Villarreal 0-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 10 December 2017
Result
Villarreal 0-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 10 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Villarreal 0-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Villarreal were beaten by FC Barcelona 0-2 in La Liga on Sunday 10 December 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Luis Suárez opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Villarreal did not score. FC Barcelona scored through Luis Suárez (72') and Lionel Messi (83').
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 21 points from 14 and FC Barcelona 1st on 36 points from 14. Villarreal went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 93.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-5-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (9.3), ahead of Jordi Alba (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 3 draws and 7 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 45'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 60'Red card · Dani Raba
- 61'Yellow card · Cédric Bakambu
- 72'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 83'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 86'Yellow card · Álvaro González
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-5-1)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Rúben Semedo, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Roberto Soriano, Dani Raba, Cédric Bakambu
FC Barcelona line-up (4-4-2)
Marc ter Stegen, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Thomas Vermaelen, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Denis Suárez, Paulinho, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi