Villarreal vs Barcelona prediction, H2H & Probable Line-ups - September 22, 2024
Dillan George
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors
On Sunday, 22 September, Villarreal will play against Barcelona at home in the match of the 6th round of La Liga. The game will kick off at 18:30 CET. Prediction and bets for the match between these two teams prepared by the team of analysts Dailysports.
Villarreal
Last season Villarreal for the first time in a long time failed to even make it to the European Cup. but the game of the team was significantly corrected by head coach Marcelino Garcia Toral, who returned to Villarreal in the course of the season. For the new season before the ‘yellow submarine’, obviously, the goal is to reach at least the Europa League. The personnel potential of the team corresponds to this.
Villarreal just had a great start to the current season. In the first 5 matches Villarreal did not suffer a single defeat and scored 11 points. Real Madrid and Atletico have identical figures. In the course of the season Villarreal have already managed to draw 2:2 with Atletico and 1:1 with Valencia, as well as beat Mallorca (2:1), Sevilla (2:1) and Celta (4:3).
Barcelona
Absolutely everyone in Europe is praising Barcelona's new head coach Hansi Flick for the work he has done with this crisis team at the start of the season. The Catalans continue to deal with the consequences of financial problems, which began since the reign of Jose Bartomeu. As a result, Barcelona only bought one player in the summer, despite numerous rumours. Dani Olmo returned to Barça from RB Leipzig.
But even such problems did not prevent Barcelona from winning all 5 starting matches of this La Liga season. The Catalans beat Valencia (2:1), Athletic Bilbao (2:1), Rayo Vallecano (2:1), Valladolid (7:0) and Girona (2:1). That said, Barcelona continue to rely on La Masia graduates, with Lamine Yamal becoming a key player.
However, in the Champions League, Barça suffered a setback in the 1st round. Playing with ten men from the 10th minute, Hansi Flick's team lost to Monaco 1-2.
Facts about the match
- Villarreal have lost only 1 of their last 10 home games in La Liga.
- Barcelona have won their last 5 away matches in La Liga in a row.
- Barcelona have conceded at least 1 goal in 4 previous away La Liga matches.
Possible line-ups
- Villarreal: Conde; Femenia, Albiol, Costa, Sergi Cardona; Akhomach, Comesana, Parejo, Baena; Perez, Barry
- Barcelona: ter Stegen; Kounde, Cubarsi, I Martinez, Balde; Casado, E Garcia, Pedri; Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha
H2H
Last season, both matches between Barcelona and Villarreal were extravaganzas. In Barcelona Villarreal won 5:3, and on the field of Villarreal Barça was stronger 4:3.
Villarreal vs Barcelona prediction
Villarreal is in great shape, and Barcelona will be on the background of fatigue after the Champions League and with a lot of injuries. My bet is 1X.
