Villarreal vs Hapoel Beer Sheva Predictions

• Villarreal cannot be caught at the top of the group and may field a heavily rotated squad.
• Hapoel Beer Sheva are yet to lose an away game this season.
• Each of Hapoel’s last three European away games ended level with two or fewer goals.

Not your typical Yellow Submarine

A perfect four-game start to the Europa Conference League group stage has ensured Villarreal’s progression to the last 16 as group winners with a couple of games to spare. As a reward, they can afford to heavily rotate their squad and give their key stars a rest with a pivotal clash with Bilbao swiftly following this.

Even with a dramatic shift in personnel, Villarreal are still rightful favourites given their sheer depth and pedigree in European competition.

However, if there are any chinks in the armour, Hapoel Beer Sheva could be the team to grab a positive result here as they look to maintain their 100% unbeaten record away from home this season (90 minutes – W6, D4).

The value could lie with Hapoel

With Lech Poznan and Austria Vienna playing simultaneously, Hapoel know that they must win if they want to guarantee that they’ll still be in contention to qualify on the final day.

The visitors are two points in arrears of Lech, but they could end the day above them with a shock victory, although if Hapoel lose here and Lech win, it’ll be lights out for Group C.

We’re taking a risk by backing Hapoel to get at least a draw in the double chance market, it’s a long shot but 1.4 cannot be seen as value for a likely rotated Villarreal side to overcome an as yet unbeaten away side. As for the correct score, a small stakes selection on a tight 1-1 draw makes up our picks.