La Liga’s large sport of the weekend is Barcelona’s journey to face Villarreal on Sunday at Estadio de la Ceramica. The Yellow Submarine completed eighth final season and off the tempo that they’d set in earlier years with two fifth and two seventh-placed finishes. One in every of 4 sides unbeaten and inside 4 factors of Barca, Marcelino’s facet will probably be focusing on this one as a approach to acquire floor on the Spanish top-flight’s pacesetters.
Villarreal drew with Atletico Madrid earlier than beating Sevilla and Celta Vigo for seven factors from a potential 9 and so they have since added 4 extra factors to their tally with a draw at Valencia and a win over Mallorca. Ayoze Perez left it late to safe that victory and now they may search a primary house win over Barca since October 2007 though they did handle a 5-3 success the final time these two met in late January.
Barca have 5 wins from 5 to this point with Valencia, Athletic Membership, Rayo Vallecano, Actual Valladolid and no match for Hansi Flick’s facet. The Catalans now face Villarreal, Getafe and Osasuna their subsequent UEFA Champions League sport with Younger Boys in early October. The Blaugrana gained this one 4-3 final time period and are unbeaten away towards the Yellow Submarine since late 2007.
Listed here are our storylines, how one can watch the match and extra:
watch and odds
- Date: Sunday, September 22 | Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
- Location: Estadio de la Ceramica – Villarreal, Spain
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- Odds: Villarreal +270; Draw +320; Barca -118
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Story to this point
Barca lead La Liga with 5 wins from 5 which is 4 higher than Villarreal who’re additionally unbeaten to this point in home league motion. Flick’s males tasted defeat in midweek with a 2-1 loss away at AS Monaco within the UCL so the Catalans will probably be anticipated to reply right here. Marcelino’s facet are tough clients to this point this season and are a part of the chasing pack 4 factors adrift of Barca together with Actual Madrid and Atleti.
Workforce information
Villarreal: Willy Kambwala, Gerard Moreno, Juan Foyth and Alfonso Pedraza are all out however Ayoze Perez ought to get the prospect so as to add to his three targets from 5 league appearances in assault on Sunday. Summer season signing Thierno Barry might additionally begin which might seemingly see Yeremy Pino and Nicolas Pepe benched once more.
Attainable Villarreal XI: Conde; Femenia, Albiol, Costa, S Cardona; Akhomach, Comesana, Parejo, Baena; Perez, Barry.
Barca: Fermin Lopez, Dani Olmo, Marc Bernal, Andreas Christensen, Ronald Araujo, Frenkie de Jong and Gavi are all injured whereas Ferran Torres is suspended. Eric Garcia can play after his Champions League dismissal early on in Monaco. Marc Casado ought to be match to start out towards Villarreal after a midweek knock whereas Lamine Yamal’s beautiful begin to this season contains 4 targets and 4 assists from six appearances.
Attainable Barca XI: Ter Stegen; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde; Casado, Garcia, Pedri; Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha.
Prediction
With so many gamers lacking for Barca and Villarreal in robust type themselves, Flick will want his facet to be at their finest simply to keep away from defeat. Count on a rating draw with a slender win for both workforce an out of doors wager. Decide: Villarreal 2, Barca 2.
