On May 22nd, Barcelona will host Villarreal at Spotify Camp Nou in a La Liga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 2nd placed Barcelona is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Getafe. Neither Getafe nor Barcelona could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Barcelona looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, 7th placed Villarreal, recorded a 1-2 loss against Real Sociedad. Francis Coquelin struck first for Villarreal in the 43rd minute, then Alexander Isak tied it up for Real Sociedad in the 56th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 73rd minute on a goal by Martin Zubimendi Ibanez to cap off a wild match. Villarreal is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
Villarreal and Barcelona last played eachother at the Estadio De La Cerámica on Saturday Nov 27th. Barcelona won by a score of 3 to 1 in front of just over 19000 dissapointed fans. Frenkie de Jong scored the first goal for Barcelona in the 48th minute, then Samuel Chukwueze tied it up for Villarreal in the 76th minute.
Both Pedraza and Francis Coquelin have been the hottest scorers for Villarreal in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. For Barcelona, their top scorers are Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Memphis Depay, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Gerard Piqué, Sergi Roberto, Marc-André ter Stegen, Lopez and Nicolas Gonzalez Iglesias are unavailable to play for Xavier Hernández Creus’s team, while Villarreal will be without Arnaut Danjuma, Gerard Moreno, Albiol and Alberto Moreno.