Villarreal 3-4 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 27 August 2023
Result
Villarreal 3-4 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 27 August 2023, 15:30 UTC · half-time 2-2
Villarreal 3-4 FC Barcelona: match report
Villarreal lost to FC Barcelona 3-4 in La Liga on Sunday 27 August 2023. The half-time score was 2-2.
Gavi opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Juan Foyth (26'), Alexander Sørloth (40') and Alejandro Baena (50'). FC Barcelona scored through Gavi (12'), Frenkie de Jong (15'), Ferran Torres (68') and Robert Lewandowski (71').
Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 13th on 3 points from 2 and FC Barcelona 6th on 4 points from 2. Villarreal went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and FC Barcelona 2nd with 85.
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 Álex Baena of Villarreal (8.9), ahead of Frenkie de Jong (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 1 draw and 8 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Gavi
- 15'Goal · Frenkie de Jong
- 26'Goal · Juan Foyth
- 40'Goal · Alexander Sørloth
- 44'Yellow card · Lamine Yamal
- 45+6'Yellow card · Juan Foyth
- 45+6'Yellow card · Robert Lewandowski
- 50'Goal · Alejandro Baena
- 57'Yellow card · Ramón Terrats
- 68'Goal · Ferran Torres
- 71'Goal · Robert Lewandowski
- 80'Yellow card · Matteo Gabbia
- 82'Yellow card · Eric García
Head-to-head
Team news
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Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Filip Jørgensen, Juan Foyth, Matteo Gabbia, Jorge Cuenca, Alfonso Pedraza, Ramón Terrats, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Álex Baena, Gerard Moreno, Alexander Sørloth
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Jules Koundé, Andreas Christensen, Marcos Alonso, İlkay Gündoğan, Oriol Romeu, Frenkie de Jong, Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski, Gavi