Barcelona vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th January 2024

Bookmakers favour Barcelona to win against Villarreal in their next La Liga match. This takes place on Saturday with the hosts in decent form, and a win seems quite likely. Naturally, Villarreal will put up a fight at the a neutral venue, though.

Sitting two places behind the top of the table, Barcelona claimed 44 points after 20 rounds. Meanwhile, Villarreal amassed 20 points and rank as number 14 in the La Liga at the moment.

The last time Barcelona clashed with Villarreal, they earned three points to their account, and appear ready to aim for another the win this coming Saturday.

Barcelona scored 18 times, conceded 14 and held on for two clean sheets in their last ten games.

Villarreal are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 13 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.3 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 24 goals, and while Villarreal claimed zero clean sheets, they conceded an average of 2.4 goals per match.

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, Barcelona came away with a 3-4 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at a neutral venue, but face stern opposition, of course.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Prediction

Barcelona Form

Barcelona look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last 3 matches saw them gain 7 points. They ran out 1-3 and 2-4 against Unionistas de Salamanca and Real Betis respectively. Their winning streak came to an end against Athletic Club, who claimed a point in a 2-2 draw. In their last six La Liga home matches, Barcelona have four wins, no draws and two defeats. They scored ten and conceded nine goals.

Villarreal Form

Villarreal have been a tad mediocre in their last three matches where a win has failed to come their way. Against Unionistas de Salamanca, they gained a point in a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against Las Palmas, who ran out 3-0 winners. Lately, they managed to steal a point in a 1-1 with Mallorca. Villarreal claimed just one win from the last six away games in the La Liga. They also drew one and were defeated four times, as they were outscored by 16 goals to seven.

Barcelona are the bookies favourite to claim the win, when Villarreal arrive at a neutral venue, and we believe the home side will prevail.

Barcelona recorded 14 points following four wins from their last six games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored 13 goals, but also conceded eight. Villarreal claimed zero wins and zero points in their last six games against teams from the top six. They scored eight times in these matches, but also conceded 19 goals. Barcelona are looking at a record of 13 wins, five draws and two defeats in the La Liga this season. Villarreal so far pulled off five wins, five draws and 11 defeats in the La Liga.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Squads

Barcelona Squad

The 44-year-old coach of the home team, Xavi Hernandez, will select the lineup against Villarreal from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season:

Inaki Pena (0/7), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/13), Alex Balde (0/18), Andreas Christensen (0/15), Hector Fort (0/0), Inigo Martinez (0/8), Joao Cancelo (2/16), Jules Kounde (1/17), Marcos Alonso (0/4), Ronald Araujo (1/14), Sergi Roberto (3/6), Fermin Lopez (1/14), Ferran Torres (7/19), Frenkie de Jong (1/12), Gavi (1/12), Ilkay Gundogan (3/20), Oriol Romeu (0/14), Pedri (1/9), Joao Felix (4/17), Lamine Yamal (1/20), Raphinha (3/15), Robert Lewandowski (8/18), Vitor Roque (0/2).

Villarreal Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Villarreal head coach Garcia will select from for his starting XI:

Filip Joergensen (0/21), Pepe Reina (0/0), Adria Altimira (0/11), Aissa Mandi (1/9), Alberto Moreno (0/15), Antonio Espigares (0/0), Eric Bailly (0/3), Jorge Cuenca (1/15), Juan Foyth (1/12), Kiko (0/9), Raul Albiol (0/17), Yerson Mosquera (0/0), Alejandro Baena (1/18), Dani Requena (0/0), Daniel Parejo (2/19), Denis Suarez (0/4), Etienne Capoue (0/19), Francis Coquelin (0/4), Manuel Trigueros (0/9), Ramon Terrats (0/14), Santi Comesana (0/13), Alexander Soerloth (7/18), Alfonso Pedraza (1/14), Gerard Moreno (9/18), Goncalo Guedes (0/1), Ilias Akhomach (0/17), Jorge Pascual (0/1), Jose Luis Morales (5/15), Yeremi Pino (0/7).

Barcelona vs Villarreal Team News

The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for Barcelona, as they prepare to meet Villarreal, since seven could be missing.

Andreas Christensen, Raphinha, Joao Cancelo, Inigo Martinez, Marcos Alonso, Gavi and Marc-Andre ter Stegen are all absent from the Barcelona squad that faces Villarreal at a neutral venue.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Villarreal, who are looking at nine players nursing various problems. Pepe Reina, Aissa Mandi and Alfonso Pedraza sit this one out for Villarreal, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Barcelona.

Villarreal need to do without Alfonso Pedraza, Ramon Terrats, Daniel Parejo, Raul Albiol, Juan Foyth, Yeremi Pino, Denis Suarez, Ramon Terrats and Jorge Cuenca, who are not fit enough to travel to a neutral venue.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Lineups

Barcelona vs Villarreal H2H

Barcelona hope to extend their grip on Villarreal, whom they outclassed in their last two meetings, winning 1-0 and 4-3, respectively. Barcelona will be hoping to add another win to their fine tally against Villarreal. They are enjoying a good 8-1-1 advantage against their forthcoming visitors. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1/3.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Results

The past ten matches between Barcelona and Villarreal have largely been entertaining affairs. Over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet eight times in these encounters. It seems only natural to look for goals on Saturday. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/3 with the bookies.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Betting Tips

Ferran Torres found the target one times in his previous six matches, whereas Daniel Parejo just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Barcelona won eight of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing zero and losing two as well. Villarreal won four from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew two and lost four in this run. Strap yourselves up for a goals at a neutral venue since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Barcelona. The same occurred in eight of the last 10 league games away from home for Villarreal.

In the past ten encounters between Barcelona and Villarreal over 2.5 goals came out eight times, with Barcelona scoring an average of 2.7 goals per game. Villarreal averaged 1.3 goals, while both teams scored six times. Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Barcelona, who scored an average of 2.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of Villarreal's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.1 goals in these matches.