Villarreal 4-4 FC Barcelona: result and report

La Liga · Tuesday 2 April 2019

Result

Villarreal 4-4 FC Barcelona

La Liga · Tuesday 2 April 2019, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Villarreal 4-4 FC Barcelona: match report

Villarreal drew with FC Barcelona 4-4 in La Liga on Tuesday 2 April 2019. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Samuel Chukwueze (23'), Karl Toko Ekambi (50'), Vicente Iborra (62') and Carlos Bacca (80'). FC Barcelona scored through Philippe Coutinho (12'), Malcom (16'), Lionel Messi (90') and Luis Suárez (90+3').

Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 7 yellow cards.

Going into the game Villarreal were 17th on 29 points from 29 and FC Barcelona 1st on 69 points from 29. Villarreal went on to finish that season 14th with 44 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.

Villarreal lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Malcom of FC Barcelona (8.7), ahead of Luis Suárez (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 8 for FC Barcelona.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Philippe CoutinhoFC Barcelona · 0-1
  • 16'Goal · MalcomFC Barcelona · 0-2
  • 23'Goal · Samuel ChukwuezeVillarreal · 1-2
  • 36'Yellow card · Álvaro GonzálezVillarreal
  • 39'Yellow card · Sergio BusquetsFC Barcelona
  • 42'Yellow card · Clément LengletFC Barcelona
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Ramiro Funes MoriVillarreal
  • 50'Goal · Karl Toko EkambiVillarreal · 2-2
  • 62'Goal · Vicente IborraVillarreal · 3-2
  • 77'Yellow card · A. VidalFC Barcelona
  • 80'Goal · Carlos BaccaVillarreal · 4-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Carles AleñáFC Barcelona
  • 84'Yellow card · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona
  • 85'Yellow card · Sergi RobertoFC Barcelona
  • 86'Second yellow · Álvaro GonzálezVillarreal
  • 90'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 4-3
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Santiago CáseresVillarreal
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona
  • 90+3'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 4-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Villarreal 0, draws 2, FC Barcelona 8.

Team news

Villarreal line-up (3-4-2-1)

Sergio Asenjo, Álvaro González, Ramiro Funes Mori, Víctor Ruiz, Mario Gaspar, Manu Morlanes, Santi Cazorla, Alfonso Pedraza, Samuel Chukwueze, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Karl Toko Ekambi

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

Marc ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Samuel Umtiti, Clément Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Arturo Vidal, Sergio Busquets, Arthur Melo, Malcom, Luis Suárez, Philippe Coutinho