground produced a 3-1 in October 2025, and in May 2024 the two served up a 4-4.
Where we could be wrong
The caution lies elsewhere. One away trip in four passes without a Villarreal goal, and the January game followed exactly that script. Should Real get their noses in front by the middle of the second half, they can comfortably drop the tempo, and the fourth goal may never arrive. Even so, we're backing over 3.5 goals.
- 5 of 16 AI models back this bet and 3 more chose a close bet in the same direction: it is the most common answer, but the other half chose something else.
The bet comes from the largest group of AI models pointing the same way (a home win and a home handicap count as one view), and within that group it is the bet named most often; if two groups are level, the one priced closer to the bookmakers' line is taken — how we calculate
Stats and form
Recent matches
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.09 | Atlético Madrid | A | 1:2 | L |
| 15.09 | Elche | A | 3:2 | W |
| 12.09 | Rayo Vallecano | H | 4:1 | W |
| 08.09 | InterChampions League | H | 2:1 | W |
| 04.09 | Real Betis | A | 0:1 | L |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.09 | Levante | H | 3:1 | W |
| 17.09 | Málaga | A | 3:1 | W |
| 14.09 | Real Betis | H | 1:2 | L |
| 08.09 | Borussia DortmundChampions League | A | 2:3 | L |
| 05.09 | Deportivo La Coruña | H | 2:3 | L |
H — home, A — away · score and xG from the team's side · league matches carry no competition tag
Season averages
| for / against | LaLiga | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| goals | 2.4 / 1 | 1.6 / 1.6 | 1.5 |
| xG | 2.5 / 1 | 2.1 / 1.3 | 1.5 |
| shots | 17.9 / 13 | 15.9 / 12.6 | 13.4 |
| shots on target | 7.1 / 4.4 | 6.3 / 3.8 | 4.7 |
| corners | 7.1 / 4 | 6.8 / 4.4 | 4.9 |
| fouls | 8.4 / 14.1 | 11 / 12.3 | 12.4 |
| yellow cards | 2.3 / 2.8 | 1.6 / 2 | 2.1 |
| matches over 2.5 | 75% | 75% | |
| both scored | 63% | 75% | |
| clean sheets | 25% | 0% | |
| failed to score | 13% | 25% | |
| home / away | |||
| goals | 3.3 / 0.5 | 1.4 / 1.4 | |
| average total | 3.8 | 2.8 | |
| matches over 2.5 | 75% | 60% | |
| both scored | 50% | 60% | |
- Real Madrid score more than the league average: 2.4 vs 1.5
- Villarreal shoot more often than the league average: 15.9 shots vs 13.4
- "home / away" is split by the role in this match: home games only for Real Madrid, away games only for Villarreal
Head to head
6–2–2Real Madrid wins · draws · Villarreal wins
| Match | Score | Date | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villarreal vs Real Madrid | 0:2 | 24.01.26 | |
| Real Madrid vs Villarreal | 3:1 | 04.10.25 | |
| Villarreal vs Real Madrid | 1:2 | 15.03.25 | |
| Real Madrid vs Villarreal | 2:0 | 05.10.24 | |
| Villarreal vs Real Madrid | 4:4 | 19.05.24 | |
| Real Madrid vs Villarreal | 4:1 | 17.12.23 | |
| Real Madrid vs Villarreal | 2:3 | 08.04.23 | |
| Villarreal vs Real Madrid | 2:3 | 19.01.23 | Copa del Rey |
| Villarreal vs Real Madrid | 2:1 | 07.01.23 | |
| Villarreal vs Real Madrid | 0:0 | 12.02.22 |
- both scored in 7 of the last 10 meetings
- over 2.5 goals — in 7 of 10