FC Barcelona do not depend on themselves to win the Liga title anymore. With only two matches left in the schedule, Los Blaugranas must win both contests and wait for Real Madrid to go D1, L1 at best to retain the crown in Spain s top-flight. In other words Real Madrid will be the new league champions if they manage to defeat Villarreal on Thursday evening. Los Blaugranas have been stumbling of late and while their recent form looks decent Perhaps the best example of how strong have looked is the fact that they re just one game away from just their second undefeated La Liga home campaign since the start of 2013/14. They are massive favorites ahead of this match, but that s not what matters the most to them. It s entirely possible that Barcelona will be playing this game paying a lot of attention to what happens between Los Merengues and Villarreal.
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Ousmane Dembele and Antoine Griezmann have both been ruled out of this match. Both players are dealing with thigh problems.
As if that wasn t bad enough for Barcelona, Samuel Umtiti is highly unlikely to feature due to his persistent knee issues.
