Villarreal will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 16 points behind Barcelona.
- Barcelona have the most scored goals (72) in La Liga
It's no vacation for neither Villarreal nor Barcelona as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Villarreal form and stats
6-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga numbers at home for Villarreal so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager U. Emery Etxegoien led his Villarreal to a defeat in the La Liga match away at Deportivo Alaves. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio de la Cerámica. Before that match, a win away at Levante.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Villarreal as they have a new game in only four days, a Europa League match thankfully also at home. Arsenal are visiting.
Villarreal has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. On the other hand, Villarreal have conceded 17 goals.
Barcelona form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (72) in La Liga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 1 draw and only 4 losses in the La Liga.
Barcelona had fun at their own home (Estadio de la Cerámica) last time out, beating Getafe 3-1. Lionel Messi (2) scored. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Athletic Club.
A new game in only four days for Barcelona, the La Liga home match versus Granada. Busy days.
Barcelona have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 32 goals from 15 away matches. It's not easy to score on Barcelona as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Barcelona - Villarreal 4-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Villarreal victories, three draws and seven Barcelona wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Messi 23 goals |   G. Moreno Balaguero 20 goals |  A. Griezmann 8 goals |
Villarreal missing players
Barcelona missing players
| Villarreal | Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 49 | 21 | 3 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | 72 |
| 36 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 88% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 84% |
| 56% | 53% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 53% | 61% |
| 28% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 27% | 39% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| 69% | 80% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | 55% |
| 22% | 13% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 47% | 39% |
| 22% | 13% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 13% | 6% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 12.7 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 14.1 | 14.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 36% | 30% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 38% | 38% |
- Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Barcelona have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in La Liga
- Barcelona have the most scored goals (32) away in La Liga
- Barcelona have the most scored goals (72) in La Liga
- Barcelona have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in La Liga
- Barcelona have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in La Liga
- Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+20) away in La Liga
- Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+45) in La Liga
- Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Madrid | 32 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 39 | 73 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 56 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 32 | 70 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 67 |
| 4 | Barcelona | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 72 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 12 | 45 | 65 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 50 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -3 | 49 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 32 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 49 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 49 |
| 8 | Granada | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 51 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 31 | -11 | 42 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 40 |
| 10 | Athletic Club | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 38 |
| 11 | Celta de Vigo | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -8 | 38 |
| 12 | Levante | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 38 |
| 13 | Cádiz | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -21 | 36 |
| 14 | Valencia | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 29 | -7 | 35 |
| 15 | Getafe | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 31 |
| 16 | Deportivo Alaves | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 48 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 30 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 31 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 28 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -14 | 28 |
| 18 | Huesca | 32 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 29 | -17 | 27 |
| 19 | Elche | 32 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 29 | -21 | 27 |
| 20 | Eibar | 32 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 23 | 45 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -22 | 23 |