Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, November 8, 2015
Villarreal LWDWW 0
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Barcelona WWDWW 3
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Match Report

Neymar and Luis Suarez strike again as Barcelona beat Villarreal to top La Liga

Barca's deadly duo struck again as two second-half goals earned Luis Enrique's team a hard-fought 2-0 victory at Camp Nou to go top of La Liga.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
7
6
Saves
2
35.7
Possession
64.3
5
SHOTS
20
2
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
259
Accurate Passes
553
355
Passes
637
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
7
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.2
46
Long Balls
37
16
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
8
14
Clearances
10

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 24Jérémy MathieuCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 6Dani AlvesRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 20Sergi RobertoRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 17Munir El HaddadiRF

VIL · 4-5-1

  1. 13Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 6Víctor RuizCD-L
  3. 23Daniele BoneraCD-R
  4. 11Jaume CostaLB
  5. 2MarioRB
  6. 8Jonathan dos SantosCM-L
  7. 4Tomás PinaCM-R
  8. 21BrunoAM
  9. 18Denis SuárezLM
  10. 19Samu CastillejoRM
  11. 9Roberto SoldadoF

Timeline

  1. 27' Jeremy Mathieu (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 37' Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 39' Mario (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 47' Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 47' Neymar (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 60' Goal! Barcelona 1, Villarreal 0. Neymar (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergio Busquets with a through ball.
  7. 64' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 66' Substitution, Villarreal. Cédric Bakambu replaces Tomás Pina.
  9. 69' Jaume Costa (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 70' Goal! Barcelona 2, Villarreal 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  11. 72' Daniele Bonera (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 79' Substitution, Barcelona. Sandro Ramírez replaces Munir El Haddadi.
  13. 79' Substitution, Villarreal. Samuel replaces Samu Castillejo.
  14. 82' Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Bartra replaces Gerard Piqué.
  15. 85' Goal! Barcelona 3, Villarreal 0. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez following a fast break.

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