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Sunday 21 December 2025 · 15:15 · HT 0-1 · Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal · Referee Javier Alberola Rojas

Villarreal v Barcelona: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Villarreal's last 8 home games and Barcelona's last 8 away games in the LaLiga before kick-off, both teams scored in 10 of 16, over 2.5 goals in 12 of 16, with 10.1 corners per match (league 9.7) and 4.9 cards (league 4.6).

Overview

Lineups

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Form

Table

Match stats

Villarreal v Barcelona, full match

21%

Possession

79%

1.66

Expected goals (xG)

2.72

14

Shots

19

5

Shots on target

5

Corners

10

Fouls

8

1

Yellow cards

1

Red cards

0

6

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

12'

Penalty

Raphinha BAR

39'

Red card

Renato Veiga VIL

58'

Yellow card

Eric García BAR

63'

Goal

Lamine Yamal BAR

73'

Yellow card

Tajon Buchanan VIL

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Villarreal's last 8 home games and Barcelona's last 8 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

63%

10/16 games · League 57%

Over 1.5 goals

94%

15/16 games · League 78%

Over 2.5 goals

75%

12/16 games · League 50%

Over 3.5 goals

50%

8/16 games · League 26%

Over 9.5 corners

53%

8/15 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 cards

63%

10/16 games · League 63%

Villarreal clean sheet

63%

5/8 games · League 24%

Barcelona clean sheet

13%

1/8 games · League 24%

Villarreal fail to score

0%

0/8 games · League 24%

Barcelona fail to score

0%

0/8 games · League 24%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.8

League 2.7

Corners (15 games)

10.1

League 9.7

Cards

4.9

League 4.6

Lineups

Listed by position group. A pitch view comes once exact positions are available.

Villarreal

4-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Luiz Júnior

DEFENDERS

4

12

23

26

MIDFIELDERS

10

14

17

20

FORWARDS

19

Nicolas Pépé

22

Ayoze Pérez

SUBSTITUTES

25

3

27

6

37

38

7

9

21

Barcelona

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Joan García

DEFENDERS

3

5

18

23

MIDFIELDERS

16

Fermín López

21

Frenkie de Jong

24

Eric García

FORWARDS

7

Ferran Torres

10

Lamine Yamal

11

Raphinha

SUBSTITUTES

1

Marc-André Ter Stegen

25

17

22

27

43

9

14

28

Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

20 games in the LaLiga this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.3

League 4.6

Yellow cards per game

4.1

Red cards per game

0.30

Fouls per game

26.4

League 25.1

Penalties per game

0.55

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

VIL

BAR

Match

League

Win

73%

11/15

82%

14/17

37%

Draw

13%

2/15

6%

1/17

9%

3/32

26%

Loss

13%

2/15

12%

2/17

37%

Bet

VIL

BAR

League

Clean sheet

47%

7/15

29%

5/17

27%

Win to nil

47%

7/15

29%

5/17

22%

To score

93%

14/15

100%

17/17

73%

Fail to score

7%

1/15

0%

0/17

27%

Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Villarreal

Last 5 games before this match

6 Dec

Getafe

(H)

2-0

W

30 Nov

Real Sociedad

(A)

3-2

W

22 Nov

Mallorca

(H)

2-1

W

8 Nov

Espanyol

(A)

2-0

W

1 Nov

Rayo Vallecano

(H)

4-0

W

Barcelona

Last 5 games before this match

13 Dec

Osasuna

(H)

2-0

W

6 Dec

Real Betis

(A)

5-3

W

2 Dec

Atlético Madrid

(H)

3-1

W

29 Nov

Deportivo Alavés

(H)

3-1

W

22 Nov

Athletic Club

(H)

4-0

W

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Villarreal and Barcelona haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

LaLiga table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Barcelona

38

31

1

6

95

36

+59

94

L

W

L

W

2

Real Madrid

38

27

5

6

77

35

+42

86

W

L

W

3

Villarreal

38

22

6

10

72

46

+26

72

W

L

D

W

4

Atlético Madrid

38

21

6

11

62

44

+18

69

L

W

L

W

5

Real Betis

38

15

8

59

48

+11

60

W

L

W

D

W

6

Celta Vigo

38

14

12

53

48

+5

54

W

D

L

W

7

Getafe

38

15

6

17

32

38

-6

51

W

L

W

D

L

8

Rayo Vallecano

38

12

14

12

41

44

-3

50

W

D

W

9

Valencia

38

13

10

15

46

55

-9

49

W

D

W

L

10

Real Sociedad

38

11

13

14

59

61

-2

46

D

L

D

L

11

Espanyol

38

12

10

16

43

55

-12

46

D

W

L

12

Athletic Club

38

13

6

19

43

58

-15

45

L

D

L

W

13

Elche

38

10

13

15

49

57

-8

43

D

W

L

D

L

14

Deportivo Alavés

38

11

10

17

44

56

-12

43

L

W

D

L

15

Sevilla

38

12

7

19

46

60

-14

43

L

W

16

Osasuna

38

11

9

18

44

50

-6

42

L

17

Mallorca

38

11

9

18

47

57

-10

42

W

L

D

W

18

Levante UD

38

11

9

18

47

61

-14

42

L

W

L

19

Girona FC

38

9

14

15

39

55

-16

41

D

L

D

L

20

Real Oviedo

38

6

11

21

26

60

-34

29

L

D

L

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Villarreal v Barcelona: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Villarreal

Barcelona

Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Villarreal

Barcelona

Head to head

LaLiga table