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FT Sunday, December 21, 2025
Barcelona WWWWW 2
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Villarreal WWWLL 0
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Estadio de la Cerámica · 20,701 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

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Raphinha, Lamine Yamal star as Barcelona restore four-point lead at Villarreal

Raphinha and Lamine Yamal got on the scoresheet as Barcelona beat Villarreal 2-0.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
6
10
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
2
79.5
Possession
20.5
19
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
730
Accurate Passes
135
798
Passes
197
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.3
34
Long Balls
49
26
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.8
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
9
23
Effective Clearances
22
23
Clearances
22

Highlights

01:12 Barcelona snag 2-0 win over Villarreal Watch on ESPN 00:30 Raphinha scores Penalty Goals vs. Villarreal Watch on ESPN 00:43 Joan García makes a great save Watch on ESPN 00:30 Renato Veiga gets sent off vs. Barcelona Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-2

Lineups

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Luiz JúniorG
  2. 12Renato VeigaCD-L
  3. 4Rafa MarínCD-R
  4. 23Sergi CardonaLB
  5. 26Pau NavarroRB
  6. 10Dani ParejoCM-L
  7. 14Santi ComesañaCM-R
  8. 20Alberto MoleiroLM
  9. 17Tajon BuchananRM
  10. 22Ayoze PérezCF-L
  11. 19Nicolas PépéCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Georges MikautadzeSUB
  2. 21Tani OluwaseyiSUB
  3. 38Alassane DiattaSUB
  4. 27Jean Ives ValouSUB
  5. 3Adrià AltimiraSUB
  6. 37Carlos MaciàSUB
  7. 6Manor SolomonSUB
  8. 25Arnau TenasSUB
  9. 7Gerard MorenoSUB

BAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Joan GarcíaG
  2. 18Gerard MartínCD-L
  3. 5Pau CubarsíCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro BaldeLB
  5. 23Jules KoundéRB
  6. 16Fermín LópezAM
  7. 21Frenkie de JongLM
  8. 24Eric GarcíaRM
  9. 7Ferran TorresF
  10. 11RaphinhaAM-L
  11. 10Lamine YamalAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Wojciech SzczesnySUB
  2. 43Tomás MarquésSUB
  3. 17Marc CasadóSUB
  4. 28Roony BardghjiSUB
  5. 14Marcus RashfordSUB
  6. 22Marc BernalSUB
  7. 27Dro FernándezSUB
  8. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Villarreal 0, Barcelona 1. Raphinha (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 39' Renato Veiga (Villarreal) is shown the red card.
  3. 58' Eric García (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 62' Substitution, Barcelona. Robert Lewandowski replaces Ferran Torres.
  5. 62' Substitution, Barcelona. Marcus Rashford replaces Fermín López.
  6. 63' Goal! Villarreal 0, Barcelona 2. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.
  7. 64' Substitution, Villarreal. Georges Mikautadze replaces Ayoze Pérez.
  8. 66' Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Bernal replaces Eric García.
  9. 73' Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 75' Substitution, Villarreal. Tani Oluwaseyi replaces Nicolas Pépé.
  11. 75' Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Macià replaces Dani Parejo.
  12. 79' Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Casadó replaces Jules Koundé because of an injury.

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