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Villarreal CF vs CA Osasuna — match prediction
· Kicks off in 4588h 8m
Home advantage: Villarreal CF
Lean
The prediction
Win probability
Full-time / regulation result. Sums to 100%.
Villarreal CF 60%, draw 24%, CA Osasuna 16%.
Model comparison
1.83Expected goals0.85
63%Projected control37%
Expected goals and control are derived estimates from the model's ratings — indicative leans, not measured match stats.
Goals lean
Over 2.5 goals: 50% · Under 2.5: 50%.
At a glance
- Tempo
- balanced
- Confidence
- Moderate
Why this number
Why this number
- Elo ratings: Villarreal CF 1564 vs CA Osasuna 1458 (gap ~106).
- Villarreal CF gets a home-venue bump.
- high data quality — Villarreal CF 121 matches of history, CA Osasuna 121. Both clubs have a full record in this competition, so the ratings are well-established. The result is still inherently uncertain.
- Built from locked pre-match data: long-run team ratings, nudged only within tight caps by real, confirmed factors (never a guess) — see every one below.
Tactical read
Tactical read
AI-generatedVillarreal hold a clear edge at home, armed with superior attacking threat and midfield control. Osasuna will look to compress space and hit on the break, but the hosts' quality in the final third gives them the lean. A single mistake can still flip it.
Key matchup
Villarreal's attacking threats against Osasuna's compact, reactive defence.
Biggest factor
Villarreal's ability to convert their dominance into goals — control without finishing leaves the door open.
AI-generated context based on a statistical model. Full-time/regulation result only. Not betting advice; no specific current team-news is used.
Context
Display-only — none of this is used in the prediction above.
Confirmed lineups
via FlashscoreContext only — these confirmed lineups are not used in the prediction above. By kick-off, public team news is already reflected in any market line.
Lineups not available. We only show a confirmed starting XI when we can match this exact fixture to a Flashscore event — we never guess or invent one.
Venue
Venue not available. We only show a stadium when it comes from a source we can tie to this exact fixture — our scheduled-venue data, the club's registered home ground, or a matched Flashscore event. We never guess one.
Venue is shown for information only and is not used in the prediction.
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Sources & freshness
- Fixtures: football-data.org (live)
- Model: Elo + margin-of-victory, chronological replay with season boundary (re-centre, regress, league-changer shrink) — club-tuned FairPlay model
- Ratings generated: 2026-09-21
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- Scope: full-time / regulation
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