Real Madrid host Villarreal in matchday eight of LaLiga

Real Madrid host Villarreal on 10 October 2026 at 22:00 Damascus time, in a clash held as part of matchday eight of LaLiga for the 2026/27 season, with the match broadcast on beIN Sports.

Real Madrid sit fourth in the table with 15 points from 7 matches, having achieved 5 wins and lost twice, scoring 18 goals and conceding 8. In contrast, Villarreal are ninth with 8 points from 7 matches, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 3, scoring 13 goals and conceding 12.

Real Madrid's results in their last five matches were mixed, as they lost to Atletico Madrid 1-2 at home, beat Elche 3-2 away, defeated Rayo Vallecano 4-1, also beat Inter Milan 2-1, while losing to Real Betis 0-1.

Villarreal, meanwhile, won their last two matches, against Levante 3-1 and against Malaga 3-1, but before that lost to Real Betis 1-2, to Borussia Dortmund 2-3, and to Deportivo La Coruna 2-3.

In previous meetings between the two sides, Real Madrid beat Villarreal 0-2 in a match held on 24 January 2026, and Real Madrid also won 3-1 on 4 October 2025, as well as beating Villarreal 2-1 on 15 March 2025, and winning 2-0 on 5 October 2024, while the meeting on 19 May 2024 ended in a 4-4 draw.

Real Madrid will be without Raul Asencio for an unspecified reason, and Dean Donny Huijsen through suspension, in addition to F. Mendy, Rodrygo, Eder Militao and Federico Santiago Valverde Dipeta through injury. Villarreal, meanwhile, will be without Tajon Trevor Buchanan through injury.