Villarreal - Barcelona Game comments

Spain - Primera Division: Villarreal vs Barcelona

One of the derbies of this round will take place at Madrigal between home side Villarreal and invincible Barcelona. Home side are in a crisis of results, they dropped from second and they will have to make amends against the world’s best team at the moment. The game in Villarreal won’t be a problem for Barcelona as aside form the huge gap on the standings their play is more than convincing.

Toughest rivals for the end of the season

In the last month Villarreal suffered two defeats, one draw and only one minimum win against rock-bottom Recreativo. The interesting thing is that they failed to win the last two home games. On Sunday they will host Barcelona that have never been stronger and that are crushing everything that comes their way. Manuel Pellegrini hopes that the crisis is finally in the past and that the big rivals will be additional motivation for the yellow submarine to show their great football skills. The games between these rivals have over the last few seasons been pretty equal in quality. It will probably be the case now, and Pellegrini believes that the effort Barcelona players put to win arch-rivals Real Madrid will result in exhaustion and a dip in form. As good as they are, even Barcelona have their limits. Villarreal played well in Seville in the last round but they ended up losing. Considering the fact that Sevilla play pretty good no one took it tragically. The yellow have many tactical options in the midfield that could stop Barcelona machinery.

Barca going on a field trip

Although the game in Villarreal is one of the derbies of the round, there is no tension in Barcelona. There is no reason because the Catalans play great and it's been a long time since their results have been so convincing. The win in the biggest derby against Real Madrid last Saturday at Camp Nou was the culmination of success. Twelve-point gap ahead of their biggest rivals is truly an impressive result. Sunday rivals are one of the best teams in Primera so Barcelona won’t have an easy job. A win over Real was tough but it can be a sign that Barcelona are becoming tired. Messi showed his full potential in that game. With such a player in the team each team can be careless and rivals scared. Villarreal are pretty insecure on home ground this season so that is another reason why Barcelona hope that they will record another win over direct rivals. So far Barcelona won all the games against the strongest clubs in Primera. Atletico, Sevilla, Real Madrid and Valencia fell and it is Villarreal’s turn now.

Betting verdict

Derby will be uncertain but still Barcelona are the favourites. It's been a long time since a team was so convincing in Primera.

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Our tip: Bet 6 on Over 2.5 goals
Odds 1.62 at
Bookmaker: Unibet

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