La Liga

Barcelona 2-0 Villarreal

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: 6-2-0. 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.

BAR 2 - 0 Finished

VIL

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

Match context 4 facts

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

Away form W D D L D 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.

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

Timeline 72 events

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%

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

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%

Recent form

Showing 8 of 12 recent form matches.

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Team statistics 17 metrics

61% Ball Possession 39%

61% 39%

1.00 Expected Goals 0.94

51% 48%

15 Total Shots 12

55% 44%

7 Shots on Goal 2

77% 22%

11 Corner Kicks 1

91% 8%

9 Fouls 17

34% 65%

2 Yellow Cards 4

33% 66%

2 Goalkeeper Saves 5

28% 71%

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4 Blocked shots 6

3 Offsides 2

17 Free kicks 9

4 Shots off target 4

16 Throw-ins 12

3 Goal kicks 8

2 Total saves 5

0 Hit woodwork 1

6 Shots inside box 8

Lineups

1 Sergio Asenjo GK 2 Mario Gaspar DEF 3 Álvaro González DEF 6 Víctor Ruiz DEF 16 Alfonso Pedraza DEF 30 Samuel Chukwueze MID 14 Manu Trigueros MID 5 Santiago Cáseres MID 19 Santi Cazorla MID 8 Pablo Fornals MID 7 Gerard Moreno FWD 1 Marc-André Ter Stegen GK 2 Nélson Semedo DEF 3 Gerard Piqué DEF 15 Clément Lenglet DEF 18 Jordi Alba DEF 5 Sergio Busquets MID 11 Ousmane Dembélé MID 4 Ivan Rakitić MID 22 Arturo Vidal MID 7 Philippe Coutinho MID 10 Lionel Messi FWD

Villarreal

4-5-1 · Manager Javier Calleja

1 S Sergio Asenjo GK

2 M Mario Gaspar · Captain DEF

3 Á Álvaro González DEF

6 V Víctor Ruiz DEF

16 A Alfonso Pedraza DEF

30 S Samuel Chukwueze MID

14 M Manu Trigueros MID

5 S Santiago Cáseres MID

19 S Santi Cazorla MID

8 P Pablo Fornals MID

7 G Gerard Moreno FWD

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9 C Carlos Bacca FWD

17 K Karl Toko Ekambi FWD

22 D Dani Raba FWD

13 A Andrés Fernández GK

11 J Jaume Costa DEF

4 R Ramiro Funes Mori DEF

28 M Manu Morlanes MID

Barcelona

4-1-4-1 · Manager Ernesto Valverde

1 M Marc-André Ter Stegen GK

2 N Nélson Semedo DEF

3 G Gerard Piqué DEF

15 C Clément Lenglet DEF

18 J Jordi Alba DEF

5 S Sergio Busquets MID

11 O Ousmane Dembélé MID

4 I Ivan Rakitić MID

22 A Arturo Vidal MID

7 P Philippe Coutinho MID

10 L Lionel Messi · Captain FWD

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26 C Carles Aleñá MID

14 M Malcom FWD

30 I Iñaki Peña GK

36 C Chumi DEF

27 J Juan Miranda DEF

6 D Denis Suárez MID

19 M Munir El Haddadi FWD