Real Madrid vs Villarreal prediction, odds and how to watch

Villarreal ended a three-match losing run in La Liga with a commanding 3-1 home victory over Levante, with Ayoze Pérez, Alberto Moleiro, and Georges Mikautadze all on target.

Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid 2-1 in a feisty Madrid derby at the Wanda Metropolitano, with Jonathan David's goal and a penalty from Alejandro Grimaldo doing the damage before Antonio Rudiger gave Los Blancos hope in stoppage time.

Liverpool have shipped five goals in their last three Champions League matches and kept zero clean sheets. Villarreal arrive on Tuesday knowing the home side are there to be hurt.

Real Madrid host Sevilla on Sunday night with four wins from their last five La Liga matches, but their defensive record tells a more complicated story. Sevilla arrive with problems of their own, including suspensions and injuries that could make this a long evening.

Javier Tebas dismissed Jose Mourinho's referee conspiracy claims as living 'in another galaxy', but Spain's Technical Committee of Referees has since confirmed Real Madrid had a legitimate grievance over Lee Kang-In's tackle on Federico Valverde. The row reopens a five-year cold war between Tebas and Florentino Perez as Real sit fourth, six points behind unbeaten Barcelona.

José Mourinho lost his first Madrid derby in thirteen years as Atlético beat Real Madrid 2-1, but instead of addressing the defeat, he staged a press conference stunt with printed screenshots of two disputed tackles, deflecting from Dean Huijsen's costly red card.

Jose Mourinho printed screenshots of two incidents he says should have been red cards for Atletico Madrid after Real Madrid's 2-1 derby defeat, their second loss of the season. Diego Simeone's pointed response about respecting referees suggests Mourinho's protest crossed a line, even as Real Madrid slip to fourth in La Liga.

Jose Mourinho and Diego Simeone face off as rival managers for the first time in over a decade when Real Madrid visit Atletico Madrid, with Real's poor Metropolitano record and Barcelona's perfect start raising the stakes of a genuine title-race flashpoint.