Villarreal vs Sabah prediction and preview

Champions League · Tuesday 8 December 2026, 17:45 UTC

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Villarreal vs Sabah

Champions League · Tuesday 8 December 2026, 17:45 UTC · Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal

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Villarreal vs Sabah preview

The Champions League fixture between Villarreal and Sabah is scheduled for Tuesday 8 December 2026 at 17:45 UTC at Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal. Villarreal are 29th in the table with 3 points from 4, while Sabah go into the round 25th, on 3 points from 3 games.

Villarreal come into the game with a L-L-W-L-D run in the league (1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in their last 5), while Sabah's recent sequence reads L-W-L-W-L. Over their last 6, Villarreal have scored 1.3 and conceded 2.2 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Sabah average 1.8 scored and 1.7 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.

At home this season Villarreal have 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from 7 matches; on the road Sabah have 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from 5.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

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25Sabah310236-33LWL
29Villarreal4103814-63LWLL

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Villarreal expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Péter Gulácsi, Santiago Mouriño, Renato Veiga, Alex Freeman, Carlos Macià, Tajon Buchanan, Santi Comesaña, Pape Gueye, Ayoze Pérez

Sabah expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stas Pokatilov, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Akim Zedadka, Steve Solvet, Aden McCarthy, Ivan Lepinjica, Veljko Simic, Umarali Rakhmonaliev, Kaheem Parris, Joy-Lance Mickels

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