Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, February 28, 2026
Villarreal DWLWW 1
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Barcelona WWLLW 4
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Match Report

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Lamine Yamal gets first hat trick in comfortable Barcelona win

Lamine Yamal scored his first career hat trick as Barcelona celebrated Hansi Flick's 100th game in charge with a 4-1 LaLiga victory over Villarreal.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
0
26.4
Possession
73.6
6
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
204
Accurate Passes
711
271
Passes
778
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
1
5
Crosses
7
0.4
Cross %
0.1
48
Long Balls
34
26
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
3
16
Effective Tackles
7
23
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
15
22
Effective Clearances
14
22
Clearances
14

Highlights

01:14 Lamine Yamal's hat trick powers Barcelona to win Watch on ESPN 01:26 Lamine Yamal's brilliant hat trick steers Barcelona past Villarreal Watch on ESPN 00:21 Luiz Júnior with a nice save vs. Barcelona Watch on ESPN 00:44 Pape Gueye scores goal for Villarreal Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-2

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Joan GarcíaG
  2. 24Eric GarcíaCD-L
  3. 5Pau CubarsíCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro BaldeLB
  5. 23Jules KoundéRB
  6. 22Marc BernalCM
  7. 20Dani OlmoLM
  8. 16Fermín LópezRM
  9. 7Ferran TorresF
  10. 11RaphinhaLF
  11. 10Lamine YamalRF

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Luiz JúniorG
  2. 12Renato VeigaCD-L
  3. 6Pau NavarroCD-R
  4. 23Sergi CardonaLB
  5. 15Santiago MouriñoRB
  6. 18Pape GueyeCM-L
  7. 14Santi ComesañaCM-R
  8. 20Alberto MoleiroLM
  9. 19Nicolas PépéRM
  10. 22Ayoze PérezCF-L
  11. 9Georges MikautadzeCF-R

Timeline

  1. 28' Goal! Barcelona 1, Villarreal 0. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fermín López with a through ball.
  2. 37' Goal! Barcelona 2, Villarreal 0. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Fermín López.
  3. 49' Goal! Barcelona 2, Villarreal 1. Pape Gueye (Villarreal) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Santiago Mouriño following a corner.
  4. 53' Marc Bernal (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 56' Raphinha (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 59' Substitution, Barcelona. Pedri replaces Dani Olmo.
  7. 67' Substitution, Barcelona. Ronald Araujo replaces Marc Bernal.
  8. 67' Substitution, Barcelona. Robert Lewandowski replaces Ferran Torres.
  9. 67' Substitution, Villarreal. Alfonso Pedraza replaces Alberto Moleiro.
  10. 67' Substitution, Villarreal. Tajon Buchanan replaces Ayoze Pérez.
  11. 68' Alfonso Pedraza (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 69' Goal! Barcelona 3, Villarreal 1. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedri with a through ball.
  13. 73' Substitution, Barcelona. Marcus Rashford replaces Raphinha.
  14. 73' Substitution, Barcelona. Roony Bardghji replaces Lamine Yamal.
  15. 80' Substitution, Villarreal. Alfon González replaces Sergi Cardona.
  16. 80' Substitution, Villarreal. Dani Parejo replaces Santi Comesaña.
  17. 84' Substitution, Villarreal. Tani Oluwaseyi replaces Nicolas Pépé.
  18. 90'+1' Goal! Barcelona 4, Villarreal 1. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jules Koundé with a through ball.Goal awarded following VAR Review.

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