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This reflects how strong Barcelona are now, for Villarreal this is the first defeat in La Liga and especially this is a defeat at home, where these guys are very strong, but even they conceded 5 goals from Barcelona. It seems that Barcelona are doing great in La Liga, now they have to do the same thing a few times in the Champions League to get some points, although I have no doubt that for them to reach the playoffs will be an easy task, and the defeat to Monaco is an accident. The next games will be with Getafe and Osasuna, I think these should be easy wins, and then the match with Young Boys in the Champions League, I expect Barcelona to score at least 4 goals in this match.
I don't see Villarreal as a strong team, I mean in terms of defense. Although they were previously undefeated before facing Barcelona, their defense is quite vulnerable to conceding. In the previous 5 matches, Villarreal has conceded 8 goals, plus 5 goals conceded by Barcelona. Now, they have conceded 13 goals in their 6 matches. The difference is, this season Villarreal is quite productive in every match they play. Throughout the match, they are sure to be able to score goals. Moreover, Marcelino's pattern is very monotonous with his 4-4-2. In last night's match, although Barcelona was not reinforced by several of their core players, they were able to defeat Villarreal with a landslide score at Villarreal's home base. So far Barcelona is the most productive in their 6 matches compared to other teams, they have scored 22 goals and 18 points. While waiting for some players to recover, Barcelona should theoretically remain on a positive trend. In the next two matches, Getafe and Osasuna are not tough opponents, as well as in the Champions League against Young Boys. what Hansi Flick has to do is prepare Barcelona when they face his former team, Bayern Munich in the Champions League, it is certain that this match will be exciting.