VILLARREAL. FC Barcelona beats Villarreal 1-0 after Pedri scored just 1 goal (18′).

The match was played at the Estadio de la Cerámica stadium in Villarreal on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 21,178 spectators.​ The referee was Alejandro José Hernández Hernández with the help of José Enrique Naranjo Pérez and Diego Sánchez Rojo. The 4th official was Juan Antonio Campos Salinas. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17.1 degrees Celsius or 62.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 29%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Villarreal was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. FC Barcelona that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Villarreal was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, FC Barcelona was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Villarreal shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, FC Barcelona shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Villarreal received 4 yellow cards (Pau Torres, Álex Baena, Dani Parejo and Alberto Moreno). On the opposite side, FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards (Ronald Araújo, Frenkie de Jong, Jules Koundé and Raphinha).

Standings

After this contest, Villarreal will stay with 31 points to sit in the 8th place. On the other side, FC Barcelona will have 56 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Villarreal will play away with Mallorca on the 18th of February with a 10-4 head to head statistic in favor of Villarreal (5 draws).

FC Barcelona will host Cádiz on the 19th of February with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of FC Barcelona (2 draws).

Villarreal – Formation

Villarreal started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Enrique Setién Solar decided to play with the following team: Pepe Reina (6.5), Juan Foyth (6.8), Raúl Albiol (6.9), Pau Torres (7.2), Alberto Moreno (6.6), Francis Coquelin (6.4), Étienne Capoue (6.2), Dani Parejo (7.1), Alejandro Baena (6.5), José Luis Morales (6.0) and Yéremy Pino (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Iker Álvarez, Fernando Niño, Aïssa Mandi, Ramón Terrats, Johan Mojica, Jorge Cuenca, Kiko Femenía, Manu Trigueros and Samuel Chukwueze (6.7).

Substitutions

Villarreal made 4 changes: Francis Coquelin for Samuel Chukwueze (36′), José Luis Morales for Fernando Niño (83′), Álex Baena for Johan Mojica (83′) and Alberto Moreno for Manu Trigueros (83′).

Best player: Pau Torres​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Villarreal was Pau Torres.

His rating is (7.2) with 49 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11.

FC Barcelona – Formation

FC Barcelona started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Xavier Hernández Creus played with: Marc-André ter Stegen (6.9), Jules Koundé (6.7), Ronald Araújo (7.4), Andreas Christensen (6.9), Alejandro Baldé (7.0), Pedri (7.7), Frenkie de Jong (7.2), Franck Kessié (7.0), Raphinha (6.4), Robert Lewandowski (7.8) and Gavi (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ángel Alarcón, Sergi Roberto, Iñaki Peña, Arnau Tenas, Ansu Fati, Jordi Alba, Marcos Alonso, Eric García, Pablo Torre and Ferran Torres.

Substitutions

FC Barcelona made 2 changes: Raphinha for Ferrán Torres (81′) and F. Kessie for Jordi Alba (89′).

Best player: Robert Lewandowski​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Barcelona was Robert Lewandowski even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 23 passes (69% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• Getafe – Rayo Vallecano – 1-1
• Celta de Vigo – Atlético Madrid – 0-1
• Villarreal – FC Barcelona – 0-1
• Real Valladolid – Osasuna – 0-0