Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga fixture between Barcelona and Villarreal. We'll bring you all the action as it happens at Camp Nou. Kick off is at 5.30pm.

That will do for Barcelona. They were missing a number of key figures through, and that showed in their performance, but they claim all three points to go top of La Liga until Sevilla's game against Alaves later this evening. I'm not sure if anyone really shone, but Barca did enough.

FULL TIME: Barcelona 2-0 Villarreal

Messi from range! The Barcelona number 10 hasn't had his best game, it hasn't been a vintage performance, but he takes aim from distance looking for a late goal. Asensjo saves.

And now Pedraza enters the referee's book late on. Frustration boiling over. Finally! Villarreal have been far too passive.

Four minutes of stoppage time to be played at the end of the match.

That's an unnecessary from Fornals, who enters the book for a rash challenge. He knew what he was doing to Busquets.

This game has been settled for a long time, despite the scoreline being narrow, but that second goal makes sure of the points for Barcelona. They will go top of La Liga until Sevilla kick off.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Barcelona 2 (87 mins - Carles Alena) Villarreal 0. It was a pass through by Messi and it's a Messi-esque finish from Alena! The run from the 20-year-old was good, but the lifted finish over Asenjo was magnificent. Alena has a big future at Barcelona. Keep an eye out for him! Great goal.

Messi has hardly been mentioned in this second half. And it's not as if Villarreal have found a way to keep him under wraps. It's just that Barcelona have been so subdued. Weird.

The flying machine! Dembele comes surging down the right wing, he had Villarreal tracking back at pace, but the final ball was missing from the French winger. A familiar story.

This has been a peculiar second half. It's almost as if both teams are just waiting for the final whistle. There hasn't been a great deal to talk about, in all honesty. Dembele has been good. That's about it.

Malcom has struggled to get game time early on in his Barcelona career, but opportunities have been more forthcoming in recent weeks. He has been posing a threat.

Malcom comes on for the final 10 minutes. Can the Brazilian put this game to bed for Barcelona?

A change for Villarreal with Ekambi coming on for the final 10 minutes of the match.

Scuffle! Pique and Gerard end up squaring up. That duel has been simmering for quite some time. The referee splits the two players. It all came from a foul by Gerard. Pretty blatant.

Coutinho wide! How many times have we seen the Brazilian cut inside and bend a shot into the far corner of the net with his right foot? This time, his shot just flashes past the far post.