O. Dembélé has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by Y. Mina.
Ousmane Dembele, take a bow! With the last play of the game, he gets his second on the back of a breakaway play. Down the other end, Castillejo's shot from 20 yards takes a deflection off Mina all the way to the centre circle where the forward picks it up and goes 50 yards to chip over the keeper into the back of the net. Barcelona win 5-1.
Mina gets the assist but that move is all Dembele - what a score to wrap things up as the referee blows for full-time.
90' +2
Coutinho plays Messi through to the left post where the Argentinian thinks he has his second - but he is pulled back for offside by the referee, having drifted in front of the Villarreal back-line.
90'
Three added minutes on the way.
87'
O. Dembélé has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by I. Rakitić.
Rakitic should get credit there for his muscular run as he shrugged off lagging Villarreal defenders to get back inside. Too easy for Barca against their tired visitors.
Dembele makes it four! Barca get their first goal of the second half to restore their three-score lead as Rakitic sweeps down the right wing, cuts into the box and plays a flat pass across goal for a near-reverse copy of the feed that gave Paulinho his goal in the first half, with the Frenchman slotting in at the left post.
86'
Free-kick out on the right wing near halfway for the visitors as Castillejo is sent flying by a Rakitic effort. The substitute is perhaps lucky to have avoided a yellow for that.
85'
Messi goes for goal with a rocket of an effort from 20 yards after finding open space; it takes a bounce off Ruiz and Villarreal spirit it away.
83'
No luck for Sansone with the magic deflection this time; Rodri's fine strike from outside the box looks destined for the close top-right corner before it impacts his fellow player and ricochets out for a goal-kick.
82'
Digne wins a free-kick on the left wing after a clattering challenge from Gaspar; the latter is booked whilst the former struggles to his feet with a slight limp.
81'
Mario Gaspar gets yellow.
80'
Y. Mina enters the game and replaces Piqué.
Yerry Mina takes the place of Pique as Barca make their last change.
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79'
Suarez slips through into the Villarreal box and loosens a shot off, but he is also snagged by the linesman for offside.
77'
Costa brings down Dembele in the opposition half and the Barca man wins a defensive free-kick.
75'
Sansone cuts through the Barca back-four and tries a 20-yard screamer; he goes close, putting it only a few inches over the crossbar from in front.
73'
Coutinho finds the back of the net for Barca again after a Dembele back-heel is played into his path; but he is offside and the goal is chalked off.
72'
Javi Fuego gets yellow.
Fuego gets a booking now after he brings down Messi with a messy challenge.
70'
E. Ünal enters the game and replaces C. Bacca.
Bacca is the latest change of the night too; Enes Unal takes his place for Villarreal.
68'
Bacca races through again a moment later, looking to meet a Castillejo through-ball; he is too eager however and is caught in the offside trap.
67'
Bacca turns a right-footed effort from the lip of the Barca box towards goal; Cillessen has no trouble crouching to collect it.
65'
I. Rakitić enters the game and replaces Sergio Busquets.
Busquets now departs for the hosts, with Ivan Rakitic on in his place.
63'
Fornals goes close for Villarreal, slotted neatly into the Barca penalty area by Costa, he sweeps it just wide to the right under pressure from the keeper.
62'
Busquets wins a free-kick in his own half now as Castillejo is pinged for a hand ball.
61'
L. Suárez enters the game and replaces Andrés Iniesta.
Luis Suarez arrives for Barcelona - but not before a standing ovation from Camp Nou as captain Andres Iniesta departs. The roar from both home and away fans is magnificent for a true giant of the game.
59'
Barca look to strike back through Coutinho, who takes in a sweet pass from Messi and goes for goal, only for his attempt to be blocked and steered away.
57'
Javi Fuego enters the game and replaces Manu Trigueros.
Manu Trigueros now makes way for Javi Fuego for the visitors who have gained a new lease of life from that suprise score.
55'
Digne and Gaspar come together from the restart and it is the former who wins the free-kick inside his own half.
54'
N. Sansone has scored a goal for Villarreal! Assist by Pablo Fornals.
Even Sansone didn't quite understand how that happened. Bacca forged a path through the Barca defence down the left wing, then stepped back inside and played a cut-back into the box for Fornals. He turned and struck between two defenders, aiming for the far-right post; yet it smacked straight into the waiting Sansone and changed course to the left where it skipped in.
What a freaky goal! Nicola Sansone pulls one back for the visitors with a sleight-of-hand score he didn't even try to touch, as Pablo Fornals' effort from just inside the left edge of the box rockets into him and deflects into the bottom-left corner and passed a surprised Cillessen. The keeper appeals for handball, claiming that it hit the substitute's lower arm, but the score stands and Villarreal are on the board.
52'
Villarreal have another shot now, with Bacca just hooking an effort to the left of goal from the middle of the box after he is laid on a Gaspar pass.
48'
An early throw-in on the right flank deep in home territory for Villarreal; it lays up a great chance for Castillejo, whose left-footer from just outside the box isn't too far away from the top-right corner after he cuts in between three Barca defenders.
46'
N. Sansone enters the game and replaces D. Cheryshev.
A change at the break for the visitors too; Denis Cheryshev has been replaced by Nicola Sansone.
We're back underway at Camp Nou for the second half; will Barca continue their domination or have Villarreal got several aces up their sleeves?
45'
L. Messi has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by Andrés Iniesta.
A lovely touch from the captain to set up the goal there and Barca are good value for their three-goal lead after 45 minutes. No added time and the whistle goes before play can be restarted.
Messi makes it three! It's the last play of the half as, with a neat one-two around the Villarreal box, Iniesta takes possession of a cut-back and lofts it towards the left post where LaLiga's leading goal-scorer taps in. 3-0 to Barca at the break.
44'
Víctor Ruiz gets yellow.
Ruiz gets a booking now as he brings down Messi in the opposition half and the Barca man wins a free-kick.
41'
Castillejo and Costa go close! That should have been the moment Villarreal pulled a goal back in this game, as the former sees his shot from the left of the box directed by the keeper into the path of the latter, who then has his effort saved too.
40'
Barca are able to counter swiftly once again however and a few moves later, it's Dembele who is cruising into the opposition box. He steers himself around Costa and plays a cut-back to Busquets - who stumbles over the ball and fails to get a shot away, allowing Ruiz to clear it away.
39'
Digne concedes another corner, this time after managing to steer the ball away in mid-air from Bacca as the forward rampages into the Barca box. Villarreal are starting to get a better handle on this game.
37'
Messi and Castillejo tangle as the former sneaks away towards the Villarreal box on a weaving run; but it's the latter who gets the free-kick when the pair come together.
35'
Villarreal win a corner after a slow-building attack down the right flank is herded out by Digne. They opt to play it short however and Barca sweep in through Coutinho to ruthlessly snatch it away.
33'
Paulinho wins a free-kick in his own half on the left flank after a tussle for the ball with Samu Castillejo leaves him sprawled on the turf.
31'
Bacca has a half-chance on the edge of the Barca box after a breakaway play from the visitors but strong defence sees his effort to cross back in take a deflection off himself and spill out for a goal-kick.
29'
Gonzalez concedes another corner but this time Villarreal win a free-kick in their own box after Pique brings a man down challenging for the set-piece swung in.
28'
Messi wins another free-kick for the hosts, again just inside the Villarreal half as Rodri brings him down.
26'
Gonzalez concedes a corner as he deflects a Messi shot wide of the goal. The hosts swing it out for Messi to play back in; Vermaelen however is caught offside at the left post.
22'
Iniesta drives a left-footed effort through a crowded box some 25 yards out from the left, only to spray it across the face of goal and out by the right post.
20'
Coutinho wins another free-kick for Barca and again the visitors meet Messi's effort with a stern defensive wall. Villarreal are locking up more at the back after those early scores.
19'
Dembele wins a free-kick some 35 yards out from goal on the right flank; Messi swings it in but only finds a wall of yellow to deflect it away from the danger zone.
18'
Semedo goes hunting a through-ball on the right edge of the Villarreal penalty area after Barca reclaim from the restart, but Messi's pass catches the right-back offside.
16'
Paulinho has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by L. Digne.
Digne was played into the box on the left edge thanks to a lovely through-ball from Iniesta; with the defence caught slack, it was a simple enough pass inside to find Paulinho and get around Asenjo.
2-0 to Barca! Villarreal are cut open all too easily again as Paulinho tucks a flat pass from Lucas Digne into the right corner from bang in front of goal, with Asenjo left hanging at the left post. This could be a long night for the visitors.
14'
Shot by Fornals! The Villarreal strker almost pulls one back for the visitors as he steps in off the left flank, slips between two Barca defenders and lets loose with a right-footer for the near top corner that Cillessen has to leap to push around the post.
13'
Villarreal have responded with a little more spark from the restart and Costa wins his side a free-kick in the attacking half after a soft challenge by Semedo.
11'
Philippe Coutinho has scored a goal for Barcelona!
Coutinho! First goal to Barca as the former Liverpool man blasts home from close range after Sergio Asenjo failed to hold onto Ousmane Dembele's left-footed effort from outside the box, spilling it into the path of the midfielder who buries it in the netting. After a timid start, the hosts have the goal to help preserve that immaculate record.
9'
Ruiz has a nibble at Messi's heels and concedes a free-kick as the striker goes down just inside the opposition half. The hosts are unable to create a serious chance from it; Gonzalez meets it and clears before any serious danger rears its head for Villarreal.
7'
Messi phases into the Villarreal box at the right edge, off the back of a Paulinho through-ball, before stepping inside and lofting a curled effort towards the top-left corner that flies wide.
5'
Barca show a little more vigour now, as Iniesta floats a looping cross down the left wing for Coutinho, though the striker is unable to find a return pass into the box and Costa smothers the ball away from him.
3'
Semedo slips a ball down the right wing to Paulinho, who crosses wide to the left for Iniesta; he is unable to supply the forwards though and the hosts play it back into their own half again.
1'
Referee Jose Sanchez blows the whistle and we're underway in Barcelona. It's the hosts who hold the ball for the opening minute, content to test the waters, Semedo and Pique play it across the back-line at a leisurely pace as Villarreal stalk them slowly.
As for Villarreal, they are looking to qualify for their fifth consecutive European campaign and Javier Calleja's men know that an outright win would secure continental football for next season. A draw would also put them six points ahead of seventh-placed Getafe; though if the pair were to be tied after the final two games, the latter would progress on head-to-head goal difference.
Team news now and Barca have made a raft of changes to the side who drew against Real Madrid at the weekend; Luis Suarez and Marc-Andre ter Stegen are among those rested on the bench whilst there are starts for Thomas Vermaelen and Ousmane Dembele.
As for Villarreal, they make a handful of alterations to the side who downed Valencia too; Raba drops to the bench to make way for Pablo Fornals and Jaume Costa is handed a start at left-back for the visitors.
Subs: Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Paco Alcacer, Andre Gomes, Yerry Mina, Ivan Rakitic
BARCELONA (4-3-3): Jasper Cillessen; Lucas Digne, Nelson Semedo, Thomas Vermaelen, Gerard Pique; Sergio Busquets, Paulinho, Andres Iniesta; Coutinho, Ousmane Dembele, Lionel Messi
Subs: Nicola Sansone, Andres Fernandez, Daniele Bonera, Adrian Marin, Enes Unal, Javi Fuego, Raba
VILLARREAL (4-5-1): Sergio Asenjo; Jaume Costa, Victor Ruiz, Alvaro Gonzalez, Mario Gaspar; Manu Trigueros, Denis Cheryshev, Samu Castillejo, Rodri, Pablo Fornals; Carlos Bacca
It took 11 minutes for them to spark into life after a timid opening but since then, it has been one way traffic for the hosts at Camp Nou. Goals for Coutinho, Paulinho and Messi have exposed defensive fragilities around the Villarreal back-line and cut them open with a practiced ease; there may be another 45 minutes to come but it's hard to see any way back for the visitors. At half-time, it's Barcelona 3-0 Villarreal
The teams are out at Camp Nou and we're moments away from kick-off - but not before a guard of honour from Villarreal for Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta in his penultimate home game for the club. He emerges to applause all around the packed stadium and looks to be holding onto his emotions.
It's 43 games unbeaten in LaLiga now for Barcelona as they extend their own record in fantastic fashion, putting five past a tired Villarreal outfit with a little bit of magic. A freak second-half score for Nicola Sansone gave a little bit of light to the visitors - but two late goals for Ousmane Dembele ensure that the triumphant finale to a stunning season continues for the hosts. Full-time at Camp Nou, it finishes Barcelona 5-1 Villarreal.
Two games remain for both sides now in LaLiga; two games for Barcelona to avoid defeat and write history. They face Levante and Real Sociedad over the coming fortnight to conclude their domestic campaign, whilst Villarreal face relegated Deportivo la Coruna and Real Madrid as their hunt for the Europa League heats up. Until then however, thank you for joining us - and have a good week!
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the 2017-18 LaLiga campaign as champions Barcelona look to keep their undefeated domestic record intact against Europa League hopefuls Villarreal at Camp Nou. The Blaugrana are looking to become the first top-flight side to go unbeaten for a whole 20-team season; will their opponents prove to be a proverbial banana-skin in pursuit of their accolade?
It's been a stunning year for Ernesto Valverde's side; since they lost their two-leg Supercopa de Espana tie to Real Madrid in August, Barcelona have only suffered a pair of defeats in almost nine months, to Espanyol in a Copa del Rey quarter-final first-leg and to Roma in the last eight of the Champions League. In the top division, they have gone 42 unbeaten; a LaLiga record.
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