Villa Real V Everton Betting Preview

Everton face a mammouth task to overturn a 2-1 Champions League deficit on Wednesday night against Villarreal to book a place in the group stages of Europe's premier competition. The first leg was full of hard graft from the Toffeemen, but were unfortunately undone by two quality strikes either side of half-time. Villarreal should be a fitter outfit than a fortnight ago with their domestic season starting this weekend. Everton did at least warm-up for the second leg with victory at the Reebok Stadium, although the manner in which it was achieved wasn't overly convincing. Bolton outplayed them for large parts only to miss several gilt edged opportunities to snatch the points. The three points did come at a cost with David Moyes facing a growing injury list. Marcus Bent had to limp out of the action after scoring the winner and is now a doubt for Wednesday. Pistone is also unlikely to be fit, as well as Per Kroldrup, Gary Naysmith, Lee Carsley and Beattie. Whether Moyes can select his first choice team or not, the result is likely to be the same - home win. Villarreal showed even weeks before their domestic season has begun their superior technical abilityThe Spanish outfit also possess strikers that are not going to be as generous with their finishing as Davies and Pedersen were. One player to watch out for is last season's top scorer in La Liga, Diego Forlan. The former Manchester United forward found the net 25 times in Spain last term, and will be itching to show the English public his true worth. With the visitors having to go for a 2-0 victory, there will be gaps for the home team to exploit. Even if Everton choose to keep it tight early on, Villarreal showed they are more than capable of opening them up. VCBet offer a generous 11/8 at the time of writing on Forlan to score at anytime. Snap it up before they fall into line with the other firms.