Barcelona vs Villarreal

27 January 2024 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee José Luis Munuera Montero

Full time 3 – 5

Half-time: 0–1

  • Ilkay Gündogan 60’
  • Pedri 68’
  • Eric Bailly 71’ (og)
  • Gerard Moreno 41’
  • Ilias Akhomach 54’
  • Gonçalo Guedes 84’
  • Alexander Sørloth 90+9’
  • Morales 90+12’

Match summary

Villarreal came from behind to win 5-3 away at Barcelona. Villarreal led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Gerard Moreno put Villarreal ahead in the 41st minute, set up by Alexander Sørloth. In the second half, Ilias Akhomach made it 0-2 in the 54th minute, Ilkay Gündogan pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 60th minute, set up by Robert Lewandowski, Pedri equalised in the 68th minute, set up by Ilkay Gündogan, Bailly's own goal put Barcelona in front in the 71st minute, Gonçalo Guedes equalised in the 84th minute, set up by Alexander Sørloth, Alexander Sørloth put Villarreal back in front in stoppage time, and Morales made it 3-5 in stoppage time, set up by Gonçalo Guedes.

The chances backed that up: Villarreal created 2.70 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Barcelona's 2.03 from 22.

Match stats

Barcelona Villarreal
22 Shots 9
10 Shots on Target 6
10 Corners 0
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2.03 xG 2.37
2.03 Non-penalty xG 2.37
15 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Barcelona Villarreal
Kick-off
41’
Gerard Moreno
Assist: Alexander Sørloth0-1 (Villarreal)
Half-time0-1
54’
Ilias Akhomach0-2 (Villarreal)
Ilkay Gündogan
Assist: Robert Lewandowski1-2 (Barcelona)
60’
Pedri
Assist: Ilkay Gündogan2-2 (Barcelona)
68’
Eric Bailly
Own goal3-2 (Barcelona)
71’
84’
Gonçalo Guedes
Assist: Alexander Sørloth3-3 (Villarreal)
90+9’
Alexander Sørloth3-4 (Villarreal)
90+12’
Morales
Assist: Gonçalo Guedes3-5 (Villarreal)
Full-time3-5

Bookings

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

Barcelona
  • Ronald Araújo
  • Oriol Romeu
  • Robert Lewandowski
Villarreal
  • Jorge Cuenca
  • Eric Bailly
  • Álex Baena
  • Yerson Mosquera

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.03 2.70 41’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), 0-1 41’ 54’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), 0-2 54’ 60’ Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona), 1-2 60’ 68’ Pedri (Barcelona), 2-2 68’ 71’ Eric Bailly (Barcelona) own goal, 3-2 71’ 84’ Gonçalo Guedes (Villarreal), 3-3 84’ 90+9’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), 3-4 90+9’ 90+12’ Morales (Villarreal), 3-5 90+12’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.03 2.70 41’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), 0-1 Moreno 41’ 54’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), 0-2 Akhomach 54’ 60’ Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona), 1-2 Gündogan 60’ 68’ Pedri (Barcelona), 2-2 Pedri 68’ 71’ Eric Bailly (Barcelona) own goal, 3-2 Bailly 71’ 84’ Gonçalo Guedes (Villarreal), 3-3 Guedes 84’ 90+9’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), 3-4 Sørloth 90+9’ 90+12’ Morales (Villarreal), 3-5 Morales 90+12’
Barcelona 2.03 xGVillarreal 2.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Villarreal attacking Barcelona attacking 
54’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), open play, 0.73 xG, goal 90+9’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 90+9’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.52 xG, blocked 90+12’ Morales (Villarreal), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 50’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.46 xG, off target 64’ Ferrán Torres (Barcelona), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 82’ Vitor Roque (Barcelona), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 89’ Jules Koundé (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 41’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 4’ Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 46’ Jules Koundé (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 29’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 79’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 84’ Gonçalo Guedes (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 59’ Ferrán Torres (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 60’ Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 36’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 68’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 90+6’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+8’ Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 46’ Andreas Christensen (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 15’ João Félix (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 27’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 45’ João Félix (Barcelona), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ João Cancelo (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+6’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 8’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 15’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Eric Bailly (Villarreal), own goal 54’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), open play, 0.73 xG, goal 90+9’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 90+9’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.52 xG, blocked 50’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.46 xG, off target 90+12’ Morales (Villarreal), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 64’ Ferrán Torres (Barcelona), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 82’ Vitor Roque (Barcelona), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 89’ Jules Koundé (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.12 xG, blocked 41’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 4’ Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 46’ Jules Koundé (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 29’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 79’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 84’ Gonçalo Guedes (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 59’ Ferrán Torres (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 60’ Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 68’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 90+6’ Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+8’ Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 36’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 46’ Andreas Christensen (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 15’ João Félix (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 27’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 45’ João Félix (Barcelona), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ João Cancelo (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+6’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 15’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 5’ Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Eric Bailly (Villarreal), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Iñaki Peña GK900 0.000.000
Jules Koundé DEF902 0.210.000
Ronald Araújo DEF900 0.000.000
Andreas Christensen DEF471 0.050.000
Hector Fort DEF470 0.000.000
Ilkay Gündogan MID90114 0.250.9210
Frenkie de Jong MID900 0.000.000
Oriol Romeu MID470 0.000.000
Lamine Yamal FWD907 0.670.142
Robert Lewandowski FWD7811 0.090.061
João Félix FWD592 0.060.000
João Cancelo Sub431 0.020.461
Pau Cubarsí Sub430 0.000.000
Pedri Sub4311 0.060.092
Ferrán Torres Sub312 0.480.000
Vitor Roque Sub121 0.130.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 69% Avg odds 1.39
Draw 17% Avg odds 5.60
Villarreal win 14% Avg odds 6.97

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona LDWWW
Villarreal LWLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Villarreal 3-4 Barcelona, 27 Aug 23 Next meeting: Villarreal 1-5 Barcelona, 22 Sep 24  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.