Villarreal 1-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 21 December 2008
Result
Villarreal 1-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 21 December 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Villarreal 1-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Villarreal lost to FC Barcelona 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 21 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Cani opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Cani (47'). FC Barcelona scored through S. Kéita (54') and Thierry Henry (66').
Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 5th on 29 points from 15 and FC Barcelona 1st on 38 points from 15. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 0 draws and 3 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-D-W-L-D and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 47'Goal · Cani
- 54'Goal · S. Kéita
- 66'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 70'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 75'Second yellow · Eric Guérit
- 76'Yellow card · Samuel Eto'o
- 76'Yellow card · Xavi
- 78'Yellow card · Guillermo Franco Farquarson
- 87'Yellow card · Robert Pirès
- 88'Yellow card · Santi Cazorla
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-1-1)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Robert Pirès, Santi Cazorla, Cani, Senna, Giuseppe Rossi
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen