Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga clash between Villarreal and Barcelona. We'll bring you all the action from El Madrigal. Kick-off: 19.45.

Neymar is finding it difficult to get himself involved in this game. He is attempting to pick a pass, but the Brazilian is lacking a final product at the moment. He's been wasteful so far.

GREAT TACKLE! That was a last ditch intervention. The pass into Dos Santos was a good one, with the Villarreal attacker set to shoot on goal, but Digne made the well timed tackle.

Gomes is in the starting lineup for Barcelona this evening. The Portuguese midfielder hasn't really imposed himself at his new club since making the move from Valencia in the summer.

That last chance illustrated how Villarreal have the quality to hurt Barcelona. Dos Santos should have done better though against his former club. Needed to lean over the ball.

BIG CHANCE FOR THE HOSTS! That should have been the opener. Villarreal come forward on the counter, with Costa setting up Dos Santos, but on the volley he fired over the bar.

BARCA COME TO LIFE! All of a sudden out of nothing Messi finds the run of Suarez with an excellent pass in behind, but Asenjo comes off his line to smother from a tight angle.

Villarreal have the best defence in La Liga, so this could be rather difficult for Barcelona. The home side will be hard to break down. The visitors are already discovering that.

Of course, Barcelona were beaten in the Copa del Rey during the week. They lost 2-1 to Athletic Bilbao on Thursday night, although they have a second leg to overturn that deficit.

The Catalans are slowly starting to take a grip of this game. Iniesta is the one looking to spray the ball around and up the tempo of Barcelona's play after what has been a slow start.

Roberto was attempting to find Suarez in the middle with a first time cross into the area, but he skews his delivery and Asenjo makes the rather simple save under no pressure.

Barcelona have started this match rather sluggishly. That has been an issue for them all season, but the difference is that Villarreal have the quality to make the most of that weakness.

The case could be made that this is a must win match for Barcelona. The gap currently stands at six points between themselves and Real Madrid. That gap can't grow any further.

This will be a real test for Barcelona. Villarreal are a good side and they themselves will be looking to notch a win that will close the gap between them and the Catalans in the table.

The first half is under way at El Madrigal! It's Villarreal against Barcelona in La Liga.

TEAM NEWS: Villarreal - Asenjo, Gaspar, Musacchio, Ruiz, Costa, Dos Santos, Trigueros, Soriano, Soriano, Pato, Sansone. /// Barcelona - Ter Stegen, Pique, Mascherano, Digne, Roberto, Busquets, Iniesta, Gomes, Suarez, Messi, Neymar.

I'm Graham Ruthven and you can catch me on Twitter to let me know your thoughts ahead of the match. Is this a must win game for Barcelona this evening? Tweet me!