Five things you should know about Barça – Villarreal

He Barcelona football club returns to Montjuic 38 days later to meet Villarreal, in the match corresponding to the 21st day of the League. Javi Hernandez’s men will play at home again after away games in the league and cup, as well as a dispute over the Spanish Super Cup. Thus, the first opponent of the year on Barça’s patrimony will be the Castellon team. Next, let’s take a look at some data and interesting facts about the match, which will take place at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys stadium.

Villarreal fetish rival

Barca have turned Villarreal into one of their favorite victims since Barça have lost only one of their last 29 games against the yellow team in the league. In fact, the only defeat came on the final day of the 2021/22 season (0-2), when the domestic competition had already been decided and there was no incentive at stake.

Fort as a place

Barça hardly knows the defeat at home to Villarreal. The Blaugranas have won 11 of their last 12 games. against the yellows at home in the league, scoring a total of 36 goals. Now that the Spotify Camp Nou stadium is under construction and the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys stadium is coming up, the cules will try to maintain this winning streak in another fiefdom.

Heads and tails with goals derived from the head

Villarreal is second team in the league to concede the most goals from a header, with nine goals, while Javi Hernandez’s side are the team that have conceded the fewest this season, conceding just one goal to tie with Atlético Madrid. On the other hand, Barça have scored with their heads six times this season.

Meeting familiar faces

The Villarreal team has some familiar faces in Barcelona. Ilias Ahomach, Dennis Suarez And Pepe Queen They will go to Barcelona with experience at Barça throughout their entire careers. In addition, Villarreal’s recent player, the Portuguese Gonçalo Guedes, will be able to meet again Ferran towers on the pitch with both players wearing Valencia shirts.

Marcelino: victory over Barça, title

Villarreal coach Marcelino Garcia Toral, joined the yellow team two months ago after Quique Setien was sacked. With the data in mind, the Asturian coach has not won any of his 20 games as manager against Barça in the league. However, Marcelino’s only victory against the Blaugrana was in the Cup final when he coached Valencia. Except, Javi Hernandez Since being coach of Kule, he has won four of his five matches against Villarreal in domestic competition.