Villarreal vs Barcelona

5 July 2020 · La Liga · 2019/20 · Referee Carlos del Cerro Grande

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–3

Gerard Moreno 14’

Pau Torres 3’ (og)
Luis Suárez 20’
Antoine Griezmann 45’
Anssumane Fati 86’

Match summary

Barcelona won comfortably, 4-1 away at Villarreal. Barcelona led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Torres's own goal put Barcelona ahead in the 3rd minute, Gerard Moreno equalised in the 14th minute, Luis Suárez put Barcelona back in front in the 20th minute, set up by Lionel Messi, and Antoine Griezmann made it 1-3 in the 45th minute, set up by Lionel Messi. In the second half, Anssumane Fati made it 1-4 in the 86th minute, set up by Jordi Alba.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 2.79 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Villarreal's 1.01 from 10.

Match stats

11 Shots 18

4 Shots on Target 12

2 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.96 xG 2.75

0.96 Non-penalty xG 2.75

8 Deep Completions 22

Key events

Villarreal Barcelona

Kick-off

3’

Pau Torres
Own goal

0-1

Gerard Moreno

1-1

14’

20’

Luis Suárez
Assist: Lionel Messi

1-2

45’

Antoine Griezmann
Assist: Lionel Messi

1-3

Half-time1-3

86’

Anssumane Fati
Assist: Jordi Alba

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Villarreal

Pau Torres

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 1.01 xGBarcelona 2.79 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

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sergio Asenjo	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mario	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Raúl Albiol	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Pau Torres	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Alberto Moreno	DEF	90		1	0.04	0.06	1
Samuel Chukwueze	MID	90		3	0.08	0.00	0
Franck Zambo	MID	90		0	0.00	0.10	2
Vicente Iborra	MID	49		0	0.00	0.00	0
Santiago Cazorla	MID	59		1	0.08	0.04	1
Gerard Moreno	FWD	49	1	1	0.64	0.02	1
Paco Alcácer	FWD	35		0	0.00	0.08	1
Bruno	Sub	41		0	0.00	0.00	0
Moi Gómez	Sub	41		1	0.06	0.00	0
Carlos Bacca	Sub	38		1	0.07	0.00	0
Manu Trigueros	Sub	31		1	0.03	0.01	1
Fernando Niño	Sub	17		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nélson Semedo	DEF	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Piqué	DEF	85			1	0.05	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90		1	1	0.27	0.17	2
Sergio Busquets	MID	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arturo Vidal	MID	90			3	0.48	0.41	1
Sergi Roberto	MID	90			1	0.05	0.09	1
Lionel Messi	MID	90		2	4	0.37	0.86	6
Antoine Griezmann	FWD	75	1		2	0.15	0.46	2
Luis Suárez	FWD	63	1		3	0.52	0.09	1
Ivan Rakitic	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.10	1
Riqui Puig	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.05	1
Anssumane Fati	Sub	15	1		1	0.10	0.00	0
Martin Braithwaite	Sub	14			2	0.81	0.00	0
Ronald Araújo	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Villarreal win 23% Avg odds 4.11

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.09

Barcelona win 54% Avg odds 1.78

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

Form going into the game

Villarreal W W D W W

Barcelona W D W D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal, 24 Sep 19 Next meeting: Barcelona 4-0 Villarreal, 27 Sep 20 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.