Villarreal come into this game in good form, having not lost in their six games since the restart, winning five of those and keeping five clean sheets.
Barcelona boss Setien, however, makes just two changes to the side that drew 2-2 with Atletico Madrid in their last outing. Rakitic and Puig are named among the substitutes, while Griezmann and Roberto are brought in to play from the start.
Villarreal head coach Javier Calleja has made five changes to the team that beat Real Betis 2-0 last time out. Pena, Gomez, Trigueros, Ontiveros and Bacca all drop to the bench, with Gaspar, Iborra, Chukwueze, Cazorla and former Barca striker Alcacer coming into the side.
Barcelona substitutes: Jorge Cuenca, Alex Collado, Neto, Dani Morer, Martin Braithwaite, Ivan Rakitic, Ansu Fati, Ronald Araujo, Inaki Pena, Riqui Puig, Arthur, Monchu.
Barcelona XI (4-3-3): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Nelson Semedo, Gerard Pique, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Sergi Roberto, Sergio Busquets, Arturo Vidal; Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Antoine Griezmann.
Villarreal substitutes: Fernando Nino, Andres Fernandez, Bruno Soriano, Carlos Bacca, Manuel Morlanes, Javier Ontiveros, Moi Gomez, Sergio Lozano, Xavi Quintilla, Sofian Chakla, Ruben Pena, Manu Trigueros.
Villarreal XI (4-4-2): Sergio Asenjo; Mario Gaspar, Raul Albiol, Pau Torres, Alberto Moreno; Samuel Chukwueze, Andre Zambo Anguissa, Vicente Iborra, Santi Cazorla; Gerard Moreno, Paco Alcacer.
Barcelona find themselves seven points adrift of league leaders Real Madrid coming into this match and need a win over Villarreal to cut the gap back to four as Quique Setien’s side seek to defend their domestic crown.
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