Barcelona vs Villarreal

27 September 2020 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 4–0

Anssumane Fati 15’, 19’
Lionel Messi 35’ (pen)
Pau Torres 45+1’ (og)

Match summary

Barcelona won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Villarreal. Barcelona led 4-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Anssumane Fati put Barcelona ahead in the 15th minute, set up by Jordi Alba, Fati made it 2-0 in the 19th minute, set up by Philippe Coutinho, Lionel Messi made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 35th minute, and Torres's own goal made it 4-0 in first-half stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 3.51 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Villarreal's 0.24 from 5.

Match stats

17 Shots 5

9 Shots on Target 1

8 Corners 4

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

3.51 xG 0.24

2.76 Non-penalty xG 0.24

17 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Barcelona Villarreal

Kick-off

Anssumane Fati
Assist: Jordi Alba

1-0

15’

Anssumane Fati
Assist: Philippe Coutinho

2-0

19’

Lionel Messi
Penalty

3-0

35’

Pau Torres
Own goal

4-0

45+1’

Half-time4-0

Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Villarreal

Gerard Moreno

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 3.51 xGVillarreal 0.24 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
Neto	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Roberto	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.50	2
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90		1	1	0.05	0.63	3
Frenkie de Jong	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	2
Sergio Busquets	MID	79			0	0.00	0.00	0
Antoine Griezmann	MID	79			1	0.12	0.00	0
Philippe Coutinho	MID	71		1	2	0.48	0.35	1
Anssumane Fati	MID	71	2		2	0.45	0.73	2
Lionel Messi	FWD	90	1		7	2.10	0.03	1
Ousmane Dembélé	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedri	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.13	1
Miralem Pjanic	Sub	11			1	0.04	0.00	0
Trincão	Sub	11			2	0.18	0.08	1

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sergio Asenjo	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Mario	DEF	90	1	0.04	0.05	1
Pau Torres	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Raúl Albiol	DEF	85	0	0.00	0.00	0
Estupiñán	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Samuel Chukwueze	MID	75	0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Parejo	MID	90	0	0.00	0.03	1
Francis Coquelin	MID	47	1	0.03	0.08	1
Moi Gómez	MID	90	0	0.00	0.04	1
Gerard Moreno	FWD	85	1	0.08	0.00	0
Paco Alcácer	FWD	47	0	0.00	0.00	0
Vicente Iborra	Sub	43	1	0.04	0.00	0
Manu Trigueros	Sub	43	0	0.00	0.00	0
Takefusa Kubo	Sub	15	1	0.05	0.04	1
Ramiro Funes Mori	Sub	5	0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Bacca	Sub	5	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 63% Avg odds 1.52

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.71

Villarreal win 17% Avg odds 5.71

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona W W W L W

Villarreal L L W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Villarreal 1-4 Barcelona, 05 Jul 20 Next meeting: Villarreal 1-2 Barcelona, 25 Apr 21 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.