Our prediction for this Primera Division match:
Villarreal
Match Time & Date:
22/09/2024
18:30
Prediction: 2-2
Barcelona
All eyes will be on Estadio de la Ceramica when Villarreal and Barcelona square off against each other in a highly-anticipated La Liga game. The Yellow Submarine aim to build on a 2-1 win over Mallorca and they are surely capable of matching the Catalan giants in front of home fans. Pape Gueye is back from suspension, while all Gerard Moreno, Juan Foyth, Alfonso Pedraza, and Willy Kambwala are out of contention with injuries.
Barca, on the other hand, made a flying start to the season and, no doubt, they aim to keep their 100% record intact. As Hansi Flick’s men are likely to adopt yet another attack-minded approach, we believe that there is a big value in betting on both teams to score. In their last meeting at the venue Barcelona defeated Villarreal 5-3 in a thriller. Ferran Torres is banned for the visitors, while all Dani Olmo, Fermin Lopez, Frenkie De Jong, Gavi, and Andreas Christensen remain in the recovery room.
Highlighted Player (Robert Lewandowski):
After scoring 36 goals in 59 league games for Znicz Pruskow, Robert Lewandowski joined Lech Poznan in June, 2008. The 184-cm-tall attacker scored 18 goals in 28 appearances for the club in the 2009/2010 Ekstraklasa campaign and during the season he was on Borussia Dortmund’s radar.
The Polish forward signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga side in June, 2010 and he quickly established himself as the team’s key attacker. Lewandowski was producing excellent performances with the Millionaires between 2010 and 2014 and it has to be noted that he won two Bundesliga trophies with the club (2010/2011, 2011/2012). He participated in the 2012/2013 Champions League final with Borussia Dortmund, but the Millionaires were beaten by fellow Bundesliga side Bayern Munich in the title game.
However, he betrayed Borussia Dortmund fans in 2014 as he signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga giants. Lewandowski impressed in the 2016/2017 Bundesliga campaign as he scored 30 goals in 32 league games for Pep Guardiola’s troops. The Polish footballer represented his homeland at Euro 2016 in France and he scored one goal at the showpiece tournament in France.
Highlighted Team (Villarreal):
Villarreal CF was founded on 10th of March 1923. In the year 1998 Villarreal managed to reach the Primera Division for the first time in history of the club. After 1 season the club could not manage to stay in the league and go regulated to the Segunda Division. In the last couple of years Villarreal developed itself to a stable club in the Primera Division.
This first European succes was in 2003/2004 where the club managed to reach the semi finals in the UEFA cup. In 2004/2005 Villarreal end 3rd on the table in the Primera Division which was a highlight for the club.
The biggest succes was in 2006 when Villarreal managed to reach the semi finals in the Champions League. In the semi finals the club lost with only 1 goal difference against runner up Arsenal. Former known players for Villarreal are: Riquelme, Tomasson, Fernandez, Forlan and Pires.
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