- Recent form: The Submarino Amarillo have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five competitive matches.
- LaLiga form: The blanquiazules have won one, drawn three and lost one of their last five LaLiga 2026/2027 fixtures.
- Home form: Villarreal have won their last home match of the new campaign to date.
Two of the division’s dark horses in early-season skirmish
League context
Villarreal CF are 14th in LaLiga 2026/2027 after picking up two points from their first three games and Deportivo A Coruna are just one place ahead in the table after two games. So Saturday's game between these two sides at the Estadio de la Ceramica looks like it will be a close early-season battle between two clubs that have not yet found the consistency they will need to stay up.
Managers and tactics
Íñigo Pérez has seen his new-look team play some great soccer at times, but results have been patchy with his Submarino Amarillo drawing their last two LaLiga 2026/2027 games 2-2, away at Racing Santander and Atletico Madrid, before tasting their only defeat so far in a 1-0 loss at Deportivo Alaves. Pérez appears to have his team playing in a more front-foot style, pressing higher up the field and looking to play quicker in transition, but the results are yet to show it.
Antonio Hidalgo's men, by contrast, appear to be set up in a similar way to how they were last season in a compact, pragmatic system that is still designed to win the ball aggressively and break fast. The blanquiazules have also drawn their last two LaLiga 2026/2027 matches – 1-1 at home to Elche and 1-1 away at Malaga CF.
Deportivo can cause their hosts enough problems
Both teams have been involved in games where there were not that many goals with BTTS – No coming in at 1.79 and Under 2.5 Goals at 2.08 also appealing, but we feel the margin of error for Villarreal at home gives them a slight edge.
Deportivo's away form has been good, with one win and two draws from three trips, so the visitors should bring a stubborn streak to Spain and can make this game tough for Villarreal. In the result markets, the hosts are slight favorites but as Deportivo have drawn from one away game this term, we're taking Villarreal or Draw in the result market.
- Georges Mikautadze is Villarreal's biggest goal threat with one goal in three LaLiga 2026/2027 appearances, having scored two of his side's four goals across their last five games.
- Lorenzo Amatucci has added some creativity to the visitors' play and has one assist in two appearances for Deportivo, but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will be their sharpest finisher with two goals in two league appearances.
