Barcelona visit a good Villarreal, weakened by injuries, in the 6th round of LaLiga, and hoping to return to winning ways after their disappointment in Monaco.
Villarreal and Barcelona face each other on the sixth day of a championship that the Blaugrana team leads thanks to its record of victories. The Yellow Submarine, which has only won 11 of its 54 encounters with Barça, has not beaten it at home since October 2007 (3-1) and although in its last face-to-face it won at Montjuïc (3-5) causing that delayed resignation of Xavi Hernández, in its stadium it has gone 17 games (5 draws and 12 defeats) without knowing victory.
Barcelona visits Villarreal in LaLiga matchday 6 with absences such as Araujo, Gavi, Christensen, Fermin Lopez, Dani Olmo and De Jong. David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images (File)
A victory that Marcelino’s men will seek this Sunday despite the absence of Juan Foyth, Alfonso Pedraza, Gerard Moreno y Willy Kambwalaconsidering that Barcelona’s situation in this regard is even more worrying due to going into the match with the absence of the injured players Ronald Araujo, Gavi, Andreas Christensen, Fermin Lopez, Dani Olmo, Frenkie de Jong y Marc Bernal and the sanctioned one Ferran Torres.
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In this way, Hansi Flick fulfilled the hint given in the previous match regarding rotations, bringing Sergi Domínguez, Pablo Torre and Gerard Martín into the starting XI in the positions of Cubarsí, Casadó and Balde respectively.
The probable lineups for the match are:
VILLARREAL
Diego Conde, Kiko, Bailly, Costa, Cardona, Comesaña, Parejo, Alex Baena, Pino, Pepe and Ayoze Perez.
BARCELONA
Ter Stegen, Koundé, Sergi Domínguez, Íñigo Martínez, Gerard Martín, Eric García, Pablo Torre, Pedri, Raphinha, Lamine Yamal and Lewandowski.
ARBITRATOR
Mateo Busquets
ESTADIO
Ceramics
TIME
6:30 PM local (12:30 PM ET // 10:30 AM CDMX)
