FC Barcelona 3-5 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 27 January 2024

Result

FC Barcelona 3-5 Villarreal

La Liga · Saturday 27 January 2024, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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FC Barcelona 3-5 Villarreal: match report

FC Barcelona were beaten by Villarreal 3-5 in La Liga on Saturday 27 January 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Gerard Moreno opened the scoring in the 41st minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from İlkay Gündoğan (60'), Pedri (68') and an own goal by Eric Bailly (71'). Villarreal scored through Gerard Moreno (41'), Ilias Akhomach (54'), Gonçalo Guedes (84'), Alexander Sørloth (90+9') and José Luis Morales (90+12').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards; Villarreal received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 3rd on 44 points from 20 and Villarreal 15th on 20 points from 21. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Villarreal 8th with 53.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to İlkay Gündoğan of FC Barcelona (9.4), ahead of Alexander Sørloth (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 1 for Villarreal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

16'Yellow card · Álex BaenaVillarreal
17'Yellow card · MarcelinoVillarreal
33'Yellow card · Oriol RomeuFC Barcelona
41'Goal · Gerard MorenoVillarreal · 0-1
54'Goal · Ilias AkhomachVillarreal · 0-2
60'Goal · İlkay GündoğanFC Barcelona · 1-2
68'Yellow card · Eric BaillyVillarreal
68'Goal · PedriFC Barcelona · 2-2
68'Yellow card · Robert LewandowskiFC Barcelona
70'Yellow card · XaviFC Barcelona
71'Own goal · Eric BaillyFC Barcelona · 3-2
84'Goal · Gonçalo GuedesVillarreal · 3-3
89'Yellow card · Ronald AraújoFC Barcelona
89'Yellow card · Yerson MosqueraVillarreal
90+4'Yellow card · Jorge CuencaVillarreal
90+9'Goal · Alexander SørlothVillarreal · 3-4
90+12'Goal · José Luis MoralesVillarreal · 3-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 8, draws 1, Villarreal 1.

Villarreal 3-4 FC BarcelonaLa Liga · 27 Aug 2023
Villarreal 0-1 FC BarcelonaLa Liga · 12 Feb 2023
FC Barcelona 3-0 VillarrealLa Liga · 20 Oct 2022
FC Barcelona 0-2 VillarrealLa Liga · 22 May 2022
Villarreal 1-3 FC BarcelonaLa Liga · 27 Nov 2021
Villarreal 1-2 FC BarcelonaLa Liga · 25 Apr 2021

Team news

Unavailable

Yéremy PinoVillarreal · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
GaviFC Barcelona · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Marc ter StegenFC Barcelona · injury (Back Injury)
Marcos AlonsoFC Barcelona · injury (Back Injury)
Ángel AlarcónFC Barcelona · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Iñigo MartínezFC Barcelona · injury (Muscle Injury)
Alfonso PedrazaVillarreal · injury (Ankle Sprain)
Dani ParejoVillarreal · injury (Ligament Tear)
Alejandro BaldeFC Barcelona · injury (Tendon Rupture)
Raúl AlbiolVillarreal · other (Doubtful)
Sergi RobertoFC Barcelona · injury (Muscular problems)

FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Iñaki Peña, Jules Koundé, Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen, Héctor Fort, İlkay Gündoğan, Oriol Romeu, Frenkie de Jong, Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski, João Félix

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Filip Jørgensen, Kiko Femenía, Eric Bailly, Jorge Cuenca, Alberto Moreno, Ilias Akhomach, Santi Comesaña, Francis Coquelin, Álex Baena, Gerard Moreno, Alexander Sørloth