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Huesca vs Villarreal Prediction, 1/23/2021 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 1/21/2021

David Ferreiro Huesca

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Game: Huesca vs Villarreal

Date: Saturday, January 23, 2021

Location: Estadio El Alcoraz in Huesca, Spain

TV: Fanatiz USA

Odds/Point Spread: Huesca (+330) Villarreal (-117)

Rafa and Huesca (1-9-9, 20th in La Liga) host Villarreal (8-9-2, 4th in La Liga) at Estadio El Alcoraz on Saturday. The goaltenders protecting the net will be Alvaro Fernandez for Huesca and Sergio Asenjo for Villarreal. The moneyline on this matchup has Huesca coming in at +330 and the Submarino Amarillos are at -117. The total has been set at 2.5.

Huesca faced off with Getafe in their last game and took a loss by a score of 1-0. In terms of shooting accuracy, Huesca walked away from the pitch at a 20.0% clip by landing 3 shots on target of 15 total shots. Huesca sports an average of 0.74 goals per 90 min (14 goals in total) and have accumulated 10 assists in all competitions this year.

Rafa is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for Huesca. He has accounted for 5 assists while accumulating 9 yellow card cautions during his soccer career. Mir has been given a starting assignment in 45 matches so far in his pro soccer career and he tallies 0.41 goals per 90 minutes. The forward representing Spain has accumulated 19 goals scored in 4,221 professional minutes played. One more guy who should impact this match is David Ferreiro, the midfielder who is from Spain. He has helped on a goal 44 times so far in his career while he has scored 16 total goals. Ferreiro has 20,419 mins in 225 career starting assignments and has been handed 48 yellow card cautions. He currently averages 0.07 goals per 90 minutes for his career.

The guy who is expected to defend the goal for Huesca is Alvaro Fernandez. Fernandez has defended the goal for a total of 5,535 minutes and has 107 saves thus far in his career. His GA/90 is 1.09 (67 total goals conceded) and he holds a save % of .714. The goalkeeper born in Spain has had 147 shots attempted at him in 61 starts. Fernandez (24-13-24 mark during his career) has earned 18 clean sheets, which gives him a 29.5% clean sheet percentage.

For their last game, Villarreal were able to avoid a loss with a score of 2-2 against Granada. They finished the contest by connecting on 572 of the 652 passes they tried for a rate of 87.7%. Villarreal had a 75.0% successful dribble rate by converting 9 of the 12 dribbles they pursued. Villarreal connected on 3 shots attempted out of their 9 shots attempted which gave them a 33.3% rate in their last match. Having accumulated 28 goals and 17 assists in all competitions, Villarreal sports an average of 1.47 goals and 0.89 assists per 90 min.

Gerard Moreno should be able to be counted on for Villarreal. The forward hailing from Spain has earned 19,625 mins and has scored 94 goals. He has tallied 28 yellow cards during his soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 23 times. He is averaging 0.43 goals per 90 minutes and has had a starting assignment in 220 matches thus far in his career. You should also keep an eye on Samuel Chukwueze, the forward who represents Nigeria. He has tallied 9 goals during his soccer career while assisting on a goal 6 different times. Chukwueze has earned himself a total of 4 yellow card cautions in 4,461 mins (45 starting assignments). His goals per 90 min average in his career is 0.18.

Sergio Asenjo will be looking after the net for Villarreal. In his career, Asenjo has allowed 324 goals and has accumulated 838 stops in 274 starts. He has surrendered 1.19 goals per 90 mins while holding a record of 106-75-92. He has a save percentage of .729 and his shutout rate is 32.1%. Asenjo has accumulated 88 clean sheets and has defended 1,142 shots tried against him in 24,487 career minutes.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Villarreal (-117)

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