Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, May 18, 2025
Villarreal LWWWW 3
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Barcelona DWLWW 2
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BAR202
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Match Report

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Villarreal shock Barcelona to clinch Champions League spot

Villarreal fought back to shock Barcelona 3-2 on Sunday, handing the LaLiga champions their first league defeat since late December.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
11
7
Saves
0
31
Possession
69
7
SHOTS
24
3
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
236
Accurate Passes
632
302
Passes
687
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
9
Crosses
29
0.2
Cross %
0.1
53
Long Balls
44
25
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
9
10
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
11
Interceptions
7
35
Effective Clearances
10
35
Clearances
10

Highlights

00:50 Tajon Buchanan shocks Barça with go-ahead goal for Villareal Watch on ESPN 00:21 Luiz Júnior makes a great save Watch on ESPN 00:29 Luiz Júnior makes a great save Watch on ESPN 00:20 Luiz Júnior makes a great save Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 5Iñigo MartínezCD-L
  3. 2Pau CubarsíCD-R
  4. 35Gerard MartínLB
  5. 24Eric GarcíaRB
  6. 16Fermín LópezAM
  7. 8PedriLM
  8. 6GaviRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 11RaphinhaAM-L
  11. 19Lamine YamalAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Marc CasadóSUB
  2. 15Andreas ChristensenSUB
  3. 25Wojciech SzczesnySUB
  4. 3Alejandro BaldeSUB
  5. 20Dani OlmoSUB
  6. 36Sergi DomínguezSUB
  7. 32Héctor FortSUB
  8. 10Ansu FatiSUB
  9. 18Pau VíctorSUB
  10. 13Iñaki PeñaSUB
  11. 21Frenkie de JongSUB
  12. 14Pablo TorreSUB

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Luiz JúniorG
  2. 2Logan CostaCD-L
  3. 8Juan FoythCD-R
  4. 23Sergi CardonaLB
  5. 26Pau NavarroRB
  6. 10Dani ParejoCM-L
  7. 14Santi ComesañaCM-R
  8. 21Yéremy PinoLM
  9. 19Nicolas PépéRM
  10. 22Ayoze PérezCF-L
  11. 16Álex BaenaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Diego CondeSUB
  2. 18Pape GueyeSUB
  3. 4Eric BaillySUB
  4. 6Denis SuárezSUB
  5. 5Willy KambwalaSUB
  6. 9Tajon BuchananSUB
  7. 7Gerard MorenoSUB
  8. 24Alfonso PedrazaSUB
  9. 36Etta EyongSUB
  10. 17Kiko FemeníaSUB
  11. 15Thierno BarrySUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Barcelona 0, Villarreal 1. Ayoze Pérez (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé.
  2. 38' Goal! Barcelona 1, Villarreal 1. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eric García.
  3. 43' Eric García (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+5' Goal! Barcelona 2, Villarreal 1. Fermín López (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Frenkie de Jong replaces Pedri.
  6. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Alejandro Balde replaces Gerard Martín.
  7. 45' Substitution, Villarreal. Thierno Barry replaces Ayoze Pérez because of an injury.
  8. 50' Goal! Barcelona 2, Villarreal 2. Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yeremy Pino with a through ball.
  9. 58' Substitution, Villarreal. Pape Gueye replaces Dani Parejo.
  10. 64' Substitution, Villarreal. Tajon Buchanan replaces Yeremy Pino because of an injury.
  11. 64' Substitution, Villarreal. Willy Kambwala replaces Pau Navarro.
  12. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Pau Víctor replaces Robert Lewandowski.
  13. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Héctor Fort replaces Eric García.
  14. 77' Substitution, Villarreal. Gerard Moreno replaces Nicolas Pépé.
  15. 80' Goal! Barcelona 2, Villarreal 3. Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gerard Moreno.
  16. 85' Substitution, Barcelona. Dani Olmo replaces Gavi.
  17. 86' Dani Olmo (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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