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Villarreal vs Barcelona - Predictions, Stats & Odds

La Liga Statistics, AI predictions, (Expected) Lineups and Insights for Gameweek 17

La Liga - Gameweek 17

Sunday, 21 Dec 2025 • 16:15

Villarreal

0 : 2

Barcelona

Goals

12'
0 : 1
Raphinha
0 : 1
Raphinha12'
63'
0 : 2
Lamine Yamal
0 : 2
Lamine Yamal63'

Lineups

Villarreal

PosPlayer
GK
Luiz Júnior
DEF
Sergi Cardona
DEF
Rafa Marín
DEF
Pau Navarro
MID
Santi Comesaña
MID
Renato Veiga
MID
Alberto Moleiro
FWD
Ayoze Pérez
FWD
Nicolas Pépé
FWD
Tajon Buchanan
UNK
Daniel Parejo

Substitutes

65'Georges Mikautadzefor Ayoze Pérez
75'Tanitoluwa Oluwaseyifor Nicolas Pépé

Barcelona

PosPlayer
GK
Joan García
DEF
Jules Koundé
DEF
Eric García
DEF
Alejandro Balde
DEF
Gerard Martín
DEF
Pau Cubarsí
MID
Frenkie de Jong
MID
Fermín López
FWD
Raphinha
FWD
Ferran Torres
FWD
Lamine Yamal

Substitutes

62'Robert Lewandowskifor Ferran Torres
63'Marcus Rashfordfor Fermín López
66'Marc Bernalfor Eric García
79'Marc Casadófor Jules Koundé
Difference Maker Star: Top 3 players of their team

League Table after the game

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Barcelona1815125120+3146
W
W
W
W
W
4Villarreal1611233115+1635
W
W
W
W
L

Last Games

Villarreal

vsGetafe
2 - 0
@Real Sociedad
3 - 2
vsMallorca
2 - 1
@Espanyol
2 - 0
vsRayo Vallecano
4 - 0

Barcelona

vsOsasuna
2 - 0
@Real Betis
5 - 3
vsAtlético Madrid
3 - 1
vsDeportivo Alavés
3 - 1
vsAthletic Bilbao
4 - 0

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 17

19 Dec • 21:00
Valencia
Mallorca
1 - 1
20 Dec • 14:00
Real Oviedo
Celta Vigo
0 - 0
20 Dec • 16:15
Levante
Real Sociedad
1 - 1
20 Dec • 18:30
Osasuna
Deportivo Alavés
3 - 0
20 Dec • 21:00
Real Madrid
Sevilla
2 - 0
21 Dec • 14:00
Girona
Atlético Madrid
0 - 3
21 Dec • 16:15
Villarreal
Barcelona
0 - 2
21 Dec • 18:30
Elche
Rayo Vallecano
4 - 0
21 Dec • 21:00
Real Betis
Getafe
4 - 0
22 Dec • 21:00
Athletic Bilbao
Espanyol
1 - 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.