Welcome along to this live blog for Sunday afternoon's Villarreal vs Barcelona match in LaLiga Santander. It's seventh vs third and both teams still have a lot to play for, making the three points on offer at the Estadio de la Ceramica vital. Since these are two teams with attacking styles, we could be in for a treat as Gerard Moreno and co. take on Lionel Messi and his fellow superstars. On this live blog, we'll have all the build-up to the match and then minute-by-minute updates after kick off.
VILLARREAL VS BARCELONA, LIVE
This is our live blog for this Sunday afternoon clash between Villarreal and Barcelona, which starts at 16:15 CEST. All our updates will come below, with the most recent entries at the top. Follow along with us to find out if Barcelona can keep up their charge.
14:20 CEST: Emery won't hold back with his Villarreal line-up
Although Villarreal have one of their biggest matches in years coming up, their Europa League semi-final first leg against Arsenal on Thursday, Unai Emery has suggested he won't rotate his Villarreal line-up too much. "We have to do our best to compete in both competitions," he said. "LaLiga is how we qualify for Europe next season. From experience, I've seen that if you think about the next matches then you don't compete as well in the current one."
14:05 CEST: The return of Dembele
Ousmane Dembele is back in the Barcelona matchday squad for this game, although it's not clear if he'll start the match. The Frenchman might be eased back into proceeding and Ronald Koeman might also feel confident enough to stick with the same kind of line-up that has done so well over the past week, with Messi and Griezmann leading the line.
15:45 CEST: What time does Villarreal vs Barcelona kick off?
It's an afternoon kick off at the Estadio de la Ceramica, with the start time at 16:15 CEST local time in Spain. For fans in the United Kingdom that is 15:15 BST and for those on the east coast of the United States that is 10:15 EDT. Barcelona have created the following graphic to show what time today's match kicks off in other parts of the world too.
