Sunday 26th August evening pick

Valencia V Villareal

Opening day presents a great chance for Valencia to get off to a good start. Valencia at the mestalla are usually solid and over the summer they’ve brought in some decent palyers such as Zigic, Helguera, Alexis, Arizmendi and Hildebrand to their squad.
Zigic is not yet fit and he will miss this game though as will Vicente and Del Horno.
D Silva, Villa and Morientes should have more than enough in attack.
Last year Villareal won this fixture 3 – 2 but Diego Forlan was the main man then and has since departed for Athletico Madrid. G Franco, is out suspended and Villareal will lack attacking options.
Capdevila and Cazorla have joined, but in summary I think the loss of Forlan will be the biggest factor this season.
I simply think Valencia have too much firepower with the likes of Villa and Morientes and they should get off to a 3 pointer tonight.

PICKS

Valencia win (1.86 @ betfair) 3 points

Valencia 2 - 0 correct score (9.6 @ betfair) ½ a point
Valencia 3 – 0 correct score (19.5 @ betfair) ½ a point