Barcelona – Villarreal Picks & Prediction Picks & Prediction
Barcelona - Villarreal Prediction, Picks and Taips
The final chord of the third round in La Liga will be played in Camp Nou, Barcelona's home base forms the battlefield for the meeting with Villarreal. Can the visitors provide a stunt?
Sunday evening the time has finally come, the official debut for brand new newcomer Ronald Koeman is on the program. It is up to the Dutchman to wash away the sour aftertaste of last season and can actually only do that by achieving the most important goal, namely winning the Champions League. In any case, a top performance will have to be delivered this weekend and the supporters want to see fighting spirit after the painful 8-2 earwash in the last official game.
A dream comes true with the transfer to his old love Barcelona, but Koeman certainly does not end up in a hot bath. The dissatisfaction among many players with the board is still palpable and this week the forced departure of Luis Suárez to Atlético Madrid was not appreciated. The trainer's words showed that the passing of the Uruguayan was orders from above, but the Spanish media placed the responsibility mainly on the trainer last week. Whether major changes will be made to the team immediately is not entirely clear, but it is expected that Ousmane Dembélé will make his long-awaited return to the football field.
Villarreal did not start the opening game of the 2020 / '21 season, as has often been the case in recent years, as hoped for. The club was very decisive on the transfer market this summer and fireworks were expected from the brand new acquisitions, but the high expectations were not fulfilled. Last weekend, the Yellow Submarine got a second chance to give the supporters the first three pointer of the season against Eibar and they succeeded. Via goals from the royal couple Paco Alcacer-Gerard Moreno, the opening goal of the Basque visitors was defused and thus the victory was won.
This weekend, trainer Unai Emery will have the opportunity to see how good his team really is in the meeting with Barcelona. The recent mutual history is not very encouraging, for the last victory over the Catalan main force we have to go back more than twelve years in time. In the run-up to the duel with the Catalans, Emery had nothing but praise for the captain of the opponent: "Messi is and will remain the best footballer on the Spanish fields this season."
Our recommendation tip for Barcelona - Villarreal : Barcelona to win @ 1.53