Barcelona vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th February 2026

Villarreal go up against Barcelona this coming Saturday for a LaLiga meeting at Spotify Camp Nou.

Sitting top of the table, Barcelona have claimed 61 points after 25 rounds, while Villarreal have amassed 51 points and presently rank as number 3 in the LaLiga.

Although Villarreal trail Barcelona by double digits, beating the LaLiga leaders could hand them a serious confidence boost.

When it comes to goal-scoring Villarreal are not the most prolific side. They scored a sustainable 16 times in their previous ten matches, making it 1.6 goals per game. They conceded 14 goals for an average of 1.4 a game, achieving a clean sheet in one of these matches.

Villarreal lost 2-0 against Barcelona in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 3-2 defeat, Villarreal handed out in the match before.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Prediction

Barcelona Form

Barcelona suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Atletico Madrid in a 4-0 defeat. Girona also proved too hard to handle, as they won 2-1, before Barcelona were able to strike back last time out in a 3-0 win against Levante. Barcelona took six wins in their last six LaLiga matches on home soil, as they scored 17 and let in two goals.

Villarreal Form

Villarreal look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against Getafe, they were left empty-handed in a 2-1 defeat, but they bounced back by beating Levante in a 0-1 win. They followed that up with a 2-1 win against Valencia in their most recent outing. Villarreal won half their previous six away matches in the LaLiga, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored ten goals whilst conceding nine.

While we don't believe Villarreal are strong enough to prevent Barcelona from a home win, we believe they are capable of limiting the defeat to only a few goals.

Barcelona have been in commanding form in matches against their fellow top six teams. From their last five outings against these top rivals, they picked up four wins, 12 points, scored 15 goals, while allowing eight against. Villarreal scored 18 goals and conceded 20 in their last ten games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. This earned them five wins and 18 points. Barcelona only drew once so far this season after 25 games played, in stead recording 20 wins and four defeats in the LaLiga. Villarreal have a record of 16 wins, three draws and six defeats in the LaLiga.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Squads

Barcelona Squad

The 60-year-old coach of the home team, Hans-Dieter Flick, will select the lineup against Villarreal from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season:

Ander Astralaga (0/0), Eder Aller (0/0), Joan Garcia (0/19), Wojciech Szczesny (0/6), Alejandro Balde (0/20), Andreas Christensen (0/12), Eric Garcia (1/25), Gerard Martin (0/21), Joao Cancelo (0/4), Jofre Torrents (0/3), Jules Kounde (1/24), Pau Cubarsi (1/20), Ronald Araujo (2/14), Fermin Lopez (5/19), Frenkie de Jong (1/19), Gavi (0/2), Marc Bernal (2/12), Marc Casado (0/16), Pedri (2/17), Roony Bardghji (1/14), Tommy Marques (0/0), Dani Olmo (6/20), Ferran Torres (12/23), Lamine Yamal (10/21), Marcus Rashford (4/21), Raphinha (8/16), Robert Lewandowski (10/20), Toni Fernandez (0/1).

Villarreal Squad

Below is the full team squad of Villarreal. The manager Garcia will pick his starting XI against Barcelona from these players:

Arnau Tenas (0/3), Diego Conde (0/0), Luiz Junior (0/22), Alex Freeman (0/3), Alfonso Pedraza (1/19), Ismael Sierra (0/0), Juan Foyth (0/13), Logan Costa (0/0), Pau Navarro (0/13), Rafa Marin (1/16), Santiago Mourino (0/18), Sergi Cardona (0/20), Willy Kambwala (0/0), Alberto Moleiro (9/24), Carlos Macia (0/4), Daniel Parejo (0/21), Hugo Lopez (0/2), Mahamoud Barry (0/0), Pape Gueye (3/19), Renato Veiga (0/22), Santi Comesana (3/23), Tajon Buchanan (5/23), Thomas Partey (0/16), Alfon Gonzalez (1/11), Ayoze Perez (2/17), Georges Mikautadze (8/20), Gerard Moreno (7/12), Nicolas Pepe (3/24), Pau Cabanes (0/0), Tani Oluwaseyi (2/20).

Barcelona vs Villarreal Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Barcelona, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment. Ronald Araujo and Raphinha can't be called up by the Barcelona-manager, with both serving a ban.

Villarreal have five on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Barcelona this coming Saturday. Alfonso Pedraza, Pape Gueye, Daniel Parejo, Georges Mikautadze and Pape Gueye racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Villarreal travelling party for their next match.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Lineups

Barcelona vs Villarreal H2H

Villarreal lost 2-0 against Barcelona in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 3-2 defeat, Villarreal handed out in the match before. Barcelona enjoy a good 7-0-3 advantage against Villarreal, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 3/10.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only three times in ten matches between Barcelona and Villarreal. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 3/10 with the bookies on Saturday.

Barcelona vs Villarreal Betting Tips

Georges Mikautadze shows decent form right now for Villarreal, as he scored three goals in his last six games in the LaLiga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Barcelona, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Lamine Yamal also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six LaLiga matches.

Of their last 10 matches at home across all tournaments Barcelona won ten times and lost zero as well. Villarreal won three times, drew two and lost five of their last 10 games away from home. Villarreal have been generous visitors, since they pulled only once clean sheet in their previous 10 away games. Barcelona managedfive clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened five times. Barcelona managed an average of 2.5 goals, while Villarreal averaged 1.6 goals a game. Barcelona saw over 2.5 goals in ten of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.4 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Villarreal, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.4 times goals per game themselves.