VillarrealAttacking momentumBarcelona
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- Villarreal welcome Barcelona on 2025-12-21 at 15:15 GMT in week 17 of the 2025-2026 La Liga at Estadio de la Cerámica.
- During the previous 2 encounters, Marcelino scored 1 victory, H. Flick scored 1 victory, and there were 0 ties.
- With 35 points, Villarreal sit 3rd, while Barcelona have 43 points to occupy 1st.
- Villarreal have 10 players out: I. Akhomach (International duty), P. Cabanes (Knee Injury), S. Cardona (Muscle Injury), L. Costa (Knee Injury), J. Foyth (Muscle Injury), P. Gueye (International duty), W. Kambwala (Hamstring Injury), S. Mourino (Muscle Injury), T. Partey (Injury), G. Moreno (Muscle Injury) whereas Barcelona have 4 players missing: R. Araujo (Personal Reasons), Gavi (Knee Injury), D. Olmo (Shoulder Injury), Pedri (Muscle Injury).
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-4-2, Villarreal should be met by Barcelona's expected 4-2-3-1.
- Villarreal were beaten 1-2 by Racing Santander, whereas Barcelona secured a win 2-0 against Guadalajara.
- Villarreal's form is 2-1-2 recently, but Barcelona are on a roll with 5-0-0 in their last 5 matches.
- Barcelona lead this rivalry - 28 wins from 42 matches versus Villarreal (who've won just 7 games), alongside 7 draws.
- TheyScored users favour 1-3 (14.6%) over all other scorelines - 2-2 sits second at 11.2%.
- Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Barcelona to win 3-2, despite Villarreal's 7-1-0 home form - Barcelona's strong 5-1-2 record away with 3.11 goals/game does the trick.
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| 12' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 39' | R. Veiga | ||
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| 58' | F. de Jong | ||
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| 63' | 0 - 2 | ||
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| 73' | T. Buchanan | ||
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Villarreal is going head to head with Barcelona on 21/12/2025 15:15 GMT at Estadio de la Cerámica for the Spain La Liga. Our users most predicted score for this game is 1 - 2. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Villarreal v Barcelona H2H statistics!