Villarreal slump to a fourth straight defeat
Villarreal sit 21th on 0 points after a 3-2 loss at Dortmund, their 4L run leaving them bottom of the early table.
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Villarreal lost again on Tuesday 8 September, going down 3-2 away to Dortmund on matchday 1. It is a fourth consecutive defeat. Four played, four lost, no points, and a goal difference of -1.
The numbers are unforgiving. Villarreal have scored 2 and conceded 3 across that run. At home the record reads 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats; away it is 0-0-2. The form line is LLLL, and the streak stands at 4L.
In the league table that leaves them 21st with 0 points from 1 match. One game. One loss. The table does not care about the margin.
Can a single home fixture fix this? Villarreal host Napoli on Tuesday 13 October on matchday 2, and it is hard to see a softer landing. Win that and the mood changes. Lose it and the run becomes five.
For context, the top of the table looks nothing like the bottom. PSG lead on 3 points with a goal difference of +5, ahead of Bayern on the same points and the same +5 margin. Barça and Man United each have 3 points at +4 and +4 respectively, with Como 1907 and Stuttgart behind them on +3 and +2.
Elsewhere in the competition, Slavia Praha and RC Lens met on Thursday 10 September, finishing 2-3, and the next round of fixtures falls on Tuesday 13 October.
On the scoring front, Ermedin Demirovic of Stuttgart and Ferrán Torres of PSG share the early lead with 3 goals apiece, while Erling Haaland of Man City, Sehrou Guirassy of Dortmund and Bartra of Real Betis sit on 2.
For Villarreal, none of that matters until the losing stops.