Football Bet of the Day: Yellow Submarine to keep cruising

• Espanyol in freefall

• Villarreal have racked up eight home wins this term

Antoine Griezmann did us proud last night, as he created two of Atletico Madrid's three goals in their 3-1 win against Mallorca, landing our Bet Builder in the process.

We'll stay in Spain because Villarreal are still in the mix for European qualification, and they'll fancy their chances at home to relegation-threatened Espanyol.

Many observers thought Unai Emery's mid-season departure to Aston Villa would derail the Yellow Submarine (yes, I know submarines don't run on rails unless it's a kids' theme park), but Quique Setien has steadied the ship (okay, the aquatic metaphors are out of control now) and Villarreal are eight points off the top four with a game in hand.

Villarreal have lost their last two games against Real Valladolid and Sevilla, but they won at Real Madrid before that, and at La Ceramica they have won five of their last nine league matches.

Overall this season they have won eight of their 14 La Liga home matches.

Espanyol have tumbled into the dropzone thanks to a run of six defeats and a draw. Going back further they have lost eight of their last 12 in the top flight, and they have lost five of their last six on the road.

New coach Luis Garcia - an Espanyol player for six years - is yet to win in his first top-tier coaching role.

I fancy Villarreal to win, and I'll use the Bet Builder to throw in Over 1.5 Goals and Over 6.5 Corners to take the price to 2.1211/10. 16 of Espanyol's last 20 league games have featured two goals or more, as have 15 of Villarreal's last 20.