Villarreal drew with Atletico Madrid before beating Sevilla and Celta Vigo for seven points from a possible nine and they have since added four more points to their tally with a draw at Valencia and a win over Mallorca.

Barcelona have made an excellent start to the Hansi Flick era and are looking for a sixth successive La Liga victory when they visit Villarreal on Sunday.A difficult start to Barca's Champions League

Barcelona midfielders Fermin Lopez, Dani Olmo, Gavi, Frenkie de Jong and Marc Bernal, and defensive pair Ronald Araujo and Andreas Christensen are sidelined with injury

Real are targeting three straight La Liga wins when they face their in-form visitors this weekend with Barca leading the way by four points. Ancelotti's side have 11 points from five games and have won their last two leagues outings as well as their UEFA Champions League opener. Espanyol have won their last two to rise to 12th with seven points.

A trio of up-and-coming talents were spotted playing their part in first-team training with Hansi Flick’s Barcelona squad on Saturday.This comes amid final preparations for Barca’s return to

Ronald Araujo, Gavi, Ferran Torres, Andreas Christensen, Fermín López, Dani Olmo, Frenkie de Jong, Marc Bernal (out), Marc Casadó, Pedri (doubt) Villarreal Outs & Doubts: Willy Kambwala, Juan Foyth, Gerard Moreno,