Villarreal:
Villarreal chains a streak of 6 consecutive games without losing in the Santander League (5 wins and 1 draw), an unbeatable dynamic in which only points have been left drawing at home against Sevilla, since in the rest of the matches it has expired Betis (0-2), Valencia (2-0), Granada (0-1), Mallorca (1-0) and Celta (0-1).
As a local Villarreal has not lost in 5 of their last 6 matches (4 wins and 1 draw), some very good results that allow them to stay in Europa League positions (5th) with 4 points advantage over Real Sociedad (7th) and 6 on Athletic Bilbao (8th).
Villarreal presents these numbers in the Santander League:
– Classified in 5th position with 54 points after 33 days played.
– At home they have 8 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses with 31 goals for and 19 against.
– As a visitor, he has 8 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses with 22 goals for and 21 against.
As for the alignment, Villarreal will have the losses of Ramiro Funes Mori and Ramiro Guerra ; as well as the doubts of Vicente Iborra.
Barcelona:
Barcelona arrives registering a streak of 7 consecutive games without losing in the Santander League (4 wins and 3 draws), an unbeatable dynamic in which, however, they have tied in 3 of their last 4 matches (2-2 vs Atlético Madrid at home / 2-2 vs Celta / 0-0 vs Sevilla away from it).
As a visitor, Barcelona has tied in its last 2 outings, results that have ended up being decisive for it to be virtually ruled out of the fight for the League title, despite the fact that mathematically it still has options.
Barcelona presents these numbers in the Santander League:
– Classified in 2nd position with 70 points after 33 days played.
– At home they have 15 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses with 50 goals for and 14 against.
– As a visitor, he has 6 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses with 24 goals for and 21 against.
Regarding the alignment, Barcelona will have the losses of Ousmane Dembélé and Frenkie de Jong .
