Villarreal vs Barcelona

27 August 2023 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

Full time 3 – 4

Half-time: 2–2

Juan Foyth 26’
Alexander Sørloth 40’
Álex Baena 50’

Gavi 12’
Frenkie de Jong 15’
Ferrán Torres 68’
Robert Lewandowski 71’

Match summary

Barcelona came from behind to win 4-3 away at Villarreal. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Gavi put Barcelona ahead with a header in the 12th minute, set up by Lamine Yamal, Frenkie de Jong made it 0-2 in the 15th minute, Juan Foyth pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 26th minute, set up by Álex Baena, and Alexander Sørloth equalised in the 40th minute, set up by Alfonso. In the second half, Álex Baena put Villarreal in front in the 50th minute, set up by Alfonso, Ferrán Torres equalised in the 68th minute, and Robert Lewandowski won it in the 71st minute.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 3.00 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Villarreal's 1.87 from 12.

Match stats

13 Shots 21

6 Shots on Target 11

2 Corners 6

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.87 xG 2.96

1.87 Non-penalty xG 2.96

11 Deep Completions 20

Key events

Villarreal Barcelona

Kick-off

12’

Gavi
Assist: Lamine Yamal

0-1

15’

Frenkie de Jong

0-2

Juan Foyth
Assist: Álex Baena

1-2

26’

Alexander Sørloth
Assist: Alfonso

2-2

40’

Half-time2-2

Álex Baena
Assist: Alfonso

3-2

50’

68’

Ferrán Torres

3-3

71’

Robert Lewandowski

3-4

Full-time3-4

Bookings

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

Villarreal

Juan Foyth
Matteo Gabbia
Ramón Terrats

Barcelona

Lamine Yamal
Robert Lewandowski
Eric Garcia

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.

Villarreal 1.87 xGBarcelona 3.00 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Barcelona attacking Villarreal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Filip Jorgensen	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Juan Foyth	90′	1	–	2	0.36	–	–
Matteo Gabbia	90′	–	–	–	–	0.03	1
Jorge Cuenca	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alfonso	90′	–	2	1	0.03	0.91	3	–
Ramón Terrats Taken off	76′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Daniel Parejo Taken off	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Etienne Capoue Taken off	76′	–	–	–	–	0.15	3	–
Álex Baena Taken off	83′	1	1	4	0.37	0.68	2	–
Alexander Sørloth	90′	1	–	2	0.99	–	–	–
Gerard Moreno Taken off	76′	–	–	2	0.10	0.02	1	–
Ilias Akhomach Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Denis Suárez Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Santiago Comesaña Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Morales Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	–	–	0.02	1	–
Ben Brereton Díaz Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–

Players15 players


Marc-André ter Stegen	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sergi Roberto	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jules Koundé	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Andreas Christensen Taken off	52′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marcos Alonso	90′	–	–	1	0.04	0.16	2	–
Ilkay Gündogan Taken off	90′	–	–	2	0.06	0.36	2	–
Frenkie de Jong	90′	1	–	1	0.42	0.28	5	–
Oriol Romeu Taken off	69′	–	–	2	0.06	0.06	1	–
Lamine Yamal Taken off	82′	–	1	4	0.23	0.28	1
Robert Lewandowski	90′	1	–	5	1.29	0.12	2
Gavi	90′	1	–	1	0.28	–	–	–
Eric Garcia Came on as a substitute	38′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ferrán Torres Came on as a substitute	21′	1	–	2	0.19	0.33	1	–
Anssumane Fati Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	2	0.40	–	–	–
Fermín López Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 28% Avg odds 3.44

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.68

Barcelona win 46% Avg odds 2.10

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal W L D L W

Barcelona L W L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Villarreal 0-1 Barcelona, 12 Feb 23 Next meeting: Barcelona 3-5 Villarreal, 27 Jan 24 All Villarreal vs Barcelona 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.