FC Barcelona 1-2 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 9 March 2008
Result
FC Barcelona 1-2 Villarreal
La Liga · Sunday 9 March 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
FC Barcelona 1-2 Villarreal: match report
FC Barcelona lost to Villarreal 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 9 March 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
Senna opened the scoring in the 31st minute. FC Barcelona's goal came from Xavi (66'). Villarreal scored through Senna (31') and Jon Dahl Tomasson (80').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 5 yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 54 points from 26 and Villarreal 3rd on 47 points from 26. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 3rd with 67 points, and Villarreal 2nd with 77.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Barcelona wins, 0 draws and 2 for Villarreal.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Villarreal's D-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Santi Cazorla
- 30'Yellow card · Víctor Valdés
- 31'Goal · Senna
- 37'Yellow card · Lilian Thuram
- 44'Yellow card · Guillermo Franco Farquarson
- 66'Goal · Xavi
- 71'Yellow card · Samuel Eto'o
- 72'Yellow card · Capdevila
- 74'Yellow card · Diego Godín
- 76'Yellow card · Xavi
- 80'Goal · Jon Dahl Tomasson
- 85'Yellow card · Gianluca Zambrotta
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Puyol, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Thiago Motta
Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Javi Venta, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Matías Fernández, Senna, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Guillermo Franco Farquarson