Barcelona vs Villarreal, 2023-24 LALIGA
· Spanish LALIGA
FT
3 - 5
3 - 5
- 41': Gerard Moreno
- 54': Ilias Akhomach
- 84': Goncalo Guedes
- 90'+9': Alexander Sørloth
- 90'+12': José Luis Morales
Barcelona suffer stunning 5-3 home loss to Villarreal
Barcelona were stunned as they conceded goals to Villarreal's Alexander Sørloth and José Luis Morales deep into stoppage time and lost 5-3 at home in a roller-coaster LaLiga clash on Saturday that was marked by more VAR controversy.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Offside, Villarreal. Ilias Akhomach is caught offside.
- 3': Foul by Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona).
- 3': Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 3': Offside, Villarreal. Álex Baena is caught offside.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
- 5': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Álex Baena.
- 5': Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 8': Foul by Alberto Moreno (Villarreal).
- 8': Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 8': Attempt saved. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
- 9': Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Foul by Lamine Yamal (Barcelona).
- 15': Foul by Álex Baena (Villarreal).
- 15': Ronald Araújo (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 15': Attempt saved. João Félix (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
- 15': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Filip Jørgensen.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 15': Foul by Álex Baena (Villarreal).
- 15': Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 16': Álex Baena (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 17': Andreas Christensen (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal).
- 18': Foul by Jules Koundé (Barcelona).
- 18': Jorge Cuenca (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Kiko Femenía (Villarreal).
- 19': João Félix (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Eric Bailly (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Foul by Héctor Fort (Barcelona).
- 22': Offside, Villarreal. Alexander Sørloth is caught offside.
- 24': Foul by Kiko Femenía (Villarreal).
- 24': João Félix (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Jorge Cuenca.
- 27': Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan following a corner.
- 28': Foul by Santi Comesaña (Villarreal).
- 28': Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Foul by Alberto Moreno (Villarreal).
- 29': Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 29': Attempt blocked. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan with a cross.
- 33': Foul by Oriol Romeu (Barcelona).
- 33': Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Oriol Romeu (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 36': Attempt saved. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexander Sørloth with a headed pass.
- 40': Foul by Héctor Fort (Barcelona).
- 40': Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Goal! Barcelona 0, Villarreal 1. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexander Sørloth.
- 44': Foul by Jorge Cuenca (Villarreal).
- 44': Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45': Attempt blocked. João Félix (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
- 45': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Gerard Moreno.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Jules Koundé (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Andreas Christensen (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Barcelona 0, Villarreal 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Barcelona 0, Villarreal 1.
- 45': Substitution, Barcelona. João Cancelo replaces Héctor Fort.
- 45': Substitution, Barcelona. Pau Cubarsí replaces Andreas Christensen.
- 45': Substitution, Barcelona. Pedri replaces Oriol Romeu.
- 48': Foul by Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal).
- 48': João Félix (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 50': Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by João Cancelo.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gerard Moreno.
- 51': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Kiko Femenía.
- 54': Goal! Barcelona 0, Villarreal 2. Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 58': Substitution, Villarreal. Gonçalo Guedes replaces Ilias Akhomach.
- 58': Substitution, Barcelona. Ferran Torres replaces João Félix.
- 59': Attempt saved. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pedri.
- 60': Goal! Barcelona 1, Villarreal 2. Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
- 62': Alberto Moreno (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Foul by Lamine Yamal (Barcelona).
- 64': Attempt missed. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan with a headed pass.
- 67': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Gerard Moreno.
- 67': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Jorge Cuenca.
- 68': Goal! Barcelona 2, Villarreal 2. Pedri (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
- 68': Eric Bailly (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
- 68': Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
- 69': Foul by Kiko Femenía (Villarreal).
- 69': João Cancelo (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 71': Substitution, Villarreal. Aïssa Mandi replaces Alberto Moreno.
- 71': Substitution, Villarreal. Étienne Capoue replaces Álex Baena.
- 71': Own Goal by Eric Bailly, Villarreal. Barcelona 3, Villarreal 2.
- 77': Substitution, Barcelona. Vitor Roque replaces Robert Lewandowski.
- 78': Substitution, Villarreal. Yerson Mosquera replaces Kiko Femenía.
- 78': Substitution, Villarreal. José Luís Morales replaces Gerard Moreno.
- 78': Foul by Yerson Mosquera (Villarreal).
- 78': João Cancelo (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Attempt saved. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 82': Attempt saved. Vitor Roque (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan with a through ball.
- 82': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Filip Jørgensen.
- 83': Attempt blocked. João Cancelo (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
- 84': Goal! Barcelona 3, Villarreal 3. Gonçalo Guedes (Villarreal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexander Sørloth following a fast break.
- 86': Delay in match because of an injury Eric Bailly (Villarreal).
- 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 88': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Francis Coquelin.
- 89': Yerson Mosquera (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
- 89': Ronald Araújo (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Jules Koundé (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
- 89': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Alexander Sørloth.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedri.
- 90'+1': VAR Decision: No Penalty Barcelona.
- 90'+4': Foul by Jorge Cuenca (Villarreal).
- 90'+4': Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Jorge Cuenca (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+6': Attempt blocked. Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yerson Mosquera with a cross.
- 90'+6': Attempt saved. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
- 90'+8': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90'+8': Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+8': Foul by Ronald Araújo (Barcelona).
- 90'+9': Attempt blocked. Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Étienne Capoue.
- 90'+9': Goal! Barcelona 3, Villarreal 4. Alexander Sørloth (Villarreal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
- 90'+12': Goal! Barcelona 3, Villarreal 5. José Luís Morales (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes following a fast break.
- 90'+12': Second Half ends, Barcelona 3, Villarreal 5.
- 0': Match ends, Barcelona 3, Villarreal 5.
- 0': Match ends, Barcelona 3, Villarreal 5.
Statistics
 VIL |
BAR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 8 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 0 |
| 0 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 7 | Saves | 1 |
| 28.8 | Possession | 71.2 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 22 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 10 |
| 0.7 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 196 | Accurate Passes | 587 |
| 270 | Passes | 666 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 7 | Crosses | 25 |
| 0.7 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 58 | Long Balls | 45 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 13 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 16 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 28 | Effective Clearances | 10 |
| 28 | Clearances | 10 |
Game Information
Competition: Spanish LALIGA
Venue: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 46,229
Venue: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 46,229
LALIGA Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 11 | +27 | 30 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 11 | +10 | 24 |
| 3 | Villarreal | 11 | +1 | 21 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 11 | +9 | 20 |
Line-Ups
Barcelona (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Iñaki Peña (GK) |
| 15 | Andreas Christensen |
| 4 | Ronald Araújo  |
| 39 | Hector Fort |
| 23 | Jules Koundé |
| 18 | Oriol Romeu |
| 21 | Frenkie de Jong |
| 22 | Ilkay Gündogan |
| 9 | Robert Lewandowski |
| 14 | João Félix |
| 27 | Lamine Yamal |
Villarreal (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Filip Jørgensen (GK) |
| 5 | Jorge Cuenca |
| 12 | Eric Bailly |
| 18 | Alberto Moreno |
| 17 | Kiko Femenía |
| 19 | Francis Coquelin |
| 4 | Santi Comesaña |
| 16 | Álex Baena |
| 27 | Ilias Akhomach |
| 11 | Alexander Sørloth |
| 7 | Gerard Moreno |
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