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Barcelona vs Villarreal - Predictions, Stats & Odds

La Liga Statistics, AI predictions, (Expected) Lineups and Insights for Gameweek 37

La Liga - Gameweek 37

Sunday, 18 May 2025 • 19:00

Barcelona

2 : 3

Villarreal

Goals

4'
0 : 1
Ayoze Pérez
0 : 1
Ayoze Pérez4'
Lamine Yamal
1 : 1
38'
38'Lamine Yamal
1 : 1
Fermín López
2 : 1
45'
45'Fermín López
2 : 1
50'
2 : 2
Santi Comesaña
2 : 2
Santi Comesaña50'
80'
2 : 3
Tajon Buchanan
2 : 3
Tajon Buchanan80'

Lineups

Barcelona

PosPlayer
GK
Marc-Andre ter Stegen
DEF
Iñigo Martínez
DEF
Eric García
DEF
Gerard Martín
DEF
Pau Cubarsí
MID
Pedri
MID
Gavi
MID
Fermín López
FWD
Robert Lewandowski
FWD
Raphinha
FWD
Lamine Yamal

Substitutes

46'Pedrifor Frenkie de Jong
46'Gerard Martínfor Alejandro Balde
74'Robert Lewandowskifor Pau Víctor
74'Eric García
for Héctor Fort
85'Gavifor Dani Olmo

Villarreal

PosPlayer
GK
Luiz Júnior
DEF
Juan Marcos Foyth
DEF
Logan Costa
DEF
Sergi Cardona
DEF
Pau Navarro
MID
Daniel Parejo
MID
Álex Baena
MID
Santi Comesaña
FWD
Ayoze Pérez
FWD
Nicolas Pépé
FWD
Yéremy Pino

Substitutes

46'Ayoze Pérez
for Thierno Barry
58'Daniel Parejofor Pape Gueye
64'Pau Navarrofor Willy Kambwala
64'Yéremy Pinofor Tajon Buchanan
77'Nicolas Pépéfor Gerard Moreno
Difference Maker Star: Top 3 players of their team

League Table after the game

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Barcelona3727469939+6085
W
W
W
W
L
5Villarreal37191086749+1867
W
W
W
W
W

Last Games

Barcelona

@Espanyol
2 - 0
vsReal Madrid
4 - 3
@Valladolid
2 - 1
vsMallorca
1 - 0
vsCelta Vigo
4 - 3

Villarreal

vsLeganes
3 - 0
@Girona
1 - 0
vsOsasuna
4 - 2
vsEspanyol
1 - 0
@Celta Vigo
0 - 3

Head-to-Head

28 Feb 2026
Barcelona4 - 1Villarreal
28 Feb 2026Barcelona
4 - 1
Villarreal
21 Dec 2025
Villarreal0 - 2Barcelona
21 Dec 2025Villarreal
0 - 2
Barcelona
18 May 2025
Barcelona2 - 3Villarreal
18 May 2025Barcelona
2 - 3
Villarreal
22 Sept 2024
Villarreal1 - 5Barcelona
22 Sept 2024Villarreal
1 - 5
Barcelona
27 Jan 2024
Barcelona3 - 5Villarreal
27 Jan 2024Barcelona
3 - 5
Villarreal

La Liga

Gameweek 37

18 May • 17:00
Las Palmas
Leganes
0 - 1
18 May • 19:00
Atlético Madrid
Real Betis
4 - 1
18 May • 19:00
Barcelona
Villarreal
2 - 3
18 May • 19:00
Celta Vigo
Rayo Vallecano
1 - 2
18 May • 19:00
Valencia
Athletic Bilbao
0 - 1
18 May • 19:00
Mallorca
Getafe
1 - 2
18 May • 19:00
Sevilla
Real Madrid
0 - 2
18 May • 19:00
Valladolid
Deportivo Alavés
0 - 1
18 May • 19:00
Osasuna
Espanyol
2 - 0
18 May • 19:00
Real Sociedad
Girona
3 - 2

What is GAP?

What is Plus Minus Goals (G±)?

Plus Minus Goals (G±) is the average goal difference per game while the player was on the pitch. A value above 0 indicates that the team rather wins, a value below 0 means his team concedes more goals than they score when the player is on the pitch. As an example, if the player's team is winning 3:1 the goal difference is +2, if the player's team is loosing 0:1, the goal difference is -1. It is a pure metric which is barely adjusted for circumstances to purely show the goal difference.

What is GAP?

GAP (Game Advantage Percentage) shows the percentage gap between a player and the average league player. It answers the question: How much does a player improve or worsen a team's performance? It is based on high level game data with a focus on the impact on the goal difference (G±) from the last 50 games of a player. Besides that, GAP goes further and considers game context by involving data from the player and all other players who are at the same time on the pitch, no matter if teammates or opponents. Football GAP - the individual metric for team players.