Villarreal vs Real Madrid: Copa del Rey Records, Stats, Goals, Head to Head & everything to know

Villarreal have a tough assignment at home against an inconsistent Real Madrid side in the Copa del Rey round-of-16 match on Thursday night. In the beginning of the month, the home side did get the better of the same opponent in La Liga. Hence, they would be confident of beating them again – this time in the domestic cup. However, Villarreal will not get carried away from the earlier victory and will be well aware of the difficult task at hand on Thursday night.

Real Madrid though will be eager to get back to winning ways quickly after losing 3-1 to Barcelona in the final of the Supercopa de Espana. Moreover, they would be keen to get the win against Villarreal after losing to them in the league earlier this month. In the La Liga table, Real Madrid are sitting second with 38 points from 16 matches, while Villarreal have 28 points from 17 games to be placed fifth.

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Villarreal vs Real Madrid: Copa del Rey Records, Stats & Goals

These two clubs have faced each other on numerous occasions over the years in various competitions. Real Madrid have also been a force to be reckoned with in Spain but in recent years, Villarreal have also done well to regular challenge the big guns. However, these two clubs have faced each other only twice in Copa del Rey. Real Madrid won them both by 2-0 scoreline during the 1998/99 season in the first and second leg of the last-16.

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