Chelsea vs Villarreal Prediction & Betting Tips - Uefa Super Cup

Prediction published on 08/08/2021, 17:46  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 08/08/2021 at 17:49 in Football Predictions

Chelsea, the European champions, lock horns with Europa League winners, Villarreal in Belfast, contesting for the UEFA Super Cup – a chance to start their seasons with some silverware. Both teams will miss a number of key players after a busy summer but that should not affect the sparkle of this game. Chelsea could be without Cesar Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Thiago Silva and Mason Mount. Still they’ve had a good preseason and will go here as favorites. After their Champions League win over Manchester City, Chelsea have no loss; winning two of three preseason matches and they’ve scored two goals in each of their last three matches, though conceding in each of them.

Villarreal remain a formidable force even though they have wrapped up preseason without a win. They faced English sides, Leeds United and Leicester City in their last two matches and while they managed to score twice in each of them, they also conceded heavily. In their last eight matches, Villarreal have no win inside 90 minutes and they’ve lost four times. In each of their last three matches, and six of eight, they have conceded two goals or more. Notably though, they’ve failed to score in just one of those matches – a 0-0 draw with Levante. For this game, they could be without Pau Torres and Gerard Moreno, who have had a busy summer with Spain.