Spanish LALIGA

Villarreal vs Barcelona 2021-22 LaLiga

  • 76': Samuel Chukwueze
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1 - 3
  • 48': Frenkie de Jong
  • 88': Memphis Depay
  • 90'+4': Philippe Coutinho (P)

Late Memphis Depay, Philippe Coutinho goals secure back-to-back wins for Barcelona

Late goals from Memphis Depay and Philippe Coutinho secured a first away victory of the season in LaLiga for Barcelona as they beat Villarreal 3-1.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 26': Yeremi Pino (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  • 26': Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  • 44': Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Villarreal 0, Barcelona 0.
  • 48': Goal! Villarreal 0, Barcelona 1. Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  • 65': Substitution, Villarreal. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Yeremi Pino.
  • 65': Substitution, Villarreal. Pervis Estupiñán replaces Alfonso Pedraza.
  • 66': Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Abdessamad Ezzalzouli.
  • 71': Substitution, Barcelona. Óscar Mingueza replaces Jordi Alba because of an injury.
  • 76': Goal! Villarreal 1, Barcelona 1. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arnaut Danjuma.
  • 80': Substitution, Barcelona. Philippe Coutinho replaces Nicolás González Iglesias.
  • 84': Substitution, Villarreal. Dani Raba replaces Manu Trigueros.
  • 88': Goal! Villarreal 1, Barcelona 2. Memphis Depay (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  • 90': Dani Raba (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Goal! Villarreal 1, Barcelona 3. Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica
Location: Villarreal, Spain
Attendance: 19,050

Spanish LALIGA Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+33 Barcelona 19 49 2
+24 Real Madrid 19 45 2
+20 Villarreal 18 41 3
+17 Atlético Madrid 19 38 3
Full Table

Statistics

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14 Fouls 19
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 3
4 Corner Kicks 4
1 Saves 3
49.6 Possession 50.4
12 SHOTS 14
6 ON GOAL 2
0.5 On Target % 0.1
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
331 Accurate Passes 343
409 Passes 411
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 2
11 Crosses 14
0.4 Cross % 0.1
65 Long Balls 43
34 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
0 Blocked Shots 4
8 Effective Tackles 7
13 Tackles 9
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
15 Interceptions 14
17 Effective Clearances 11
17 Clearances 11

Line-Ups

VIL Villarreal (4-4-2)

No. Name
13 Gerónimo Rulli (GK)
4 Pau Torres
3 Raúl Albiol
24 Alfonso Pedraza
8 Juan Foyth
5 Dani Parejo
6 Étienne Capoue
23 Moi Gómez
21 Yéremy Pino Yellow Card
15 Arnaut Danjuma
14 Manu Trigueros

BAR Barcelona (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Marc-André ter Stegen (GK)
3 Gerard Piqué Yellow Card
4 Ronald Araújo
18 Jordi Alba Yellow Card
24 Eric García
5 Sergio Busquets
28 Nico González
21 Frenkie de Jong
9 Memphis Depay
30 Gavi
33 Abde Ezzalzouli

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