Barcelona vs Villarreal

2 December 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee José Luis Munuera Montero

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Gerard Piqué 35’
  • Carles Aleñá 87’

Match summary

Barcelona saw off Villarreal 2-0. Barcelona led 1-0 at half-time.

Gerard Piqué put Barcelona ahead with a header in the 35th minute, set up by Ousmane Dembélé and Carles Aleñá made it 2-0 in the 87th minute, set up by Lionel Messi.

There was little between the sides on chances: Barcelona created 1.00 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots, Villarreal 0.97 from 12.

Match stats

Barcelona Villarreal
16 Shots 12
7 Shots on Target 2
11 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.00 xG 0.94
1.00 Non-penalty xG 0.94
6 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Barcelona Villarreal
Kick-off
Gerard Piqué
Assist: Ousmane Dembélé1-0 (Barcelona)
35’
Half-time1-0
Carles Aleñá
Assist: Lionel Messi2-0 (Barcelona)
87’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Barcelona
  • Clement Lenglet
  • Jordi Alba
Villarreal
  • Álvaro González
  • Víctor Ruiz
  • Alfonso
  • Pablo Fornals

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.00 0.97 35’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), 1-0 35’ 87’ Carles Aleñá (Barcelona), 2-0 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.00 0.97 35’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), 1-0 Piqué 35’ 87’ Carles Aleñá (Barcelona), 2-0 Aleñá 87’
Barcelona 1.00 xGVillarreal 0.97 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Villarreal attacking Barcelona attacking 
13’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.42 xG, hit the woodwork 87’ Carles Aleñá (Barcelona), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 39’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 35’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.11 xG, goal 42’ Mario (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 85’ Mario (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 42’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 69’ Santiago Cazorla (Villarreal), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 12’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 27’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 13’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 66’ Álvaro González (Villarreal), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 13’ Mario (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 31’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 8’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 13’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 82’ Malcom (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 14’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 48’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 77’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Santiago Cazorla (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 54’ Santiago Cáseres (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 82’ Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 13’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.42 xG, hit the woodwork 87’ Carles Aleñá (Barcelona), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 39’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 35’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.11 xG, goal 42’ Mario (Villarreal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 85’ Mario (Villarreal), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 42’ Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 69’ Santiago Cazorla (Villarreal), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 12’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 27’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 13’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 66’ Álvaro González (Villarreal), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 13’ Mario (Villarreal), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 31’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 8’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 13’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 82’ Malcom (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 14’ Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 48’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 77’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Santiago Cazorla (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 54’ Santiago Cáseres (Villarreal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 23’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 82’ Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
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 DEF9011 0.110.000
Jordi Alba DEF900 0.000.193
Sergio Busquets MID901 0.010.000
Ousmane Dembélé MID9013 0.090.173
Ivan Rakitic MID901 0.020.000
Arturo Vidal MID710 0.000.000
Philippe Coutinho MID801 0.030.000
Lionel Messi FWD9016 0.350.434
Carles Aleñá Sub1911 0.350.000
Malcom Sub101 0.030.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 76% Bet365 odds 1.25
Draw 15% Bet365 odds 6.50
Villarreal win 9% Bet365 odds 11.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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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.