La Liga

Barcelona 2-0 Villarreal

Competition La Liga Season 2018/2019 Country Spain Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 02 Dec 2018, 17:30 Venue time 02 Dec 2018, 18:30 CET

Barcelona vs Villarreal finished 2-0 in La Liga. Key event: 7' Lionel Messi (xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.1%, 39.2%). Head to head: H2H last 8 before 02 Dec 2018: 6 W / 2 D / 0 L for Barcelona. Home form: D L W W W; Away form: W D D L D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (02 Dec 2018): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form D L W W W Matches: 5 · 10 pts, goals 16-10, 3.20 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Away form W D D L D Matches: 5 · 6 pts, goals 7-7, 1.40 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Barcelona · season record 7 W · 4 D · 2 L 2018/2019: 13 recorded matches, goals 35–19; before 02 Dec 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Villarreal · season record 3 W · 5 D · 5 L 2018/2019: 13 recorded matches, goals 13–14; before 02 Dec 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 74 events

The goal sequence could not be confirmed against the final score. Available events are shown below.

7' shot Lionel Messi BAR xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.1%, 39.2%

7' shot Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini BAR Open Play · Saved · xG 0.05

10' Yellow Víctor Ruíz Torre VIL Yellow Card

11' shot Lionel Messi BAR xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 73.4%, 53.4%

11' shot Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini BAR Free Kick · Blocked · xG 0.06

11' Yellow Víctor Ruiz VIL Yellow card

12' shot Ousmane Dembélé BAR assist Lionel Messi xG 0.03 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 76.3%, 45.7%

12' shot Gerard Moreno VIL assist Álvaro González xG 0.42 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 93.1%, 45.2%

12' shot Samuel Chukwueze VIL xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.9%, 30.7%

12' shot Mario VIL assist Gerard Moreno xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.8%, 30.4%

12' shot Gerard Moreno Balaguero VIL Open Play · Post · xG 0.34

12' shot Samuel Chimerenka Chukwueze VIL Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.03

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12' shot Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez VIL Open Play · Saved · xG 0.05

13' shot Samuel Chukwueze VIL assist Pablo Fornals xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.6%, 36.1%

13' shot Samuel Chimerenka Chukwueze VIL Open Play · Saved · xG 0.07

16' shot Ivan Rakitic BAR assist Lionel Messi xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.5%, 38.4%

16' shot Ivan Rakitić BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

17' Yellow Clément Lenglet BAR Yellow Card

18' Yellow Clément Lenglet BAR Yellow card

22' shot Ousmane Dembélé BAR xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.2%, 28.7%

25' Yellow Álvaro González Soberón VIL Yellow Card

26' shot Lionel Messi BAR xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 73.3%, 51.3%

26' shot Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini BAR Free Kick · Saved · xG 0.06

26' Yellow Álvaro González VIL Yellow card

30' shot Ousmane Dembélé BAR assist Jordi Alba xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.9%, 37.3%

34' shot Gerard Piqué BAR assist Ousmane Dembélé xG 0.11 · From Corner · location 92.2%, 53.4%

34' Goal Gerard Piqué Bernabéu BAR Open Play · Goal

35' Goal Gerard Piqué BAR assist Ousmane Dembélé

38' shot Lionel Messi BAR assist Jordi Alba xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 93.2%, 62%

38' shot Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini BAR Open Play · Saved · xG 0.15

41' shot Gerard Moreno VIL assist Mario xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.2%, 35.5%

41' shot Mario VIL xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 45%

41' shot Gerard Moreno Balaguero VIL Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.07

41' shot Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez VIL Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.08

47' shot Lionel Messi BAR assist Jordi Alba xG 0.03 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 73.2%, 46.8%

47' shot Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini BAR Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.03

53' shot Santiago Cáseres VIL assist Pablo Fornals xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.9%, 49.9%

61' shot Santiago Cazorla VIL assist Pablo Fornals xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.3%, 68.5%

61' shot Santiago Cazorla González VIL Open Play · Off T · xG 0.05

65' shot Álvaro González VIL assist Santiago Cazorla xG 0.05 · Set Piece · location 87.1%, 45.1%

65' shot Álvaro González Soberón VIL Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.03

66' Sub Carlos Arturo Bacca Ahumada VIL on for Manuel Trigueros Muñoz · Tactical

67' Yellow Jordi Alba Ramos BAR Yellow Card

67' Sub Carlos Bacca VIL on for Manu Trigueros

68' shot Santiago Cazorla VIL xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 76.4%, 34.9%

68' shot Santiago Cazorla González VIL Free Kick · Off T · xG 0.05

69' Sub Carles Aleña Castillo BAR on for Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo · Tactical

69' Yellow Jordi Alba BAR Yellow card

70' Sub Carles Aleñá BAR on for Arturo Vidal

75' shot Carlos Bacca VIL assist Santiago Cazorla xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 98.2%, 30.7%

75' shot Carlos Arturo Bacca Ahumada VIL Open Play · Off T · xG 0.02

76' shot Philippe Coutinho BAR assist Lionel Messi xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.9%, 62.7%

76' shot Philippe Coutinho Correia BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

78' Sub Karl Brillant Toko Ekambi VIL on for Gerard Moreno Balaguero · Tactical

79' Sub Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira BAR on for Philippe Coutinho Correia · Tactical

79' Sub Karl Toko Ekambi VIL on for Gerard Moreno

80' Sub Malcom BAR on for Philippe Coutinho

81' shot Sergio Busquets BAR assist Ousmane Dembélé xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 91.6%, 38.3%

81' shot Malcom BAR xG 0.03 · From Corner · location 90.9%, 61.4%

81' shot Sergio Busquets i Burgos BAR Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.03

81' shot Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.07

84' shot Mario VIL assist Samuel Chukwueze xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.2%, 46%

84' shot Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez VIL Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.06

86' shot Carles Aleñá BAR assist Lionel Messi xG 0.35 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.6%, 38.8%

86' Goal Carles Aleña Castillo BAR Open Play · Goal

87' Sub Daniel Raba Antolín VIL on for Santiago Cazorla González · Tactical

87' Goal Carles Aleñá BAR assist Lionel Messi

88' Sub Dani Raba VIL on for Santi Cazorla

89' Yellow Pablo Fornals Malla VIL Yellow Card

90+1' shot Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini BAR Open Play · Saved · xG 0.04

90+1' Yellow Alfonso Pedraza VIL Yellow card

90' Yellow Alfonso Pedraza Sag VIL Yellow Card

90' Yellow Pablo Fornals VIL Yellow card

91' shot Lionel Messi BAR assist Ousmane Dembélé xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.4%, 50.3%

Shot map 27 shots · 2 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Barcelona 15 shots · 1 xG · 2 goals

Villarreal 12 shots · 0.97 xG · 0 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Barcelona159 plotted of 159 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 159 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Villarreal57 plotted of 57 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 57 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Barcelona12 exact passer-recipient links

LEN DEM STE

LENClément Lenglet5 passes
DEMOusmane Dembélé2 passes
STEMarc-André ter Stegen5 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Barcelona159 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Villarreal57 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 54 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

BarcelonaVillarreal

10–15′100–0
15–20′100–0
20–25′53–47
25–30′0–100
30–35′0–100
35–40′11–89
40–45′0–100
50–55′24–76
55–60′0–100
60–65′90–10
65–70′100–0
70–75′100–0
75–80′100–0
80–85′84–16
85–90′100–0
90–95′96–4

Head-to-head Meetings: 10

Barcelona leads the last 10 head-to-head meetings: 7 wins, 3 losses, 0 draws. Latest meeting: 28 Feb 2026 · Barcelona vs Villarreal · 4 - 1.

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Showing 8 of 10 head-to-head matches.

Latest 10 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 10 after this match (02 Dec 2018). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

28 Feb 2026

Barcelona 4 - 1 Villarreal

21 Dec 2025

Villarreal 0 - 2 Barcelona

18 May 2025

Barcelona 2 - 3 Villarreal

22 Sep 2024

Villarreal 1 - 5 Barcelona

27 Jan 2024

Barcelona 3 - 5 Villarreal

27 Aug 2023

Villarreal 3 - 4 Barcelona

12 Feb 2023

Villarreal 0 - 1 Barcelona

20 Oct 2022

Barcelona 3 - 0 Villarreal

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22 May 2022

Barcelona 0 - 2 Villarreal

27 Nov 2021

Villarreal 1 - 3 Barcelona

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (02 Dec 2018). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

Showing 8 of 12 team results.

31 Oct 2026

Barcelona 6 - 1 Alaves