Barcelona vs Villarreal

24 September 2019 · La Liga · 2019/20 · Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Antoine Griezmann 6’
  • Arthur 15’
  • Santiago Cazorla 44’

Match summary

Barcelona beat Villarreal 2-1. Barcelona led 2-1 at half-time.

Antoine Griezmann put Barcelona ahead with a header in the 6th minute, set up by Lionel Messi, Arthur made it 2-0 in the 15th minute, set up by Sergio Busquets, and Santiago Cazorla pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 44th minute, set up by Vicente Iborra.

There was little between the sides on chances: Barcelona created 0.64 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Villarreal 0.55 from 11.

Match stats

Barcelona Villarreal
8 Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 5
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.64 xG 0.55
0.64 Non-penalty xG 0.55
15 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Barcelona Villarreal
Kick-off
Antoine Griezmann
Assist: Lionel Messi1-0 (Barcelona)
6’
Arthur
Assist: Sergio Busquets2-0 (Barcelona)
15’
44’
Santiago Cazorla
Assist: Vicente Iborra2-1 (Villarreal)
Half-time2-1
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Barcelona
  • Júnior Firpo
  • Sergi Roberto
  • Sergio Busquets
  • Antoine Griezmann
Villarreal
  • Raúl Albiol
  • Franck Zambo

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.64 0.55 6’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), 1-0 6’ 15’ Arthur (Barcelona), 2-0 15’ 44’ Santiago Cazorla (Villarreal), 2-1 44’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.64 0.55 6’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), 1-0 Griezmann 6’ 15’ Arthur (Barcelona), 2-0 Arthur 15’ 44’ Santiago Cazorla (Villarreal), 2-1 Cazorla 44’
Barcelona 0.64 xGVillarreal 0.55 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Villarreal attacking Barcelona attacking 
40’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 6’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.12 xG, goal 15’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 52’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 90+3’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 48’ Santiago Cazorla (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 80’ Anssumane Fati (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 63’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 67’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 3’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 54’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 3’ Raúl Albiol (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 8’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 69’ Moi Gómez (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 15’ Arthur (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 25’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Santiago Cazorla (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 28’ Javi Ontiveros (Villarreal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 40’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 6’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.12 xG, goal 15’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 52’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 90+3’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 48’ Santiago Cazorla (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 80’ Anssumane Fati (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 63’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 67’ Karl Toko Ekambi (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 3’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 54’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 3’ Raúl Albiol (Villarreal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 69’ Moi Gómez (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 15’ Arthur (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 25’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Santiago Cazorla (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 28’ Javi Ontiveros (Villarreal), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marc-André ter Stegen GK900 0.000.000
Nélson Semedo DEF900 0.000.000
Clement Lenglet DEF900 0.000.000
Gerard Piqué DEF901 0.070.000
Júnior Firpo DEF900 0.000.000
Arthur MID9011 0.020.000
Sergio Busquets MID9010 0.000.072
Sergi Roberto MID630 0.000.000
Lionel Messi FWD4611 0.050.121
Luis Suárez FWD781 0.090.111
Antoine Griezmann FWD9013 0.330.081
Ousmane Dembélé Sub440 0.000.092
Frenkie de Jong Sub270 0.000.000
Anssumane Fati Sub121 0.080.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 76% Avg odds 1.26
Draw 14% Avg odds 6.62
Villarreal win 10% Avg odds 10.03

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona LWDWL
Villarreal DLDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Villarreal 4-4 Barcelona, 02 Apr 19 Next meeting: Villarreal 1-4 Barcelona, 05 Jul 20  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.