Barcelona vs Villarreal

18 May 2025 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee José Luis Munuera Montero

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 2–1

Lamine Yamal 38’
Fermín López 45+5’

Ayoze Pérez 4’
Santiago Comesaña 50’
Tajon Buchanan 80’

Match summary

Villarreal came from behind to win 3-2 away at Barcelona. Barcelona led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ayoze Pérez put Villarreal ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Nicolas Pepe, Lamine Yamal equalised in the 38th minute, set up by Eric Garcia, and Fermín López put Barcelona in front in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Santiago Comesaña equalised in the 50th minute, set up by Yeremi Pino and Tajon Buchanan won it in the 80th minute, set up by Gerard Moreno.

The chances backed that up: Villarreal created 1.96 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Barcelona's 1.60 from 24.

Match stats

24 Shots 7

9 Shots on Target 3

11 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.57 xG 1.96

1.57 Non-penalty xG 1.96

16 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Barcelona Villarreal

Kick-off

4’

Ayoze Pérez
Assist: Nicolas Pepe

0-1

Lamine Yamal
Assist: Eric Garcia

1-1

38’

Fermín López

2-1

45+5’

Half-time2-1

50’

Santiago Comesaña
Assist: Yeremi Pino

2-2

80’

Tajon Buchanan
Assist: Gerard Moreno

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Barcelona

Eric Garcia
Dani Olmo

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Barcelona 1.60 xGVillarreal 1.96 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Villarreal attacking Barcelona attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Garcia	DEF	79		1	1	0.01	0.49	2
Iñigo Martínez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pau Cubarsí	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Martín	DEF	51			1	0.07	0.00	0
Gavi	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Pedri	MID	51			0	0.00	0.12	4
Lamine Yamal	MID	90	1		9	0.25	0.09	2
Fermín López	MID	90	1		6	0.59	0.10	3
Raphinha	MID	90			5	0.18	0.03	1
Robert Lewandowski	FWD	79			1	0.46	0.00	0
Frenkie de Jong	Sub	39			0	0.00	0.05	2
Álex Balde	Sub	39			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pau Victor	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.05	1
Hector Fort	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.02	1
Dani Olmo	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Luiz Júnior	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pau Navarro	DEF	69			0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Foyth	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Logan Costa	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Cardona	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Pepe	MID	82		1	1	0.15	0.31	1
Santiago Comesaña	MID	90	1		2	0.48	0.00	0
Daniel Parejo	MID	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yeremi Pino	MID	69		1	1	0.14	0.37	1
Álex Baena	FWD	90			1	0.48	0.25	2
Ayoze Pérez	FWD	51	1		1	0.31	0.15	1
Thierno Barry	Sub	39			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pape Alassane Gueye	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tajon Buchanan	Sub	21	1		1	0.41	0.00	0
Willy Kambwala	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Moreno	Sub	8		1	0	0.00	0.89	2

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 56% Avg odds 1.71

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.47

Villarreal win 23% Avg odds 4.14

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Barcelona W W W W W

Villarreal L W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Villarreal 1-5 Barcelona, 22 Sep 24 Next meeting: Villarreal 0-2 Barcelona, 21 Dec 25 All Barcelona vs Villarreal meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.