Betting tips for FC Astana vs Villarreal - 23.11.2017

The two leaders of Group A play first place at the Astana Arena in Kazakhstan, where the home side hosts Villarreal in the match of the 5th round of the Europa League. FC Astana is second in the group with 7 points in 4 matches, one less than the Yellow Submarine. The Kazakh team made it to the last qualifying round of the Champions League, eliminating Spartaks and Legia Warsaw before being thrashed by Scottish Celtic. In this group stage, the cadre who trains another year Stanimir Stoilov fell at the Ceramic Stadium (3-1), drew at home against Slavia Praga (1-1) and won both games at Maccabi Tel Aviv ( 4-0 and 0-1).

The Kazakh team has the difficult challenge of repeating their extraordinary result of last season, in which they qualified for the group stage, fighting until the last minute to move forward in a quartet led by Atlético de Madrid, ahead of SL Benfica and the Turkish Galatasaray. This season, FC Astana leads by just one point in the Kazakhstan Premier League, over the Kairat with which all the titles were played last season.

Stoilov has maintained the team's base last season, with Bosnian defender Anisic, Belarusian defender Igor Shitov, Serbian midfielder Nemanja Maksimovic, Colombia's Roger Cañas and forwards, Serbian Djordje Despotovic, Ghanaian Patrick Twumasi and Congolese Junior Kabananga as reinforcements of luxury of the base of the team, formed by the spine of the Kazakh national team (Nenad Eric, Dmitriy Shomko, Muzhikov, Tagu¡ybergen ...).


Europa League Villarreal broke their losing streak as visitors, winning by 0-2 a decisive game in Prague, which leaves him as leader of their group in the Europa League. The Castellon team had not been able to win in their last two home games after having taken some momentum after the dismissal of Fran Escribá and the arrival of Javier Calleja to the bench. The Castellonenses fell in Copa del Rey in Ponferrada (1-0) in the first leg of the 1/16 final, and tied in the final minutes in the Metropolitan Wanda, which leaves them in 6th position in the Santander League, with 17 points in the first 10 matches.

The Yellow Submarine will have something more than 180 million budget this campaign, which dreams of getting back into the Champions League. The Castellonans have invested 42 million euros in the signings of 4 players: the Portuguese defender Rubén Semedo, for which they have paid 14 million euros to Sporting CP; the Turkish forward Enes Ünal, for which they pay another 14 million to Manchester City; the midfielder Pablo Fornals, for which they have paid the 12 million euros of his clause of rescission to Malaga; and the definitive purchase of goalkeeper Andrés Fernández to FC Porto, for which they have paid 2 million euros. After winning 6 of the first 11 games of the season, the Yellow Submarine is 6th with 21 points, having won 4 of the last 6 matches he has played in the league after dismissing Fran Escribá and drawing last weekend in San Mamés .

FC Astana vs Villarreal  Prediction: X/1 6.00

FC Astana vs Villarreal betting tip: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.80

FC Astana vs Villarreal  final score recommendations: 2-1 10.00