Barcelona returned to winning ways with a 2–0 victory over Villarreal at the Estadio de la Cerámica on Sunday, 21 December 2025, in a La Liga Matchday 17 fixture that kicked off at 15:15 UTC. The result left the visitors firmly in the title conversation heading into the winter break. Referee Javier Alberola Rojas was the man in the middle, and the scoreline read 0–1 at half-time before Barcelona added a second after the interval.

For Barcelona, the three points were cruc...