Evenly matched teams: Villarreal vs FC Barcelona match preview

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 27.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica (23500 seats)

Data, recent trends, results, form details, head-2-head, lineups and a lot else: Get all you want to know about Villarreal - FC Barcelona!

Insights:
  • Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Barcelona have yet to win a game away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Villarreal and FC Barcelona.

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Villarreal form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Villarreal have to build on here at Estadio de la Cerámica in the La Liga.

Villarreal's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Manchester United. Attacking player Manu Trigueros edged out all the other players in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.44 out of 10. Trigueros hit three key passes.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Celta de Vigo that finished 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Villarreal have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Villarreal as they are travelling to their away game against Victoria CF in the Copa Del Rey. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Villarreal in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Villarreal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FC Barcelona form and stats

Playing away, FC Barcelona have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the La Liga this season.

There were no winners in Barcelona's previous match, a Champions League home game that ended 0-0 vs Benfica. Midfielder Sergio Busquets was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.04. Busquets hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 79 successful passes (of 96 total).

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Espanyol in the La Liga.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting FC Barcelona as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, FC Barcelona have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Villarreal victories, two draws and eight FC Barcelona wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC BarcelonaM. Depay
M. Depay
7 goals
VillarrealA. Groeneveld
A. Groeneveld
5 goals
VillarrealM. Trigueros Muñoz
M. Trigueros Muñoz
3 goals

Villarreal missing players

FC Barcelona missing players

Villarreal FC Barcelona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 1 5 13
3 3 0 Won W 0 0 5
7 2 0 Drew D 1 3 5
3 1 1 Lost L 0 2 3
15 11 1 Scored S 1 4 20
13 6 2 Conceded C 1 7 15
69% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 92%
62% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 77%
38% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 46%
23% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 23%
15% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 15%
46% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 62%
46% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 23%
38% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 23%
 
4.6 6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.2 6.2
6 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 13 5 3.5
2.4 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.8 12.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.4 12.8
4 5.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.6 5.2
29% 33% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 22% 29%
 
11.4 7.8 6 Shots against (avg) S A 17 13.2 10.2
3 2.3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.8 3.2
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • FC Barcelona have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FC Barcelona have yet to win a game away.
  • Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Villarreal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Barcelona have scored away.
  • Villarreal have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 13 9 3 1 32 14 5 3 2 0 13 4 8 6 1 1 19 10 18 30
2 Real Sociedad 14 8 5 1 19 10 7 4 3 0 5 1 7 4 2 1 14 9 9 29
3 Sevilla 13 8 4 1 23 9 6 5 1 0 17 6 7 3 3 1 6 3 14 28
4 Atletico Madrid 13 7 5 1 22 13 7 4 3 0 11 4 6 3 2 1 11 9 9 26
5 Real Betis 14 7 3 4 22 17 7 3 2 2 12 9 7 4 1 2 10 8 5 24
6 Rayo Vallecano 14 7 2 5 22 15 7 6 1 0 16 3 7 1 1 5 6 12 7 23
7 FC Barcelona 13 5 5 3 20 15 8 5 2 1 16 8 5 0 3 2 4 7 5 20
8 Athletic Club 13 4 7 2 11 8 6 3 1 2 7 5 7 1 6 0 4 3 3 19
9 Osasuna 14 5 4 5 14 18 7 1 3 3 4 10 7 4 1 2 10 8 -4 19
10 Valencia 14 4 6 4 21 20 7 3 3 1 13 8 7 1 3 3 8 12 1 18
11 Espanyol 14 4 5 5 14 14 7 4 2 1 9 4 7 0 3 4 5 10 0 17
12 Villarreal 13 3 7 3 15 13 6 3 2 1 11 6 7 0 5 2 4 7 2 16
13 Mallorca 14 3 6 5 14 22 7 2 4 1 8 7 7 1 2 4 6 15 -8 15
14 Deportivo Alaves 13 4 2 7 10 17 7 3 0 4 5 9 6 1 2 3 5 8 -7 14
15 Celta de Vigo 14 3 4 7 14 18 8 1 2 5 7 12 6 2 2 2 7 6 -4 13
16 Cadiz 14 2 6 6 12 23 7 0 4 3 4 9 7 2 2 3 8 14 -11 12
17 Granada 13 2 5 6 12 20 6 1 2 3 7 11 7 1 3 3 5 9 -8 11
18 Elche 14 2 5 7 11 20 7 1 4 2 6 9 7 1 1 5 5 11 -9 11
19 Getafe 14 2 3 9 10 19 7 2 1 4 8 9 7 0 2 5 2 10 -9 9
20 Levante 14 0 7 7 12 25 7 0 5 2 6 11 7 0 2 5 6 14 -13 7

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.