Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, December 2, 2018
Villarreal DDDWD 0
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Barcelona WDLDW 2
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Match Report

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Pique and Alena lead the way as Barcelona see off Villarreal

Champions Barcelona overcame a dogged Villarreal to win 2-0 at home on Sunday, with goals from defender Gerard Pique and youngster Carles Alena.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
9
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
11
5
Saves
2
38.2
Possession
61.8
12
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
359
Accurate Passes
616
420
Passes
677
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
6
7
Crosses
16
0.0
Cross %
0.4
41
Long Balls
38
26
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
6
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
10
13
Effective Clearances
11
13
Clearances
11

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BAR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  3. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  4. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  5. 5Sergio BusquetsDM
  6. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  7. 2Nélson SemedoRB
  8. 22Arturo VidalCM-L
  9. 4Ivan RakitićCM-R
  10. 7Philippe CoutinhoLM
  11. 11Ousmane DembéléRM
  12. 10Lionel MessiF

VIL · 4-5-1

  1. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  2. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  3. 6Víctor RuizCD-L
  4. 3Álvaro GonzálezCD-R
  5. 16Alfonso PedrazaLB
  6. 2MarioRB
  7. 19Santi CazorlaCM-L
  8. 14Manu TriguerosCM-R
  9. 5Santiago CaseresAM
  10. 8Pablo FornalsLM
  11. 30Samuel ChukwuezeRM
  12. 7Gerard MorenoF

Timeline

  1. 11' Víctor Ruiz (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 18' Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 26' Álvaro González (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 35' Goal! Barcelona 1, Villarreal 0. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross following a corner.
  5. 67' Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Bacca replaces Manu Trigueros.
  6. 69' Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 70' Substitution, Barcelona. Carles Aleñá replaces Arturo Vidal.
  8. 79' Substitution, Villarreal. Karl Toko Ekambi replaces Gerard Moreno.
  9. 80' Substitution, Barcelona. Malcom replaces Coutinho.
  10. 87' Goal! Barcelona 2, Villarreal 0. Carles Aleñá (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  11. 88' Substitution, Villarreal. Raba replaces Santi Cazorla.
  12. 90' Pablo Fornals (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+1' Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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