Barcelona vs Villarreal, La Liga 22nd round tie scheduled for Saturday 27 January from 19:30 at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, will be broadcast live by Digi Sport 2, Orange Sport 2 and Prima Sport. 2.

Barcelona starts with the first chance against Villarreal, in one of the most unbalanced games of the 22nd stage of LaLiga, and must win in order not to lose contact with the first positions of the ranking.

Barcelona are third on 44 points, eight behind leaders Girona, who have a game in hand, and seven behind arch-rivals Real Madrid, with three wins, a draw and a loss in their last five matches. in La Liga (in the last nine stages he suffered only one defeat, 2-4 at home against Girona).

“Barcelona” has the third attack in La Liga with 40 goals scored, only “Real” (43) and “Girona” (51) manage more!

During this period, the Catalans played two Spanish Super Cup matches, 2-0 in the semi-final against Osasuna and 1-4 in the final against Real (both in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), and three games in the Spanish Cup, 3-2 with Barbastro in 1 /round of 16, 3-1 with Salamanca in the round of 16 and 2-4 after extra time (2-2 after 90 minutes) with Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-finals.

The team coached by Javi Hernandez has recorded eight successes and two defeats in their home matches in this league, and their top scorer is Robert Lewandowski with eight successes in La Liga.

Villarreal are in 14th place with 20 points, five places above the relegation zone, and have won one, drawn one and lost three of their last five La Liga games, most recently drawing at home to Mallorca, the score 1-1 (in the last seven rounds it has only won once, 3-2 at home against Celta Vigo).

What’s more, the “yellow submarine” have the second worst defense in La Liga with 42 goals conceded, only the last ranked Almeria to concede more!

Marcelino García’s side crashed out of the Copa del Rey round of 16, 1-1 after 90 and 120 minutes respectively, and 6-7 on penalties with Salamanca, away leg.

In the current edition of LaLiga, Villarreal have won two, drawn three and lost five away games, with Gerard Moreno as the team’s top scorer with nine league successes.

In a tour match on 27 August 2023, Barcelona won 4-3 at Villarreal after goals from Gavi (12), De Jong (15), Ferran Torres (68) and Lewandowski (71) respectively. Foyt (26), Sorlot (40) and Alex Baena (50).

Superbet offers odds of 1.36 on prediction 1: home win in the match Barcelona – Villarreal.

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