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Villarreal
FT
0–2
HT 0–1
Barcelona
La Liga Sun 21 Dec, 15:15London Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal Javier Alberola Rojas 20,701 attendance

Timeline

  1. 39' Renato Veiga Red Card
  2. 58' Eric García Yellow Card
  3. 62' Robert Lewandowski for Ferran Torres
  4. 62' Marcus Rashford for Fermín López
  5. 63' Lamine Yamal assist Frenkie de Jong
  6. 64' Georges Mikautadze for Ayoze Pérez
  7. 66' Marc Bernal for Eric García
  8. 73' Tajon Buchanan Yellow Card
  9. 75' Tani Oluwaseyi for Nicolas Pépé
  10. 75' Carlos Macià for Dani Parejo
  11. 79' Marc Casadó for Jules Koundé

Match stats

20.5% Possession 79.5%
14 Shots 19
5 On target 5
10 Fouls 8
1 Yellow cards 1
1 Red cards 0
6 Offsides 1
2 Saves 5
135 Accurate passes 730

Lineups

Villarreal 4-4-2
1 Júnior
23 Cardona 12 Veiga 4 Marín 26 Navarro
20 Moleiro 10 Parejo 14 Comesaña 17 Buchanan
22 Pérez 19 Pépé
Barcelona 4-2-3-1
13 García
3 Balde 18 Martín 5 Cubarsí 23 Koundé
21 de Jong 24 García
11 Raphinha 16 López 10 Yamal
7 Torres
Villarreal 4-4-2
  1. 1 Luiz Júnior G
  2. 12 Renato Veiga CD-L
  3. 4 Rafa Marín CD-R
  4. 23 Sergi Cardona LB
  5. 26 Pau Navarro RB
  6. 10 Dani Parejo ▼ CM-L
  7. 14 Santi Comesaña CM-R
  8. 20 Alberto Moleiro LM
  9. 17 Tajon Buchanan RM
  10. 22 Ayoze Pérez ▼ CF-L
  11. 19 Nicolas Pépé ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 9 Georges Mikautadze ▲ SUB
  2. 21 Tani Oluwaseyi ▲ SUB
  3. 37 Carlos Macià ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (6)
  1. 38 Alassane Diatta SUB
  2. 27 Jean Ives Valou SUB
  3. 3 Adrià Altimira SUB
  4. 6 Manor Solomon SUB
  5. 25 Arnau Tenas SUB
  6. 7 Gerard Moreno SUB
Barcelona 4-2-3-1
  1. 13 Joan García G
  2. 18 Gerard Martín CD-L
  3. 5 Pau Cubarsí CD-R
  4. 3 Alejandro Balde LB
  5. 23 Jules Koundé ▼ RB
  6. 16 Fermín López ▼ AM
  7. 21 Frenkie de Jong LM
  8. 24 Eric García ▼ RM
  9. 7 Ferran Torres ▼ F
  10. 11 Raphinha AM-L
  11. 10 Lamine Yamal AM-R

Came on

  1. 17 Marc Casadó ▲ SUB
  2. 14 Marcus Rashford ▲ SUB
  3. 22 Marc Bernal ▲ SUB
  4. 9 Robert Lewandowski ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 25 Wojciech Szczesny SUB
  2. 43 Tomás Marqués SUB
  3. 28 Roony Bardghji SUB
  4. 27 Dro Fernández SUB
  5. 1 Marc-André ter Stegen SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Villarreal 0, Barcelona 2.
  2. 90'+4' Second Half ends, Villarreal 0, Barcelona 2.
  3. 90'+4' Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Tajon Buchanan.
  4. 90'+2' Foul by Pau Navarro (Villarreal).
  5. 90'+2' Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  6. 90' Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  7. 90' Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Rafa Marín.
  8. 89' Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong with a through ball.
  9. 88' Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  10. 88' Foul by Pau Navarro (Villarreal).
  11. 86' Offside, Villarreal. Tani Oluwaseyi is caught offside.
  12. 85' Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Rafa Marín.
101 earlier entries
  1. 81' Raphinha (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  2. 81' Foul by Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal).
  3. 79' Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Pau Navarro.
  4. 79' Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Raphinha with a cross.
  5. 79' Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Casadó replaces Jules Koundé because of an injury.
  6. 79' Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Sergi Cardona.
  7. 78' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  8. 77' Delay in match because of an injury Jules Koundé (Barcelona).
  9. 77' Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Pau Cubarsí.
  10. 77' Attempt blocked. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  11. 77' Attempt saved. Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Joan García (Barcelona).
  12. 76' Attempt saved. Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Joan García (Barcelona). Assisted by Alberto Moleiro with a through ball.
  13. 75' Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Macià replaces Dani Parejo.
  14. 75' Substitution, Villarreal. Tani Oluwaseyi replaces Nicolas Pépé.
  15. 74' Attempt missed. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lamine Yamal following a set piece situation.
  16. 73' Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 73' Marcus Rashford (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  18. 73' Foul by Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal).
  19. 72' Offside, Barcelona. Robert Lewandowski is caught offside.
  20. 68' Offside, Villarreal. Rafa Marín is caught offside.
  21. 68' Attempt blocked. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
  22. 67' Attempt saved. Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Joan García (Barcelona).
  23. 67' Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  24. 67' Foul by Alejandro Balde (Barcelona).
  25. 66' Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Bernal replaces Eric García.
  26. 64' Substitution, Villarreal. Georges Mikautadze replaces Ayoze Pérez.
  27. 63' Goal! Villarreal 0, Barcelona 2. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.
  28. 63' Attempt blocked. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.
  29. 63' Attempt missed. Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
  30. 63' Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
  31. 62' Substitution, Barcelona. Marcus Rashford replaces Fermín López.
  32. 62' Substitution, Barcelona. Robert Lewandowski replaces Ferran Torres.
  33. 62' Foul by Pau Navarro (Villarreal).
  34. 62' Fermín López (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  35. 61' Attempt missed. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
  36. 59' Attempt blocked. Dani Parejo (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  37. 58' Eric García (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  38. 58' Foul by Eric García (Barcelona).
  39. 58' Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  40. 57' Attempt missed. Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Eric García.
  41. 57' Attempt saved. Fermín López (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
  42. 56' Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Luiz Júnior.
  43. 53' Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Tajon Buchanan.
  44. 51' Attempt blocked. Fermín López (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
  45. 50' Attempt missed. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Lamine Yamal with a cross.
  46. 49' Attempt blocked. Eric García (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
  47. 47' Attempt saved. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Luiz Júnior (Villarreal). Assisted by Fermín López.
  48. 45' Second Half begins Villarreal 0, Barcelona 1.
  49. 45'+3' First Half ends, Villarreal 0, Barcelona 1.
  50. 45' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  51. 44' Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  52. 44' Foul by Raphinha (Barcelona).
  53. 43' Offside, Villarreal. Alberto Moleiro is caught offside.
  54. 41' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  55. 39' Delay in match because of an injury Lamine Yamal (Barcelona).
  56. 39' Renato Veiga (Villarreal) is shown the red card.
  57. 39' Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  58. 39' Foul by Renato Veiga (Villarreal).
  59. 38' Attempt missed. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) header from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Raphinha with a cross.
  60. 36' Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Pau Cubarsí.
  61. 36' Attempt saved. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Joan García (Barcelona).
  62. 36' Foul by Raphinha (Barcelona).
  63. 36' Dani Parejo (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  64. 35' Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Eric García.
  65. 33' Offside, Villarreal. Nicolas Pépé is caught offside.
  66. 31' Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
  67. 30' Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  68. 30' Foul by Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona).
  69. 28' Attempt missed. Fermín López (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Eric García.
  70. 27' Foul by Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal).
  71. 27' Fermín López (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  72. 24' Attempt missed. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sergi Cardona with a cross.
  73. 24' Pau Navarro (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  74. 24' Foul by Fermín López (Barcelona).
  75. 22' Offside, Villarreal. Pau Navarro is caught offside.
  76. 22' Attempt missed. Renato Veiga (Villarreal) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dani Parejo with a cross following a corner.
  77. 21' Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Gerard Martín.
  78. 17' Offside, Villarreal. Sergi Cardona is caught offside.
  79. 16' Foul by Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona).
  80. 16' Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  81. 15' Raphinha (Barcelona) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong following a corner.
  82. 15' Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Rafa Marín.
  83. 14' Foul by Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal).
  84. 14' Eric García (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  85. 14' Attempt missed. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  86. 12' Goal! Villarreal 0, Barcelona 1. Raphinha (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  87. 10' Penalty conceded by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) after a foul in the penalty area.
  88. 10' Penalty Barcelona. Raphinha draws a foul in the penalty area.
  89. 10' Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Sergi Cardona.
  90. 9' Attempt saved. Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Joan García (Barcelona). Assisted by Alberto Moleiro.
  91. 7' Corner, Villarreal. Conceded by Jules Koundé.
  92. 7' Attempt blocked. Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  93. 5' Raphinha (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  94. 5' Foul by Pau Navarro (Villarreal).
  95. 4' Foul by Eric García (Barcelona).
  96. 4' Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  97. 2' Attempt missed. Nicolas Pépé (Villarreal) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alberto Moleiro following a fast break.
  98. 2' Attempt missed. Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé following a fast break.
  99. 1' Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Renato Veiga.
  100. First Half begins.
  101. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Villarreal L L W W W

  • W at Real Sociedad 3-2 LALIGA
  • W at Club Atlético Antoniano 1-1 Copa del Rey
  • W Getafe 2-0 LALIGA
  • L Copenhagen 3-2 UEFA Champions League
  • L at Racing Santander 2-1 Copa del Rey

Barcelona W W W W W

  • W Atlético Madrid 3-1 LALIGA
  • W at Real Betis 5-3 LALIGA
  • W Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 UEFA Champions League
  • W Osasuna 2-0 LALIGA
  • W at CD Guadalajara 2-0 Copa del Rey

Head to head

BAR leads series 3-2

  • 18 May 2025 Barcelona 2–3 Villarreal 2024-25 LALIGA
  • 22 Sep 2024 Villarreal 1–5 Barcelona 2024-25 LALIGA
  • 27 Jan 2024 Barcelona 3–5 Villarreal 2023-24 LALIGA
  • 27 Aug 2023 Villarreal 3–4 Barcelona 2023-24 LALIGA
  • 12 Feb 2023 Villarreal 0–1 Barcelona 2022-23 LaLiga

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