Villarreal hosts Barcelona in round 15 of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Saturday, November 27th at Estadio de la Ceramica (Villarreal)
Villarreal is spending the current season clearly worse than planned. There are more and more comparisons with how Unai Emery proved himself during his work with Arsenal. In London, he also did not meet expectations in the championship, but he brought the Gunners to the Europa League final in his first year of work. And after returning to Spain last spring, he won this cup with Villarreal. After beating Manchester United in a protracted penalty shootout thanks to De Gea's inability to save, the Yellow Submarine won the first major title in its history. And now the club looks quite good in the Champions League, where it takes 2nd place in the group, albeit with only seven points. But in LaLiga, Villarreal frankly fails — only three victories in 13 matches and a goal difference of 15-13. As a result, the team is in a lower part of the standings. Already no one particularly remembers the ambitious plans to compete for 4th place. The gap to Atlético Madrid is ten points by the end of autumn!
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Barcelona has already shown that Xavi is not a football messiah or a magician. On Tuesday, the Catalans failed to beat Benfica at home in the Champions League match. Now we see a very curious situation. Yes, Blaugranes are ahead of the Portuguese. But if the Eagles beat Dynamo Kyiv in the 6th round (the Ukrainians are ranked last and have no chances of continuing the fight in European Cups) and Barcelona does not beat the unmotivated but strong Bayern Munich in Germany, then the Spanish grandee will make its debut in the Europa League. On the other hand, a victory in this tournament may come in handy for the Catalans to qualify for the next Champions League. After all, Koeman left the club in the middle of the standings. And Xavi made his debut a week ago with a very tough victory over Espanyol in the derby. Then the only goal was scored by Memphis Depay, who converted a penalty. With such results, Barcelona may not even be able to climb to the top 4. There is still a lot to work on.
Villarreal has not managed to win against Barcelona since 2008. The appointment of Unai Emery as the head coach of the Yellow Submarine has not changed anything either. In the previous LaLiga draw, the Catalans won 4-0 at home and 2-1 away. Now bookmakers consider the clubs' odds to be almost equal. But it is unlikely that this Villarreal can beat even such Barcelona. Let's risk betting on the victory of Xavi's men with a zero handicap.
Prediction for the match: Barcelona to win with 0.0 handicap
