Barcelona vs Villarreal Prediction, 10/20/2022 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 10/17/2022

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Game: Barcelona vs Villarreal

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022

Location: Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Barcelona (-200) Villarreal (+500)

Camp Nou is the site where Villarreal (3-3-2) will meet Barcelona (7-1-1) on Thursday. Villarreal are priced at +500 and Barcelona are priced -200. The total has been set at 2.75. The starting goalkeepers will be Marc-Andre ter Stegen Barcelona and Geronimo Rulli Villarreal.

Barcelona accumulated 20 saves and held a save percentage of 87.0 over the course of last year. The team's goal differential sat at 17 by means of 21 goals tallied as well as 4 goals relinquished. Last season, this team put together an average of 2.44 pts/match (22 points) and also ranked 2nd in the league with 14 assists. The Blaugrana ranked 1st in the matter of goals expected with 22.9, and the xGA were sitting at 7.4. Barcelona compiled 20 yellow card warnings for the previous season and 1 red card. Barcelona conceded 4 goals while allowing 0.44 goals per 90, and opposing clubs accumulated 23 shots on target against them. They accumulated 7 clean sheets, which had them at a percentage of 77.8 last year.

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Villarreal had a total of 10 goals and their xG over the course of the prior season was at 13.3. The team's goals against/90 min was at 0.37 in addition to 23 saves, and they earned 5 shut outs. On the year, Villarreal CF had a save rate of 88.5 (26 SoTA), and were ranked 9th in soccer with 12 points. Villarreal ranked 6th in regard to goals surrendered having 3, and the team's goal differential was at 7. Villarreal recorded a clean sheet rate of 62.5 last year as well as 17 yellow card warnings. The Submarino Amarillos averaged 1.5 pts per match while amassing 4 assists.

The guy protecting the net for Barcelona will be Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Stegen has seen the field for 26,808 mins and has 882 saves during his soccer career. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 0.97 (289 total goals conceded) and he has earned a save percentage of .762. The goalie born in Germany has had 1,157 shots sent in his direction in 298 career starts. Stegen (185-63-50 record during his soccer career) has earned 119 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 39.9% clean sheet percentage.

Geronimo Rulli will look after the net for Villarreal. Rulli has accumulated 54 clean sheets while seeing 748 shots tried against him in 16,511 mins throughout his career. He holds a save percentage of .711 and his clean sheet rate sits at 29.3%. He has given up 1.29 goals per 90 minutes and he has a record of 73-48-63. In his career, Rulli has surrendered 237 goals and has racked up 532 saves in 184 starting assignments.

Ferran Torres is a player who can be a force in the game for Barcelona. The forward hailing from Spain has 16 goals scored in 5,300 professional minutes. Torres has started 58 outings in his career and has 0.27 goals per 90 mins. He has totaled 10 assists while accumulating 12 yellow card cautions during his soccer career.

Villarreal has an attacker in Alex Baena, who is known to give defenses fits. The forward hailing from Spain has been on the field for 3,270 minutes and has scored 8 goals. He scores 0.22 G/90 and has been in the starting lineup in 38 contests during his soccer career. He has collected 19 yellow cards thus far in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 6 times.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Barcelona (-200)

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