Villarreal vs Real Madrid: Live stream, TV channel, betting odds from La Liga 2023

Real Madrid and Barcelona are playing each other on Saturday. Real Madrid are level on points with Barcelona on 38 points. Barcelona has a slight edge on goal difference. Villarreal are seventh in La Liga and are trying to qualify for European competition in 2023/24.

Villarreal's Estadio de la Ceramica is sold out for the La Liga showdown against Real Madrid. The match will be available on Viaplay and LaLigaTV in the UK. It will also be streamed in English and Spanish on ESPN+. In the USA, it will air on the ESPN Deportes and on fuboTV. In Canada, the match is broadcast on TSN2 and streamed on its online platforms.

Villarreal vs Real Madrid is live on Optus Sport in Australia.

Alex Baena joins the midfield trio ahead of Etienne Capoue. Arnaut Danjuma will replace Gerard Moreno as the starting forward. Giovani Lo Celso is still injured. Geronimo Rulli was transferred to Dutch club Ajax earlier this week.

Villarreal starting XI: 1-Pepe Reina (GK), 8-Juan Foyth, 3-Raul Albiol, 4-Pau Torres, 18-Alberto Moreno, 16-Alex Baena, 10-Dani Parejo, 19-Francis Coquelin, 7-Gerard Moreno and 21-Yeremy Pino.

Real Madrid are without Mariano Diaz, Dani Carvajal and Alvaro Odriozola. Eder Militao or Antonio Rudiger will replace them. Villarreal subs are: 35-Filip Jorgensen, 23-Aissa Mandi, 24- Alfonso Pedraza, 2-Kiko Femenia, 5-Jorge Cuenca, 12- Johan Mojica, 14-Manu Trigueros, 22-Jose Luis Morales, 20- Manu Morlanes, 9-Arnaut Danjuma.

Real Madrid starting XI: Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militao, Antonio Rudiger, David Alaba, Ferland Mendy, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Federico Valverde, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Jr. Villarreal starting lineup: Alba, Milito, Rudig, Mendoza, Aurelien Tchouameni, Vilaverdes, Benzemba.

Real Madrid subs (10): 13-Andriy Lunin (GK), 26-Luis Lopez (K) and 17-Lucas Vazquez (C), 6-Nacho Fernandez, 5-Jesus Vallejo, 19-Dani Ceballos, 12-Eduardo Camavinga, 7- Eden Hazard, 11-Marco Asensio, 21-Rodrygo.

Villarreal and Real Madrid are playing each other in the Copa del Rey. VillarReal's new coach, Quique Setien, was unhappy with his team's performance in their previous match. Real will win the match and score over 2.5 goals.