Good afternoon and welcome to Sports Mole's live commentary of the La Liga clash between Barcelona and Villarreal from Camp Nou.
Barcelona will be looking to return to winning ways in this match against a struggling Villarreal side.
The Spanish champions have only collected one point from their last two matches to relinquish first spot in the table to Sevilla, but would - temporarily at least - return to the summit with a win.
Three wins, five draws and five defeats – that is how Villarreal have performed in La Liga this season. It has brought them 14 points, which is only enough for 17th position at this stage.
Follow our live minute-by-minute commentary of the action below.
BARCELONA: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Rakitic, Vidal, Busquets; Dembele, Messi, Coutinho
VILLARREAL: Asensjo; Gaspar, Alvaro, Ruiz, Pedraza; Cazorla, Caseres, Trigueros, Fornals; Moreno, Chukwueze
📍 Camp Nou 👋👋👋
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 2, 2018
⚽ #BarçaVillarreal
🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/xw9reWpiet
👏 #Messi has scored in his last six games against Villarreal at Camp Nou ... NINE goals in total!
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 2, 2018
🔵🔴 #ForçaBarça #BarçaVillarreal pic.twitter.com/0YQxPZPaSS
#BarçaVillarreal
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 1, 2018
TOP ⚽
👊 @neymarjr
🐐 #Messi
🤙 @10Ronaldinho pic.twitter.com/7o7oSrxEbq
#BarçaVillarreal | Warm up & Match Center https://t.co/KzThcElxez
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 2, 2018
Our very own magician 🎩 @19SCazorla has been named in the @EASPORTSEsp #TOTW #FIFA19 team of the week for two assists ⚽⚽ and the @LaLiga win against @RealBetis! 👍 Congrats, Santi!! 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/ivwXjwgVbU
— Villarreal CF English (@Eng_Villarreal) November 30, 2018
#BarçaVillarreal | Our players enjoyed taking in the pre-match atmosphere at the Camp Nou after arriving at the ground. 🏟 pic.twitter.com/LjgqC46ixd
— Villarreal CF English (@Eng_Villarreal) December 2, 2018
BARCELONA: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Rakitic, Vidal, Busquets; Dembele, Messi, Coutinho
VILLARREAL: Asensjo; Gaspar, Alvaro, Ruiz, Pedraza; Cazorla, Caseres, Trigueros, Fornals; Moreno, Chukwueze