Barcelona - Villarreal

The Yellows returned to winning ways in La Liga on Monday night when they defeated Osasuna following four league games without a win. But they face a quick ...

As usual you can join the conversation before, during and after the game in the comments section below. [Villarreal](https://www.villarrealusa.com/) are back in La Liga action against Barcelona tonight and you can join the conversation below. The Yellows are in Catalonia to face a Barcelona side desparate for a quick response after losing

Barcelona will look to put their El Clasico woes behind them when they host Villarreal for Thursday night's La Liga encounter at Camp Nou.

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Barcelona will hope to get to within three points of Real Madrid at the top of LaLiga by defeating Villarreal at Camp Nou.

Of course, you might be looking for a place where you can watch the game. Of course, you may well remember that Villarreal defeated Barcelona in their own backyard on the final day of last season thanks to goals from Alfonso Pedraza and Moi Gómez. Better news for Barcelona is that Alexia Putellas is in the house! He skips away from Femenía down the left and into the box. A chance to get a dangerous ball into the box from a free-kick and it goes behind. But Koundé is fast enough to get back in front of Morales and nips it in the bud. The full-back was well offside and his cross was blocked anyway, but what a spin and pass from the youngster. A narrow escape at the back for Xavi's men. To be fair to Ferran, he did score at the Bernabéu and he got into a great position again there. He misses the target and that sums things up for the visitors. We almost managed to finish the game without a booking. Three goals in less than 10 first-half minutes effectively killed off a game which looked to be in the balance early on.

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Regardless, the referee awards a free-kick to the Yellow Submarine. He plays a through-ball first time for Raphinha, but his shot goes wide of the post! Dembele meets Pedri's cross-field pass on the right flank.

Recent setbacks against Real Madrid and Inter Milan didn't damper Xavi Hernandez's side in a convincing win over Villarreal.

[Arnaut Danjuma](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/231618/arnaut-danjuma) looked the most out of place. Then back to Champions League action as Lewandowski returns to [Bayern Munich](/soccer/team?id=132) for the first time since leaving this summer. Lewandowski won the Gerd Muller award for the best striker of the year. [Internazionale](/soccer/team?id=110) on Oct. [Poland](/soccer/team?id=471) striker increased the lead four minutes later with a precise curling shot from the edge of the box to finish off a counter-attack after [Pedri](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/250465/Pedri) stole the ball from an opponent close to the centre circle. It was his third league goal of the season, which is the same amount Dembele and Raphinha have managed combined -- and in much more game time. However, after a disappointing week, he turned to young Spanish forwards Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres, who had combined for the consolation goal off the bench against Madrid at the weekend. The touch and spin for his first goal were bettered by the finish for his second just four minutes later. Robert Lewandowski scored the first two to take his tally for the campaign to 16. 12 left them on the verge of Champions League elimination, [followed by an disheartening loss](/soccer/spanish-laliga/story/4773210/real-madrid-are-a-better-teambut-barcelona-are-improving) in the Clasico to Real Madrid on Sunday. [Highlights and notable moments](#highlights) [Best/worst performers](#bestworst)