Highlights: Villarreal 0-0 Real Madrid in LaLiga 2022

In a match that went from less to more in terms of emotions, Villarreal and Real Madrid played to a goalless draw at Cerámica.

After this draw, the Yellows have 36 points, while the Whites have 54.

Next week, the Submarine will visit Granada, while Los Merengues will host Alavés.

Close! Luka Jovic's pumped shot hits the crossbar. In the last play of the match, Real Madrid let the win go.

Add 3 minutes of reposition.

Triple modification for Real Madrid: Luka Jovic, Rodrygo and Luka Modric come in for Federico Valverde, Marco Asensio and Gareth Bale.

New double change for Villarreal: Pervis Estupiñán and Yéremy Pino replace Alfonso Pedraza and Samuel Chukwueze.

Villarreal make their first moves: Boulaye Dia and Manu Trigueros come on for Arnaut Dnajuma and Vicente Iborra.

Rulli! Again, the goalkeeper prevents Bale from scoring after holding his cross-shot. It looked like there was more to come.

Gero Rulli! On two occasions, he did his best to keep his goal from falling; first, he deflected Bale's shot, and second, he blocked Vinícius' shot.

The cautions continue! Now it was for Raúl Albiol after a foul on Vinícius Junior.

The match Villarreal 0-0 Real Madrid is underway again.

After almost 50', Villarreal and Real Madrid are level at 0-0, in a match that has lacked excitement.

Gareth Bale, Real Madrid attacker, is shown the yellow card.

Four minutes of stoppage time are added.

Almost there! Good save by Gerónimo Rulli to keep out Gareth Bale's shot.

Thibaut Courtois! Alberto Moreno's powerful shot is blocked by the visiting goalkeeper.

Real Madrid's Eder Militao and Marco Asensio also receive yellow cards.

Juan Marco Foyth, Villarreal defender, becomes the first cautioned player of the match.

Metal! Arnaut Danjuma's shot hits the post. Real Madrid is saved.

So far, the match has lacked excitement; neither team has been clear on the ball.

The ball is rolling at the Madrigal! Villarreal and Real Madrid are already facing each other.

Villarreal would reach 38 points and could momentarily be in fourth place; meanwhile, Real Madrid would reach 56 points, would remain as leader and would take six points from its closest rival.

Undoubtedly, one of the most striking novelties in the Madrid squad is the inclusion of Gareth Bale, who has not been a starter for almost half a year.

This will be only the Welsh winger's fourth game in the current LaLiga season.

Andriy Lunin; Jesús Vallejo, Nacho Fernández, Eden Hazard, Luka Modric, Luka Jovic, Lucas Vázquez, Dani Ceballos, Rodrygo, Isco, Eduardo Camavinga and Toni Fuidias Ribera.

Sergio Asenjo; Mario Gaspar, Paco Alcácer, Pervis Estupiñán, Manu Trigueros, Boulaye Dia, Yéremy Pino, Aïssa Mandi, Moi Gómez, Serge Aurier y Filip Jörgensen.

T. Courtois; Marcelo, D. Alaba, Éder Militão, D. Carvajal, F. Valverde, Casemiro, T. Kroos, G. Bale, Vinicius Junior and M. Asensio.

G. Rulli; J. Foyth, R. Albiol, P. Torres, A. Groeneveld, S. Chukwueze, V. Iborra, D. Parejo, A. Pedraza, G. Lo Celso y A. Moreno.

In just under an hour, the Villarreal and Real Madrid clubs will face each other again in this LaLiga season; if they get a positive result this morning, they would advance a little further in their goal.

For now, the squads of both are already preparing to take the field in a few minutes for their respective warm-ups.

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T. Courtois; D. Carvajal, E. Militäo, D. Alaba, Marcelo, L. Modric, E. Camavinga, T. Kross, M. Asensio, Isco and Rodrygo.

G. Rulli; A. Pedraza, P. Torres, A. Albiol, J. Foyth, A. Moreno, D. Parejo, É. Capoue, S. Chukwueze, P. Alcácer and G. Moreno.

Also, a week ago, the whites won, but at home at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, after defeating Granada by the minimum difference (1-0), with a goal by Marco Asensio.

Last Sunday, in their visit to the Benito Villamarín Stadium, the yellows surprised Betis, the club that is third overall, after beating them 0-2, with goals scored by Pau Torres and Étienne Capoue.

Meanwhile, the team coached by the Italian Carlo Ancelotti has been the best so far this season, both in terms of results and performance; today it is in first place after accumulating 53 points, this after 16 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats; it has scored 48 goals and conceded 20. It must not lose the winning line, as Sevilla is very close behind.

Little by little, the team led by the Spaniard Unai Emery has been moving up positions, but it will have to continue with its good place to stay at the top of the table; currently, with one more game than its rivals, it is in sixth place with 35 points, the result of 9 wins, 8 wins and 6 losses; it has 38 goals scored and 23 conceded.

This Saturday morning, Villarreal and Real Madrid will face each other for the second -and last- time in the current competition, but now at the Madrigal; both come to this match after having a good participation, since while the locals are in European Cup qualification positions, the visitors are in the lead in the general classification.

My name is Alan Rodriguez and I’ll be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, score updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.