Alright folks, so I got super curious about that Real Madrid vs Villarreal match history after the recent game buzz. Wanted to see what the numbers actually said, you know? No fancy analyst stuff, just me, my browser, and some clicking around.
Where I Started
First thing? Fired up the computer. Opened a browser tab – feels kinda obvious, right? But honestly, where do you even start with footie stats? Typed something like “Real Madrid vs Villarreal past games” into the search bar. Got flooded. Big news sites, some betting crap, forums full of arguing fans… total mess. Clicked a few links, bounced off a couple sites that looked sketchy or wanted sign-ups. Annoying.
Eventually found a couple sites that looked simple enough. Just tables, dates, scores. Good enough for me. Started skimming through years – scrolled down, down, down forever. My eyes started glazing over! Had to focus. Decided I just needed a few key things: who won each time, how many goals went in total, and where they played.
The Actual Grind
Grabbed a notepad app. Seriously low-tech. Made two columns: one for Madrid wins, one for Villarreal wins. Then opened a blank spreadsheet because adding goals in my head sucks.
- Just Clicked and Copied: For each recent-ish season result listed on these sites, I’d look at the final score. Say “Real Madrid 3 – 1 Villarreal”. Okay, Madrid win. Jotted ‘W’ under Madrid’s column. Then typed the ‘3’ and the ‘1’ into my spreadsheet under their respective teams. Painstaking? Yup. But gotta see the totals.
- Home and Away? Noticed the scores flipped sometimes. Real score 3 at home? Okay. Then next game, Villarreal at home wins 2-1? Weird pattern? Needed to track that too. Added a quick note ‘H’ or ‘A’ beside each score in my spreadsheet notes.
- Draws Are Boring But Important: Ran into a few 1-1 and 0-0 results. Sighed. Drew a little line in my notepad app, wrote ‘Draw’. Put the goals in the sheet anyway. Can’t ignore ’em.
What Popped Out
After filling in like the last five years worth of clashes:
- Madrid wins jumped off the page in my notebook column. Way more tallies there than in Villarreal’s. Expected? Maybe. But seeing it stacked up mattered.
- Crunched the goal averages in my spreadsheet. Total goals across all games divided by number of games. Got something like 3.1 goals per game on average. Higher than I thought! Means these two usually put on a scoring show, even if one team dominates wins.
- Stared at the home/away stuff. Madrid usually winning big at home? Check. But Villarreal did pull off some surprise wins at their place too against the giants. Didn’t win the overall head-to-head, but definitely punched above their weight sometimes.
So yeah, the grind was real. Lots of clicking, copying numbers, and manually adding stuff up in a simple spreadsheet. No magic tools, just persistence. But honestly? That’s the fun part – digging through the raw data yourself instead of just reading someone else’s summary. Makes the patterns feel real. Madrid usually boss it? Yeah, the numbers screamed that. But Villarreal definitely made it interesting, especially at home. And both teams usually put the ball in the net more often than not!
