Barcelona vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 20th October 2022

Barcelona take on Villarreal for a match in the La Liga this coming Thursday at Spotify Camp Nou. Barcelona claimed a 3-1 win, while Villarreal answered back with a 0-2 win in their two most recent meetings.

Barcelona are chasing the first place in the La Liga after collecting 22 points from their initial nine encounters. Villarreal trail them on 15 points after nine rounds, sitting as number 7 in the table.

Barcelona are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Villarreal and odds favour them to pull it off.

Barcelona are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the La Liga, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored 2.1 goals on average per match, or 21 goals in total, while allowing six goals against, for an average of 0.6 per outing. They managed seven clean sheets along the way.

Villarreal scored 14 goals, conceded three and managed seven clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Prediction

Barcelona form

Barcelona have been inconsistent in their last three matches, which added four points to their tally. They claimed a 1-0 win against Celta Vigo, before drawing 3-3 with Inter. This little streak came to an end, when Real Madrid proved too strong in a 3-1 defeat for Barcelona. In their last six La Liga home matches, Barcelona won four times. They've drawn once and lost once, while scoring 11 and conceding three goals.

Going into the season as a title candidate in the La Liga, Barcelona are currently on track to fulfil the expectations.

Villarreal Form

Villarreal look back on their last three matches with six points to show from their efforts. Against Real Sociedad, they were left empty-handed in a 1-0 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Austria Wien in a 0-1 win. They followed that up with a 2-0 win against Osasuna in their most recent outing. In their last six away matches in the La Liga, Villarreal won twice, while also recording two draws. They endured two defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying two goals conceded and five scored.

Villarreal had their target set on a podium finish as well as qualifying for Europe, and both are still within reach in the La Liga.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Barcelona renew Villarreal their acquaintance.

Barcelona have taken four points from their last three games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. They won one of these matches with a scoreline of five goals to four. Villarreal took two wins from their last four games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. They collected six points, scored four goals and conceded two.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Team News

At the time of writing, Barcelona have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Villarreal this coming Thursday.

Andreas Christensen, Hector Bellerin, Ronald Araujo and Memphis Depay nurses various injuries and won't take part for Barcelona against Villarreal at Spotify Camp Nou.

Villarreal face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Thursday against Barcelona.

Villarreal need to do without Francis Coquelin, Gerard Moreno and Juan Foyth, who are not fit enough to travel to Spotify Camp Nou.

Barcelona vs Villarreal H2H

Barcelona lost to 0-2 Villarreal in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 3-1 win, which Barcelona dished out the match before that. Barcelona lost 0-2 the last time they met Villarreal but apart from that, they have a strong record against the latter. They won eight of their last ten encounters last meeting. The bookies have Barcelona to win this match at best price odds of 1.50.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Results

Both teams scored six times in the last ten matches between Barcelona and Villarreal.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Betting Tips

Arnaut Danjuma shows decent form right now for Villarreal, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the La Liga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Barcelona, who are strong favourites on Thursday. Siding with Robert Lewandowski also look a nice prospect as he scored five goals in his last six La Liga matches.

Barcelona claimed five wins in their previous 10 home games across all tournaments, while drawing four of the games. They suffered defeat in one of these outings. Villarreal won six of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost two. Barcelona kept a clean sheet five times in their 10 most recent matches on home soil. At Spotify Camp Nou they hope to do so again on Thursday against Villarreal, who kept a clean sheet in six of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals came up seven times in the previous ten encounters between Barcelona and Villarreal, as Barcelona scored 2.8 goals on average per game and Villarreal averaging 1.1 goals. Both teams scored in six times of these matches. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the ten matches across the tournaments for Barcelona, who scored an average of 2.1 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 1.9 times in those matches.