Villarreal vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th August 2023

Reigning La Liga champions Barcelona are back in action on Sunday with an away fixture against Villarreal. While the season is still young, the away side will hope to succeed in taking the victory at Estadio de la Ceramica as they attempt to mount another successful bid for league glory.

Villarreal have seen both sides of the coin already this season in the La Liga, and will out to double up on their share of wins in the coming match.

Putting four points on the board is not a bad start for anyone to a new campaign, and Barcelona can get in at the top of the table with a further three points this coming Sunday.

We are bound to see an exciting game this coming Sunday as both Villarreal and Barcelona are looking to add some much-needed points to their respective accounts.

Villarreal show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.2 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 22 goals, whilst they allowed 12 goals against, for an average of 1.2 per outing. They pulled off two clean sheets.

Barcelona scored an average of 1.8 goals a game in the past ten matches. They scored 18 goals, let in 11 for an average of 1.1 a game, and managed five clean sheets.

Barcelona won 1-0 and 3-0 in the two most recent meetings with Villarreal, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage.

Villarreal vs Barcelona Prediction

Villarreal Form

Villarreal delivered a bit of everything as their last three matches added four points to their tally. An encounter with Atletico Madrid brought a 2-2 draw, which was followed by a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Real Betis. Their most recent game had them back on the winning trail, as they beat Mallorca by 0-1. In their last six La Liga home matches, Villarreal won four times. They've drawn once and lost once, while scoring 17 and conceding eight goals.

Villarreal enter the season as candidates for a top three finish, but more than a third place would in the end would be a rather big surprise.

Barcelona Form

Barcelona collected four points in their past three outings, in which they were defeated 2-1 against Celta Vigo. They followed up, drawing 0-0 with Getafe, before winning 2-0 against Cadiz. Barcelona only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the La Liga. In these six matches they drew two and lost three as well as being outscored by nine goals to seven.

Defending champion Barcelona are of course a red-hot favourite to re-claim the title, and they aim to make a good start to the season.

Both Villarreal and Barcelona have been firing on all cylinders, while also conceding frequently. We should be in for a very entertaining match with goals aplenty.

Villarreal vs Barcelona Squads

Villarreal Squad

The 64-year-old Villarreal manager, Quique Setien, will select the lineup against Barcelona from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the La Liga this season):

Filip Joergensen (0/2), Iker Alvarez (0/0), Pepe Reina (0/0), Aissa Mandi (0/1), Alberto Moreno (0/1), Jorge Cuenca (1/2), Juan Foyth (0/2), Kiko (0/0), Raul Albiol (0/1), Alejandro Baena (0/2), Daniel Parejo (0/2), Denis Suarez (0/2), Etienne Capoue (0/2), Francis Coquelin (0/0), Manuel Trigueros (0/0), Ramon Terrats (0/2), Santi Comesana (0/2), Alexander Soerloth (0/2), Alfonso Pedraza (0/2), Ben Brereton (0/1), Diego Collado (0/0), Gerard Moreno (1/2), Ilias Akhomach (0/1), Javi Ontiveros (0/0), Jose Luis Morales (0/1), Yeremi Pino (0/0).

Barcelona Squad

Here is the full team squad of Barcelona. The 43 year-old Xavi Hernandez will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Inaki Pena (0/0), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/2), Alex Balde (0/2), Andreas Christensen (0/2), Clement Lenglet (0/0), Eric Garcia (0/1), Inigo Martinez (0/0), Jules Kounde (0/2), Marcos Alonso (0/0), Ronald Araujo (0/1), Sergi Roberto (0/1), Sergino Dest (0/0), Fermin Lopez (0/0), Ferran Torres (1/1), Frenkie de Jong (0/2), Gavi (0/2), Ilkay Gundogan (0/2), Oriol Romeu (0/2), Pedri (1/2), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (0/2), Angel Alarcon (0/0), Ansu Fati (0/2), Raphinha (0/1), Robert Lewandowski (0/2).

Villarreal vs Barcelona Team News

Barcelona just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Villarreal at the Estadio de la Ceramica.

Inigo Martinez is too injured to face Barcelona.

Villarreal vs Barcelona Lineups

Villarreal vs Barcelona H2H

In the last two matches against Villarreal, Barcelona won 1-0 in February 2023 and 3-0 in October 2022. Barcelona have a good reading on Villarreal, as they won eight of the last ten encounters. The latter sprung a surprise, though, by winning 1-0 in the latest meeting. The bookies have Barcelona to win this match at best price odds of 1/1.

Villarreal vs Barcelona Results

The past ten matches between Villarreal and Barcelona have largely been entertaining affairs. Over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in these encounters. It seems only natural to look for goals this coming Sunday. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 2/3 with the bookies.

Villarreal vs Barcelona Betting Tips

Gerard Moreno netted twice in his six last La Liga matches for Villarreal, who look to him to add a third on Sunday. Ansu Fati racked up three goals in his past six La Liga games going for Barcelona.

Villarreal claimed five wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing one and losing four. Barcelona won four of their last 10 away games, as they also drew two and lost four of these matches. Villarreal scored the opening goal five times of a possible 10 at Estadio de la Ceramica, while Barcelona did likewise in six of their 10 most recent away games.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Villarreal managed an average of one goal, with Barcelona averaging 2.5 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Villarreal’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of one goal during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten outings for Barcelona, who managed to score two times in those matches.