Barcelona vs Villarreal Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

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Barcelona

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Barcelona, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 4-3 La Liga victory versus Real Madrid.

In that game, Barcelona had 62% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. For Barcelona, goals were scored by Eric García (19'), Lamine Yamal (32') and Raphinha (34', 45'). Real Madrid had 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Kylian Mbappé (5', 14', 70') scored for Real Madrid.

It has been all too rare in recent times that Barcelona have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Barcelona have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 13 goals on the way. We will have to find out whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.

Ahead of this meeting, Barcelona have not been beaten in their last 10 home league matches. They have been so resilient here.

Villarreal

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Villarreal will go into the encounter following a 3-0 La Liga win vs Leganés in their most recent match.

In that match, Villarreal managed 38% possession and 17 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Villarreal, the goalscorers were Ayoze Pérez (23', 31') and Nicolas Pépé (45'). At the other end, Leganes had 23 attempts at goal with 6 on target.

Marcelino García Toral's Villarreal have turned their attacks into goals 10 times in the course of their previous six matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during that same period adds up to 8.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 22/05/2022 tells us that Barcelona have won 4 of them and Villarreal 2, with the number of draws standing at 0.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 27 overall at an average of 4.5 goals per meeting.

The last league meeting featuring the two was La Liga match day 6 on 22/09/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Villarreal 1-5 Barcelona.

On that occasion, Villarreal had 36% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Ayoze Pérez (38').

Barcelona had 17 attempts on goal with 10 on target. Robert Lewandowski (20', 35'), Pablo Torre (58') and Raphinha (74', 83') scored.

The match was refereed by Mateo Busquets Ferrer.

📰 Team News: Barcelona

Ferran Torres (Appendicitis), Jules Koundé (Hamstring injury) and Marc Bernal (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be able to play for Barcelona boss Hansi Flick.

📋 Team News: Villarreal

From a largely full-strength group of players, there is just a single fitness worry for the Villarreal manager Marcelino García Toral to be concerned with. Ilias Akhomach (Cruciate ligament injury) misses out for this game.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Barcelona are likely to be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

Conversely, Villarreal won’t find it easy to score themselves although we do see them managing to get on the scoresheet as well here.

Accordingly, we see a comfortable 3-1 margin for Barcelona when all’s said and done.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Turning to the betting odds in the 90 min. result market, a victory for Barcelona is available for 1.57, betting on a draw is 4.75 and selecting a win for Villarreal gets you 4.75. Those are the best of the prices being offered as of now.

Andre Moura, 16:05 15/05/2025