La Liga: Villarreal vs. Barcelona Betting Preview, Odds, Prediction

Shaken Barcelona travels to meet Villarreal, whose form has been superb since the restart of the year. The Yellow Submarine is awfully close to the fourth position, the one which leads to the Champions League, and according to the statements before this clash, they aren’t very impressed with the next opponent. Blaugrana, meanwhile, has a lot of problems, starting with results, and after that, with the chemistry inside the team. Real is four points away, which puts them in a pretty nasty position.

Preview

Villarreal (+333) has five wins and a draw since the resumption of the football activities in Spain. They are right next to Real Madrid when looking at the points won in that period.

But what is astonishing in their case, is the fact, that the Yellow Submarine posted all of its wins without a goal allowed. Three were on the road, Celta and Granada 0-1, and Betis last weeks 0-2, while two came at El Madrigal, Mallorca 1-0, and Valencia, 2-0.

The only draw was at home against Sevilla, 2-2, which suggests that this side is in a superb form.

Barcelona (-125) slipped three times in the last six matches. From being ahead of Real Madrid, they would reach a position where Los Blancos have four points more. Draws against Sevilla, 0-0, and Celta and Atletico Madrid 2-2, might have cost them the title. Even though there is still plenty of games to be played, four points between them and Real is an enormous distance for Spanish football.

After posting four consecutive clean sheets, Barca allowed two goals in the previous two meetings, indicating that there might be some kind of a problem with their

But that is not all, the situation with Lionel Messi additionally created problems. The Argentinian and the icon of the team had some sort of a dispute with either his teammates or the organization and decided to halt all the negotiations about his next contract. This news created massive unrest among the fans and the players themselves, creating a sort of toxic atmosphere surrounding Barcelona.

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Guerra and Mori aren’t playing tonight, while Chakla and Iborra will be a game-time decision.

Among the guests, a trio from France, Dembele, Todibo, and Umtiti are all injured, the same as de Jong, and all of them are definitely out.

Head to Head Games

The last time these two sides met at El Madrigal, the final result was 4-4. We saw both sides leading, and hosts dropping a two-goal deficit in the last three minutes, with Messi netting in the 90th and Suarez in the third minute of the stoppage time.

Barca won the first game of this campaign with 2-1, and all three goals took place in the first half.

By the way, the last time Villarreal won at home against Barca was in 2007.

Prediction

Barca is in a knockdown right now, and they look pretty shaken, as we said in the beginning. It is do or die for them here, and without a win, Blaugrana is definitely out of the title race. From out point of view, the best pick to bet on here is both teams to score and over 2.5 goals, because of Villarreal’s form and Barca’s problems in the back line. Moneyline for this one is -125.