Previa del Villarreal vs FC Barcelona de LaLiga

BARÇA HAS NOT LOST IN VILA-REAL SINCE 2007

Barça seeks to continue its 'tradition' at La Cerámica

Published:26/08/2023 - 20:44h

Updated:27/08/2023 - 16:13h

FC Barcelona visits Villarreal this Sunday from 5:30 p.m. Xavi Hernández's team will look for their second consecutive victory in the domestic championship in a stadium that has been very good at it for 15 years

The FC Barcelona visits Castellón with win to begin his way to the peak of LaLiga. The culés are convinced that in this season will be able to defend the domestic title, but before have to recortar distances with the leadership for 'confirm' his candidature. After a 'soso' tie in front of the Getafe and positive triumph in front of the Cádiz, the blaugrana visit The Ceramics... A field that no has resisted him in the last fifteen years.

The aim is to win to the Villarreal and return to the City Condal with three points that can be vital to approach to the Real Madrid in the table of positions. The balloon will throw to film to the 17:30 hours (5:30 PM, CEST), a schedule that has been quite questioned by the high temperatures, but the Barça is concentrated in adding his second victory followed. They will do it in front of a team that comes to win, by the minimum, in his visit to the Mallorca. Also they want to 'replace' and scalar positions in the classification.

The Ceramics, a favourable field for the Barça

From the 2007, the Barça only has fallen an only time in front of the Villarreal, in 28 clashes. It was, precisely, in the last day of the season 2021-2022, in the Camp Nou. The ones of Xavi Hernández threw to the rubbish this party, but in the past course went back to impose with two triumphs, by 3-0 and 0-1. Under the orders of Quique Setién have turned into a very rocky and difficult team to surpass, but the Barcelona have not hid in the two more recent duels.

In the field of the groguets, the Catalans have not known the victory from 2007, when they fell by 3-1. They have marked in his last 14 visits, with ten triumphs and other four ties. It is a field that, historically, has given him very well to the Barça and will try to follow the tradition a season more. It will be key to add confidence in this start of League, place is a rival of maximum level.

'Recover' to Lewandowski, key

The Barcelona come of a party that was very 'hover' to complicate , in front of the Cádiz. They follow without being fine in the last metres and the two first presentations have left a lot of doubts regarding the offensive level of the team. One of the most evident problems is being that Robert Lewandowski is not to 100% and has seen him more than uncomfortable in the first dates (and in all the summer).

For the Barça is vital to recover to his '9' and that begin to annotate goals to follow the same line of the past season. Now, it will be more key that never by the drop of the most creative player of the team, Pedri González. The team will lose a lot of strength in the centre of the field and will need to play more direct and find all the times that was possible to the ex of the Bayern of Munich.

The drops of the party

In addition to the players that still have not been inscribed, Iñigo Martínez and Iñaki Crag, will not be available Raphinha, that to the equal that Xavi Hernández will be fulfilling his second party of sanction after being expelled in front of the Getafe. There are a lot of alternatives to replace him, but supposes a drop more than sensitive, to the equal that Ronald Araújo that fulfils his second week in the infirmary and has 'received' to Pedri González, the one who the Thursday suffered an injury in the previous rectum of the right leg in a training.