Good afternoon and weclome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the La Liga fixture between Villarreal and Barcelona. We'll bring you all the action as it happens at the Estadio de la Ceramica. Kick off is at 15:15 GMT.

Griezmann was exceptional in the Copa del Rey final win over Athletic Club last weekend. The Frenchman has suffered inconsistencies this season, but he has contributed.

Well, of a sudden this match has exploded into life. Emery will surely be furious that his team weren't able to hold on to their lead for longer than one minute. What a finish from Griezmann, though.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Villarreal 1 Barcelona 1 (28 mins - Antoine Griezmann). Instant response from Barcelona who have equalised after a matter of seconds! Mingueza plays the pass in behind for Griezmann and the French forward finds the back of the Villarreal net with a chipped finish over the head of Asenjo!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Villarreal 1 (27 mins - Samuel Chukwueze) Barcelona 0. Villarreal have taken the lead! Chukwueze was played in behind the Barcelona defence by Torres, the Catalans were too high up the pitch and the Nigerian forward skipped around ter Stegen and squeezed his finish into the back of the net!

A win for Barcelona this afternoon would propel them closer to Atletico Madrid in the league table. Real Madrid’s home draw against Real Betis last night means Barca can move level with their rivals.

After a rather chaotic start to the match, both teams appeared to have settled somewhat. Barcelona are controlling the majority of the ball while the hosts are breaking out.

Of course, Pique was one of the players who publicly spoke out against the European Super League despite Barcelona being one of the clubs who had signed up to the proposal.

Pique has started again for Barcelona. They missed his presence at the back when he was out through injury and has steadied the Catalans in defence since he returned to action.

Messi denied! The Argentine was played into the box, the angle was very tight, but that didn't stop him from testing Asenjo at his near post! The Villarreal goalkeeper makes the save!

De Jong had a sheepish look on his face after missing that opportunity. Barcelona should be ahead here. Credit to Asensjo who didn't give up and made the stunning save!

HOW DID THAT STAY OUT?! My word! Incredible! The ball was played pretty much across the goal line by Alba, de Jong should have finished, but SOMEHOW Asenjo made the save! Wow!

It was only last week that Barcelona thumped Athletic Club 4-0 in the final of the Copa del Rey to clinch their first silverware of the season. They could finish the season with a league and cup double!

Alba is finding a lot of space down the left wing. Villarreal seem quite happy to give him that, which is an interesting strategy because he can do a lot of damage when he gets going.

Barcelona come into this game on the back of a 5-2 win over Getafe. Koeman’s side have really found their groove again in recent weeks. They are in the thick of the title race!

This has been a very entertaining start to this match. Both teams are looking to attack when they have the ball and both teams have already had opportunities to open the scoring.

MORENO... well over! The Villarreal forward gets another chance to test ter Stegen, but his shot is a bit wild. He was under pressure from Alba who had attempted the challenge.