Villarreal vs Girona Prediction, 1/22/2023 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 1/17/2023

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Game: Villarreal vs Girona

Date: Sunday, January 22, 2023

Location: Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Villarreal (-134) Girona (+350)

Estadio de la Cerámica is the site where Girona (5-6-6) will take on Villarreal (8-4-5) on Sunday. Girona are priced at +350 and Villarreal are priced -134. The over/under has been set at 2.5. The expected starting goalkeepers are Pepe Reina Villarreal and Paulo Gazzaniga Girona.

Villarreal had 58 SVs and held a save rate of 83.1 over the course of the prior season. Their goal differential was sitting at 7 with 20 goals put in the net and 13 goals surrendered. For the prior campaign, this club finished with an average of 1.65 points per contest (28 pts) and they also were 14th in the league with 11 assists. The Submarino Amarillos had a rank of 7th for goals expected with 22.8, and their expected goals against came in at 20.4. Villarreal accumulated 39 yellow card warnings for the prior year and also 2 red cards. Villarreal surrendered 13 goals while relinquishing 0.76 G/90, and opposing clubs had a total of 71 shots on target against them. They earned 7 shut outs, which put them at a rate of 41.2 over the course of the prior season.

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Last season, Girona FC a save percentage of 65.3 (72 SoT against), and also ranked 11th in the league with 21 points. The Blanquivermells finished with an average of 1.2 pts per match while accumulating 18 assists. Girona recorded 26 goals and this team's expected goals for the prior year was at 24.2. Girona earned 40 yellow cards. Their goals against per 90 was sitting at 1.59 in addition to 45 saves. Girona had a rank of 11th in goals allowed with 27, and their difference in goals was sitting at -1.

The guy who will defend the goal for Villarreal is Pepe Reina. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.02 (642 total goals conceded) and he is the owner of a save percentage of .737. Reina (333-155-141 mark during his career) has recorded 245 clean sheets, which gives him a 38.9% clean sheet percentage. Reina has played for 56,562 minutes and has earned 1,801 stops in his pro soccer career. The goalie hailing from Spain has had 2,443 shots tried against him in 630 career starting assignments.

Paulo Gazzaniga will reside in front of the goal for Girona. He has given up 1.26 goals per 90 minutes while holding a mark of 45-27-46. Gazzaniga has racked up 28 shutouts while seeing 505 shots tried against him in 10,961 career mins. In his career, Gazzaniga has allowed 153 goals and has racked up 353 saves in 120 starts. He sports a save % of .699 and his clean sheet rate sits at 23.3%.

Gerard Moreno is one man to keep an eye out for Villarreal. Moreno has been a starter in 242 matches so far in his career and scores 0.46 goals per 90 mins. The forward who is from Spain has 111 goals scored in 21,544 mins. He has totaled 33 assists while earning 30 yellow card warnings in his career.

Girona has a guy in Cristhian Stuani, who can cause havoc on the pitch. He has totaled 108 yellow cards in his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 25 times. The forward who is from Uruguay has accumulated 32,506 professional minutes while he has scored 210 goals. He scores 0.58 goals per 90 and has had a starting assignment in 350 contests in his career.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Villarreal (-134)

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