La Liga 2025-2026: Villarreal-Barcelona, the likely lineups

Barcelona takes the field at 4:15 p.m. at the Villarreal pitch for a match valid for the 18th day of La Liga. The Blaugrana must replicate Real Madrid’s win Saturday night to keep its four-point lead over Xabi Alonso’s men unchanged.Hansi Flick’s team is coming off seven consecutive victories and is by far the league’s most prolific with 49 goals scored. But going to Vila-real is anything but easy: the Estadio de la Ceramica is a currently impregnable fortress in the league, with 7 wins and one draw in 8 games by Garcia Toral’s team.

Villarreal with Perez and Mikautadze in attack, the flanks will be covered by Buchanan’ex-inter Milan player Buchanan and Moleiro, in midfield Parejo along with Comesana.

Barcelona with Lewandowski as central point, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Rashford on the trequartista line. The two midfielders will be Pedri and Garcia.

Villarreal-Barcelona, the likely lineups
VILLARREAL (4-4-2): Luiz Junior; Navarro, Fiyth, Veiga, Cardona; Buchanan, Parejo, Comesana, Moleiro; Perez, Mikautadze.
BARCELONA (4-2-3-1): Garcia; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martin, Balde; Garcia, Pedri; Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Rashford; Lewandowski.