Barcelona are looking to bounce back from a disappointing Champions League defeat this Sunday when they travel to Villarreal in La Liga.
After a perfect start to the Hansi Flick era, the Catalan giants were handed their first setback on Thursday evening as they fell to a 2-1 defeat against Monaco in their first European outing of the season. An early red card for Eric Garcia proved costly, with Lamine Yamal’s first Champions League goal not enough to save Barca.
However, Flick’s side have won all five of their La Liga matches to date and are guaranteed to finish the weekend at the top of the table, regardless of results elsewhere or their own at Villarreal.
The Yellow Submarine have been in good form themselves at the start of the 2024/25 campaign and sit just four points off Barca. They remain unbeaten after three wins and two draws and they would be thrilled if they could maintain their invincible start to the term come Sunday evening.
Here is 90min’s guide to Villarreal vs Barcelona.
Villarreal vs Barcelona H2H Record (Last Five Games)
Current form (all competitions)
Villarreal |
Barcelona |
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Mallorca 1-2 Villarreal – 14/09/24 |
Monaco 2-1 Barcelona – 19/09/24 |
Valencia 1-1 Villarreal – 31/08/24 |
Girona 1-4 Barcelona – 15/09/24 |
Villarreal 4-3 Celta Vigo – 26/08/24 |
Barcelona 7-0 Real Valladolid – 31/08/24 |
Sevilla 1-2 Villarreal – 23/08/24 |
Rayo Vallecano 1-2 Barcelona – 27/08/24 |
Villarreal 2-2 Atletico Madrid – 19/08/24 |
Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Club – 24/08/24 |
Country |
TV channel/live stream |
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United Kingdom |
Premier Sports 2, Premier Sports Player, LaLigaTV |
United States |
fuboTV, ESPN+, ESPN App, ESPN Deportes |
Canada |
TSN+ |
Villarreal are missing a few players for Barcelona’s visit, including influential striker Gerard Moreno. He’s joined by defenders Willy Kambwala, Juan Foyth and Alfonso Pedraza in the treatment room ahead of Sunday’s game.
Marcelino is unlikely to make many changes from the side that beat Mallorca 2-1 last time out, with the impressive renaissance of Ayoze Perez having continued in Villarreal. The former Leicester City forward has scored three times in La Liga and will be joined up front by Thierno Barry.
Villarreal predicted lineup vs Barcelona (4-4-2): Conde; Femenia, Albiol, Costa, Cardona; Pino, Comesana, Parejo, Baena; Perez, Barry.
Barcelona’s injury list is significantly longer than Villarreal’s, with Dani Olmo perhaps the biggest miss heading…
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