Villarreal and Valencia both need a win to boost the standings in La Liga as well as secure the top five positions as a condition of qualifying for next season's Champions League.
Top 5 and 6th to qualify for the European League, while top 4 to qualify for the Champions League, so a little correction here.
So far Villarreal has collected 21 points while Valencia has collected 19 points, five points adrift of Real Sociedad in third place and Atletico Madrid in fourth place, which means that the match will be quite tough because both want full points in the match. Even though Villarreal has the advantage of playing at home in Week 15, Valencia also needs a win in that match.
In terms of the strength of the two teams, they are not much different and of course it is difficult to predict who will win, but if you look at the last few matches, Villarreal has the opportunity to beat Valencia at home, because according to the latest results, Valencia has not been able to keep up with several teams in La Liga this season.
Atletico Madrid is currently in 5th place even though they are level on points with Bilbao. Villareal and Valencia both have the opportunity to improve their position in the standings so of course the match between the two will be quite tight. I tend to agree for Villareal to win in this match compared to Valencia, but who knows even though Villareal is playing at home.
Last season Villarreal managed to finish 7th in the final table, but this season I think they deserved to qualify for the Europa League if they didn't waste many chances in easy matches. It might be difficult, but they seem to be trying.