Spanish LALIGA

FT Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Barcelona WWWWW 4
–
Villarreal WWWWL 4
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BAR224
VIL134
Estadio de la Cerámica · 19,515 att.

Match Report

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Messi and Suarez rescue Barcelona in thrilling draw at Villarreal

Barcelona wasted a two-goal lead only to scratch back for a remarkable 4-4 draw at Villarreal in La Liga action on Tuesday night.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
7
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
5
67.8
Possession
32.2
15
SHOTS
16
9
ON GOAL
9
0.6
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
614
Accurate Passes
253
684
Passes
316
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
5
3
Crosses
8
0.3
Cross %
0.6
60
Long Balls
49
40
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
9
12
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
11
8
Effective Clearances
15
8
Clearances
15

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

VIL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  2. 4Ramiro Funes MoriCD
  3. 6Víctor RuizCD-L
  4. 3Álvaro GonzálezCD-R
  5. 19Santi CazorlaCM-L
  6. 28Manu MorlanesCM-R
  7. 16Alfonso PedrazaLM
  8. 2MarioRM
  9. 17Karl Toko EkambiF
  10. 10Vicente IborraCF-L
  11. 30Samuel ChukwuezeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Daniele BoneraSUB
  2. 13Andrés FernándezSUB
  3. 22Dani RabaSUB
  4. 5Santiago CaseresSUB
  5. 37Ivan MartínezSUB
  6. 9Carlos BaccaSUB
  7. 39Xavier QuintilláSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8ArthurLM
  8. 22Arturo VidalRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 7Philippe CoutinhoLF
  11. 14MalcomRF

Substitutes

  1. 2Nélson SemedoSUB
  2. 19Kevin-Prince BoatengSUB
  3. 3Gerard PiquéSUB
  4. 21Carles AleñáSUB
  5. 10Lionel MessiSUB
  6. 4Ivan RakitićSUB
  7. 30Iñaki PeñaSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Villarreal 0, Barcelona 1. Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Malcom.
  2. 16' Goal! Villarreal 0, Barcelona 2. Malcom (Barcelona) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arturo Vidal with a cross.
  3. 23' Goal! Villarreal 1, Barcelona 2. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  4. 36' Álvaro González (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 39' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 42' Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+2' Ramiro Funes Mori (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 50' Goal! Villarreal 2, Barcelona 2. Karl Toko Ekambi (Villarreal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuel Chukwueze following a fast break.
  9. 61' Substitution, Barcelona. Lionel Messi replaces Coutinho.
  10. 62' Goal! Villarreal 3, Barcelona 2. Vicente Iborra (Villarreal) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Manuel Morlanes.
  11. 63' Substitution, Villarreal. Santiago Cáseres replaces Manuel Morlanes.
  12. 73' Substitution, Barcelona. Carles Aleñá replaces Arthur.
  13. 73' Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Sergio Busquets.
  14. 74' Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Bacca replaces Karl Toko Ekambi because of an injury.
  15. 77' Arturo Vidal (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 80' Goal! Villarreal 4, Barcelona 2. Carlos Bacca (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Santi Cazorla with a through ball following a fast break.
  17. 83' Carles Aleñá (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 84' Lionel Messi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 85' Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 86' Second yellow card to Álvaro González (Villarreal) for a bad foul.
  21. 87' Substitution, Villarreal. Daniele Bonera replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  22. 90' Goal! Villarreal 4, Barcelona 3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  23. 90'+1' Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  24. 90'+1' Santiago Cáseres (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  25. 90'+3' Goal! Villarreal 4, Barcelona 4. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.

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