Villarreal 2-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 20 March 2016
Result
Villarreal 2-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 20 March 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Villarreal 2-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Villarreal drew with FC Barcelona 2-2 in La Liga on Sunday 20 March 2016. The half-time score was 0-2.
Ivan Rakitic opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Cédric Bakambu (57') and an own goal by Jérémy Mathieu (63'). FC Barcelona scored through Ivan Rakitic (20') and Neymar (41', penalty).
Discipline: Villarreal received 8 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 4th on 50 points from 29 and FC Barcelona 1st on 72 points from 29. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 88.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (8.1), ahead of Ivan Rakitić (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 9 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Arda Turan
- 16'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 20'Goal · Ivan Rakitic
- 20'Yellow card · Roberto Soldado
- 24'Yellow card · Bruno
- 40'Yellow card · Sergio Asenjo
- 41'Penalty goal · Neymar
- 41'Yellow card · Víctor Ruiz
- 43'Yellow card · Antonio Rukavina
- 53'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 57'Goal · Cédric Bakambu
- 63'Own goal · Jérémy Mathieu
- 78'Yellow card · Tomás Pina
- 84'Yellow card · Mario Gaspar
- 85'Yellow card · Manu Trigueros
- 90+4'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal expected line-up (4-4-2)
Alphonse Areola, Víctor Ruiz, Mario Gaspar, Antonio Rukavina, Eric Bailly, Denis Suárez, Bruno, Tomás Pina, Samu Castillejo, Cédric Bakambu, Roberto Soldado Rillo
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Claudio Bravo, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Arda Turan, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar