Villarreal beats FC Barcelona 5-3 after playing a incredible match. HIGHLIGHTS

BARCELONA. Villarreal overcomes FC Barcelona 5-3 after playing a incredible match.

January 28, 2024

BARCELONA. Villarreal beats FC Barcelona 5-3 after playing a incredible match. FC Barcelona was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (71%).

The match was played at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys stadium in Barcelona on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was José Luis Munuera Montero with the support of Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín and Antonio Ramón Martínez Moreno. The 4th official was Manuel Camacho Garrote. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.16 degrees Celsius or 62.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.

Match Statistics

FC Barcelona

3 - 5

Villarreal

! 71 Ball Possession 29

Shots

22 Total 9
10 On Target 6
6 Off Target 0
7 Shots blocked 4

143 Attack 64
94 Dangerous attack 25
61 Ball safe 70

1 Penalties 0
10 Corners 0

Fouls

8 Total 13
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

FC Barcelona was in firm control of the ball 71% while Villarreal was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Barcelona was more pushing with 94 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 10 were on target. Notwithstanding, Villarreal managed to find the solution to win this match.

FC Barcelona shot 22 times, 10 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Villarreal shot 9 times, 6 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards (Robert Lewandowski, Ronald Araújo, Oriol Romeu and Xavi). On the other side, Villarreal received 5 yellow cards (Jorge Cuenca, Marcelino, Eric Bailly, Yerson Mosquera and Álex Baena).

Match Timeline

16'

Álex Baena- Yellow

22'

Gerard Moreno(VAR)

Oriol Romeu- Yellow

33'

41'

Gerard Moreno(goal)Alexander Sørloth

João Cancelo- sub ->Héctor Fort

46'

Pau Cubarsí- sub ->Andreas Christensen

46'

Pedri- sub ->Oriol Romeu

46'

54'

Ilias Akhomach(goal)

58'

Gonçalo Guedes- sub ->Ilias Akhomach

Ferran Torres- sub ->João Félix

58'

İlkay Gündoğan (goal)Robert Lewandowski

60'

Pedri(goal)İlkay Gündoğan

68'

Eric Bailly- Yellow

R. Lewandowski- Yellow

68'

71'

Eric Bailly(own-goal)

71'

Étienne Capoue- sub ->Álex Baena

71'

Aïssa Mandi- sub ->Alberto Moreno

Vitor Roque- sub ->Robert Lewandowski

77'

78'

José Luis Morales- sub ->Gerard Moreno

78'

Yerson Mosquera- sub ->Kiko Femenía

84'

Gonçalo Guedes(goal)Alexander Sørloth

Ronald Araujo- Yellow

89'

Yerson Mosquera- Yellow

90'

Jorge Cuenca- Yellow

90'

Alexander Sørloth(goal)

90'

José Luis Morales(goal)Gonçalo Guedes

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, FC Barcelona stays with 44 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Villarreal will has 23 points to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, FC Barcelona will host Osasuna on the 31st of January with a 21-4 head to head record in favor of FC Barcelona (6 draws).

Villarreal will host Cádiz on the 4th of February with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Villarreal (5 draws).

FC Barcelona – Formation

FC Barcelona

Iñaki Peña 13.Spain

5.7

Ronald Araujo 4.Uruguay

5.8

89'

Sergi Roberto 20.Spain

Héctor Fort 39.Spain

6.6

46'

Jules Koundé 23.France

6.8

Andreas Christensen 15.Denmark

7.0

46'

Oriol Romeu 18.Spain

7.0

46'

33'

Frenkie de Jong 21.Netherlands

7.1

İlkay Gündoğan 22.Germany

9.4

60'

João Félix 14.Portugal

6.7

58'

R. Lewandowski 9.Poland

6.8

77'

68'

Lamine Yamal 27.Spain

8.8

Substitutes

Ander Astralaga 26.Spain

Diego Kochen 31.United States

João Cancelo 2.Portugal

6.0

46'

Pau Cubarsí 33.Spain

6.6

46'

Marc Casadó 30.Spain

Pedri 8.Spain

7.8

46'

68'

Fermín 32.Spain

Vitor Roque 19.Brazil

6.8

77'

Ferran Torres 7.Spain

6.4

58'

Marc Guiu 38.Spain

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

The manager Xavier Hernández Creus decided to play with the following team: Sergi Roberto , Iñaki Peña (5.7), Jules Koundé (6.8), Ronald Araújo (5.8), Andreas Christensen (7.0), Héctor Fort (6.6), İlkay Gündoğan (9.4), Oriol Romeu (7.0), Frenkie de Jong (7.1), Lamine Yamal (8.8), Robert Lewandowski (6.8) and João Félix (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: João Cancelo (6.0), Vitor Roque (6.8), Ander Astralaga, Marc Casadó, Diego Kochen, Fermín López, Pau Cubarsí (6.6), Marc Guiu, Pedri (7.8) and Ferran Torres (6.4).

Substitutions

FC Barcelona made 5 changes: Héctor Fort for João Cancelo (46′), Andreas Christensen for Pau Cubarsí (46′), Oriol Romeu for Pedri (46′), João Félix for Ferran Torres (58′) and Robert Lewandowski for Vitor Roque (77′).

Player of the match: İlkay Gündoğan

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Barcelona was İlkay Gündoğan.

His rating is 9.4 with 1 goal, 53 passes (77% accurate) and 10 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 10 crosses.

Villarreal – Formation

Villarreal

Filip Jørgensen 13.Denmark

7.7

Jorge Cuenca 5.Spain

7.3

90'

Eric Bailly 12.Ivory Coast

6.3

68'

Kiko Femenía 17.Spain

6.4

78'

Alberto Moreno 18.Spain

6.0

71'

Santi Comesaña 4.Spain

7.0

Álex Baena 16.Spain

6.4

71'

16'

Francis Coquelin 19.France

6.8

Ilias Akhomach 27.Spain

7.7

58'

54'

Gerard Moreno 7.Spain

8.1

78'

41'

Alexander Sørloth 11.Norway

8.9

90'

Substitutes

Iker Álvarez 31.Andorra

Yerson Mosquera 2.Colombia

7.0

78'

89'

Aïssa Mandi 23.Algeria

6.6

71'

Adrià Altimira 26.Spain

Étienne Capoue 6.France

7.5

71'

Manu Trigueros 14.Spain

Gonçalo Guedes 9.Portugal

8.1

58'

84'

José Luis Morales 15.Spain

7.3

78'

90'

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

Marcelino García Toral played with: Filip Jörgensen (7.7), Kiko Femenía (6.4), Eric Bailly (6.3), Jorge Cuenca (7.3), Alberto Moreno (6.0), Ilias Akhomach (7.7), Santi Comesaña (7.0), Francis Coquelin (6.8), Álex Baena (6.4), Gerard Moreno (8.1), Alexander Sørloth (8.9).

They had on the bench: Yerson Mosquera (7.0), Étienne Capoue (7.5), Gonçalo Guedes (8.1), Manu Trigueros, José Luis Morales (7.3), Aïssa Mandi (6.6), Adrià Altimira and Iker Álvarez.

Substitutions

Villarreal made 5 changes: Kiko Femenía for Yerson Mosquera (78′), Gerard Moreno for José Luis Morales (78′), Ilias Akhomach for Gonçalo Guedes (58′), Álex Baena for Étienne Capoue (71′) and Alberto Moreno for Aïssa Mandi (71′).