Valencia CF v Villarreal CF

Umar Sadiq returned from a muscle injury suffered about two months earlier, came on as a substitute and scored the winning goal nine minutes later.

Umar Sadiq's internal muscle injury scar was still considered tender, and medical staff will keep his training controlled ahead of the Real Madrid match.

Valencia won at Martínez Valero, with the winning goal coming from Umar Sadiq shortly after he came on, easing the team's crisis.

Pepelu has recently been used as a centre-back, and says he will play wherever the coach puts him.

Villarreal lost to Espanyol, and defender Pau Navarro acknowledged the team has many things to correct and improve.

Villarreal lost 1-0 at home to Espanyol, with Cabrera's goal in the 60th minute deciding the match.

Villarreal lost 1-0 at home to Espanyol and have taken only four points from their first five home league matches (one win, one draw, three defeats).

Villarreal won the derby at Mestalla and are looking to build on that result after a shaky start to the season.

Harvey Elliott joined Valencia on a one-year loan from Liverpool.

Arnaut Danjuma's last goal in the last 365 days was against a regional team in the Copa del Rey.

Valencia's starting line-up against Basel included Cañizares, Curro Torres, Ayala, Pellegrino, Fabio Aurelio, Albelda, Baraja, Aimar, Angulo, Vicent and Carew.

José Luis Gayà is the captain of Valencia CF.

José Luis Gayà is currently fit and playing.

Four Sevilla ultras were arrested for their alleged involvement in a public disorder incident near the Ciutat de València stadium.

Javier Aguirre will remain on the traditional home bench at Mestalla.

Guruzeta is out with a torn ACL.

Arnau Martinez started in the three games he coincided with Corberán.

Ryunosuke Sato started in the first three league games under Corberán.

Pablo Maffeo is a regular starter at right-back.

Rodrigo Gamón will play for the reserve team if he does not get minutes with Valencia CF.

Logan Costa is called up for international duty.

Tani Oluwaseyi is called up for international duty.

Alex Freeman is called up for international duty.

Péter Gulácsi is the starting goalkeeper for Villarreal.

Aramburu has a soleus problem and will be sidelined for some time.

Nathan Saliba was involved in an incident with Vinícius Júnior.

Nicolas Pépé is still out injured for Villarreal.

Tajon Buchanan is still out injured for Villarreal.

Inigo Perez is the coach of Villarreal CF.

Georges Mikautadze scored for Villarreal.

Sergi Cardona scored for Villarreal.

Villarreal CF will play on Sunday, November 22nd.