Match: Spanish La Liga
Fixture: Villarreal vs Barcelona
Local Kick-off Time: 4:15pm, Sunday 21st December 2025
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Opening Odds
| Category | Item | Corresponding Odds |
|---|---|---|
1X2 | 1 | 3.20 |
| X | 4.10 | |
| 2 | 1.95 | |
Asian Handicap | +0.5 | 1.85 |
| -0.5 | 2.00 | |
Scored | Goals (3.5) - Over | 1.82 |
| Goals (3.5) - Under | 2.02 | |
Corners | Corners (9.5) - Over | 1.83 |
| Corners (9.5) - Under | 1.83 |
Prediction: Barcelona Wins
Though coming early in the season, this match is bound to have implications on the title race. Both sides meet off the back of impressive runs in La Liga, and it promises to be a cracker. Villarreal, playing at home, will feel capable of extending their fine form seen in recent matches.
However, hosting this game hasn’t been a guarantee for points for the Yellow Submarine. Barcelona have pocketed three points in each of their last six visits here. We are backing them to once again breach Villarreal. Our prediction for Villarreal v Barcelona is for Barcelona to win.
Comprehensive Prediction Analysis:
Villarreal
| Date/Competition | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/12/18Copa del Rey | Racing Santander | 2-1 (HT 2-0 FT 2-1) | Villarreal CF |
| 2025/12/11UEFA Champions League | Villarreal CF | 2-3 (HT 0-1 FT 2-3) | FC Copenhagen |
| 2025/12/06La Liga | Villarreal CF | 2-0 (HT 1-0 FT 2-0) | Getafe |
| 2025/12/04Copa del Rey | CA Antoniano | 1-1 (Penalty kick 3-5 HT 0-0 FT 0-0) | Villarreal CF |
| 2025/11/30La Liga | Real Sociedad | 2-3 (HT 0-1 FT 2-3) | Villarreal CF |
| 2025/11/26UEFA Champions League | Borussia Dortmund | 4-0 (HT 1-0 FT 4-0) | Villarreal CF |
| 2025/11/23La Liga | Villarreal CF | 2-1 (HT 1-1 FT 2-1) | RCD Mallorca |
| 2025/11/09La Liga | RCD Espanyol de Barcelona | 0-2 (HT 0-1 FT 0-2) | Villarreal CF |
| 2025/11/06UEFA Champions League | Pafos FC | 1-0 (HT 0-0 FT 1-0) | Villarreal CF |
| 2025/11/01La Liga | Villarreal CF | 4-0 (HT 1-0 FT 4-0) | Rayo Vallecano |
Villarreal will pit their wits against Barcelona, looking to gain more than just three points. A win here will send a statement of their title credentials as well as break an unwanted run against Barcelona. It will also extend Villarreal’s winning run to seven straight La Liga matches.
The Yellow Submarine suffered defeat in each of the last six league matches when hosting Barcelona. In the last 18 home matches against Barca, Villarreal are winless.
The hosts have this season purposed their energies to La Liga and are coming off elimination from the Copa del Rey. They were beaten by Racing Santander in the cup and have been poor in the Champions League.
Villarreal’s charge in the top four will be affected by injuries and departure for international duty. Those two are conspiring to deny Villarreal up to nine players.
Pape Gueye and Ilias Akhomach have joined their national teams for AFCON. Ghana didn’t qualify for AFCON, so Thomas Partey stays in Spain. However, the midfielder is nursing a muscle injury and misses out here.
Gerard Moreno will also be a big miss as he nurses a muscle injury. He won't have the chance to add to his four league goals. Meanwhile, defender Willy Kambwala is locked out by a hamstring injury.
Barcelona
| Date/Competition | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/12/17Copa del Rey | CD Guadalajara | 0-2 (HT 0-0 FT 0-2) | FC Barcelona |
| 2025/12/14La Liga | FC Barcelona | 2-0 (HT 0-0 FT 2-0) | CA Osasuna |
| 2025/12/10UEFA Champions League | FC Barcelona | 2-1 (HT 0-1 FT 2-1) | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 2025/12/07La Liga | Real Betis | 3-5 (HT 1-4 FT 3-5) | FC Barcelona |
| 2025/12/03La Liga | FC Barcelona | 3-1 (HT 1-1 FT 3-1) | Atletico Madrid |
| 2025/11/29La Liga | FC Barcelona | 3-1 (HT 2-1 FT 3-1) | Deportivo Alavés |
| 2025/11/26UEFA Champions League | Chelsea | 3-0 (HT 1-0 FT 3-0) | FC Barcelona |
| 2025/11/22La Liga | FC Barcelona | 4-0 (HT 2-0 FT 4-0) | Athletic Club |
| 2025/11/10La Liga | RC Celta de Vigo | 2-4 (HT 2-3 FT 2-4) | FC Barcelona |
| 2025/11/06UEFA Champions League | Club Brugge | 3-3 (HT 2-1 FT 3-3) | FC Barcelona |
Barcelona are going strong on all three fronts and are coming off a 2-0 win against Guadalajara in the Copa del Rey. That marked their sixth straight win since their loss to Chelsea in the Champions League.
Back-to-back clean sheets give another angle of Hansi Flick’s team, but whether that will hold past this weekend remains to be seen. Barcelona may be coming into this game, but two losses in their last three matches against Villarreal means they have to employ caution.
The least number of goals scored in this fixture in the last four meetings was five, so a high-scoring encounter is expected here.
Barcelona’s backline will most likely pick itself out, with only Ronald Araujo absent, for personal reasons. Hansi Flick’s headache comes in the midfield.
A calf issue caused Pedri to train alone in the run-up to this game, and the coach might elect not to risk him. That would mean Eric Garcia and Frenkie de Jong operate in midfield.
Ferran Torres also seems to be a straight pick in this game ahead of Robert Lewandowski. The Spaniard has 13 goals and will work well as the point man for Lamine Yamal, who has 11 assists.
Final Prediction:
Asian Handicap: Barcelona -2/2.5
European Handicap: Barcelona Wins
Predicted Scores: 3-0, 4-0. 4-1
Predicted Total Goals: 3, 4, 5
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