Pontevedra vs Villarreal Prediction and Betting Tips | December 4th 2024 

Pontevedra will host Villarreal at the Estadio Municipal de Pasaron on Wednesday in the second round of the 2024-25 Copa del Rey campaign. The hosts will be hoping to get a surprise result and continue their run of remarkable performances that has them leading their group in the Spanish fourth division.

Pontevedra have only lost two and drawn three of their 15 competitive games this season and could be considered the best the Segunda Federacion has to offer in the domestic cup so far. The hosts blew Levante out of the water with a comfortable 4-1 victory in the opening round, although they are unlikely to repeat such a performance against a much stronger side.

Villarreal subjected amateur side UD Poblense to a 6-1 thumping in the opening round of the Copa del Rey and will go into Wednesday's match looking to continue their six-game unbeaten streak across all competitions. The visitors currently sit in fifth place in the Spanish top flight thanks to their impressive goalscoring record.

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Pontevedra vs Villarreal Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• Thursday's match will mark the fifth meeting between these two teams but the first in over 50 years. Villarreal won two of those previous meetings while Pontevedra won the other two.
• The hosts have not gotten past the second round of the domestic cup since the 2007-08 season.
• The away side have gotten as far as at least the round of 32 in each of the last 11 seasons.
• Pontevedra conceded only nine goals in 14 league games this season.
• Villarreal have the third-best offensive record in La Liga with 27 goals and have scored in all but one of their 15 matches across all competitions.

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Pontevedra vs Villarreal Prediction

Pontevedra will need to put up a performance for the ages to pull off a surprise win against one of the biggest teams in Spanish football. Their solid home record provides a subtle advantage but they will have to rely on their defensive record if they are to get anything from the midweek clash.

Villarreal are the comfortable favorites going into this midweek fixture but will need to avoid complacency so that they don't fall to a humiliating early exit from the domestic cup.

Prediction: Pontevedra 1-2 Villarreal

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Pontevedra vs Villarreal Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Villarreal to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Each of the visitor's last five matches have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES