Villarreal vs Barcelona: La Liga Stats, Records, Head to Head, and everything to know

Barcelona will be aiming to extend their winning streak to 11 games across all competitions, when they travel to El Madrigal to take on Villarreal in a La Liga fixture on Saturday night. Five consecutive victories in the Spanish top flight has helped Xavi’s side to move to the summit of the La Liga Santander, with 53 points to their name from 20 games, eight clear of reigning champions Real Madrid at the second position. Vilarreal, meanwhile, are occupying sixth spot in the table, having collected 31 points thus far. The previous meeting between these two sides was less than four months ago which ended 3-0 in favour of Barcelona, courtesy of Robert Lewandowski’s brace and one goal from Ansu Fati.

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Villarreal are heading into the match on the back of a shock 3-1 defeat to rock bottom side Elche last Saturday. Gerard Moreno found the back of the net for the Yellow Submarine, but Pere Milla’s hat-trick helped Elche take all three points at home and handed Villarreal their second consecutive league-defeat. Despite the back-to-back defeats, Quique Setien’s side are firmly in the battle for the top-four, currently trailing fourth-placed Atletico Madrid by four points. Meanwhile, Villarreal have largely been solid at home, picking up 19 points from nine matches, which is the fourth-best record in the division. 

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Barcelona, on the other hand, boast the best away record in the top flight, having pocketed 27 points from 10 outings this season. Blaugrana’s last match against Sevila at home ended in a dominant 3-0 win, thanks to second-half efforts from Jordi Alba, Gavi and Raphinha. It was the Catalan club’s 17th league-win of the season. Barca’s last defeat came against Bayern Munich in the group-stage of Champions League, late in October. Xavi’s side then got eliminated from the competition and will take part in the Europa League, hosting Manchester United in the first leg of the Round of 32 tie on Thursday. 

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Villarreal vs Barcelona: La Liga Records, Stats & Goals

Villarreal, who have not finished in the top-four in La Liga since the 2015-16, having lost six of their last seven league matches against Barcelona, but they did famously win 2-0 at Camp Nou last season, thanks to goals from Alfonso Pedraza and Moi Gomez. Saturday’s fixture will be the 52nd encounter between these two teams and Barca have a clear advantage in the head-to-head, with 51 wins compared to just 10 for the Yellow Submarine.

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