Barcelona have dominated Spanish football in recent years, but their crown as champions is in jeopardy. The Catalan giants are currently second in the table with a record if 13 wins, five draws and one defeat leaving them five points behind bitter rivals Real Madrid. They dumped Madrid out of the Copa del Rey this week but it is the league title that matters most and they will be desperate to keep the pressure on Jose Mourinho’s men in the hope that they slip up. A 2-2 draw in the second leg of that cup tie ended Barcelona’s four-game winning run in all competitions, but it did extend their unbeaten record to 14 games. Unsurprisingly, Barca are 2/9 favourites to keep that going with a win here.

Villarreal were supposed to challenge for a European place this season, but instead they find themselves fighting for their lives at the other end of the table. A record of four wins, seven draws and eight defeats means they are out of the relegation zone on goal difference only, so the visit of Barcelona is hardly ideal. Villarreal did record a big win over Sporting Gijon to end a drought that went back to mid-November, but they are 11/1 outsiders to make it two in a row. The draw is 5/1.

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