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Villarreal 0-2 FC Barcelona - December 10, 2017 / La Liga Santander 2017/2018

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La Liga Santander 2017/2018 - Round 15

Estadio de la Cerámica - Villarreal - Spain

December 10, 2017 - 20:45

21 087

Villarreal

0 - 2

FC Barcelona

72'

Luis Suárez (right foot) Assist by Paco Alcácer

83'

Lionel Messi (left foot) Assist by Sergio Busquets

logo Villarreal VIL

45' - Yellow card Sergio Busquets

logo Villarreal VIL

48' - Substitution Ruben Semedois substituted by Samuel Castillejo48

58' - Substitution Denis Suárezis substituted by Paco Alcácer

60' - Red card Dani Raba60

61' - Yellow card Cédric Bakambu61

64' - Substitution Roberto Sorianois substituted by Antonio Rukavina64

68' - Substitution Paulinhois substituted by Aleix Vidal

72' - Goal Luis Suárez

83' - Goal Lionel Messi

86' - Yellow card Álvaro González86

86' - Substitution Sergio Busquetsis substituted by André Gomes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Villarreal

0 - 2

FC Barcelona

Villarreal FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

Villarreal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

17Bakambu61

Cédric Bakambu

DR Congo

B.date11/04/1991

Age26 years

H1m82

positionStriker

20Soriano64

Roberto Soriano

Italy

B.date08/02/1991

Age26 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

28Raba60

Dani Raba

Spain

B.date29/10/1995

Age22 years

H1m84

positionRight Winger

14Trigueros

Manu Trigueros

Spain

B.date17/10/1991

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

16Rodri

Rodri

Spain

B.date22/06/1996

Age21 years

H1m91

positionDefensive Midfielder

4Semedo48

Ruben Semedo

Portugal

B.date04/04/1994

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

11Costa

Jaume Costa

Spain

B.date18/03/1988

Age29 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

6Ruiz

Víctor Ruiz

Spain

B.date25/01/1989

Age28 years

H1m84

positionLeft central defender

3González86

Álvaro González

Spain

B.date08/01/1990

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

2Mario Gaspar

Mario Gaspar

Spain

B.date24/11/1990

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

1Asenjo

Sergio Asenjo

Spain

B.date28/06/1989

Age28 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sergio Asenjo		28	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ruben Semedo	48	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Álvaro González	86	27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Víctor Ruiz		28	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Jaume Costa		29	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mario Gaspar		27	286	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Rodri		21	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Manu Trigueros		26	235	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Roberto Soriano	64	26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Cédric Bakambu	61	26	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Dani Raba	60	22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

114

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9L. Suárez72

Luis Suárez

Uruguay

B.date24/01/1987

Age30 years

H1m82

positionStriker

10Messi83

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age30 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

6D. Suárez58

Denis Suárez

Spain

B.date06/01/1994

Age23 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

4Rakitic

Ivan Rakitic

Croatia

B.date10/03/1988

Age29 years

H1m84

positionPlaymaker

15Paulinho68

Paulinho

Brazil

B.date25/07/1988

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

5Busquets8645

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age29 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Alba

Jordi Alba

Spain

B.date21/03/1989

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

25Vermaelen

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age32 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

3Piqué

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age30 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

20Sergi Roberto

Sergi Roberto

Spain

B.date07/02/1992

Age25 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

1ter Stegen

Marc-André ter Stegen

Germany

B.date30/04/1992

Age25 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Marc-André ter Stegen		25	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gerard Piqué		30	416	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Thomas Vermaelen		32	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Sergi Roberto		25	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jordi Alba		28	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Sergio Busquets	8645	29	455	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Paulinho	68	29	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Denis Suárez	58	23	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ivan Rakitic		29	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi	83	30	606	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Luis Suárez	72	30	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

221

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Mariano Barbosa		33
23	D	Daniele Bonera		36
22	D	Antonio Rukavina	64	33	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Adrián Marín		20
33	M	Chuca		20
26	M	Ramiro Guerra		20
10	F	Samuel Castillejo	48	22	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Jasper Cillessen		28
39	D	David Costas		22
2	D	Nélson Semedo		24
19	D	Lucas Digne		24
21	M	André Gomes	86	24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Aleix Vidal	68	28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Paco Alcácer	58	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sergio Asenjo

Mariano Barbosa

OUT

Mario Gaspar

Antonio Rukavina

OUT

Jaume Costa

Adrián Marín

OUT

Víctor Ruiz

Pau Torres

OUT

Rodri

Chuca

OUT

Dani Raba

Manuel Morlanes

OUT

Álvaro González

Genís Montolio

OUT

Ruben Semedo

Ramiro Guerra

OUT

Cédric Bakambu

Darío Poveda

OUT

Manu Trigueros

Mario Gonzalez

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jordi Alba

Lucas Digne

OUT

Marc-André ter Stegen

Jasper Cillessen

OUT

Lionel Messi

Paco Alcácer

OUT

Sergio Busquets

André Gomes

OUT

Sergi Roberto

Nélson Semedo

OUT

Paulinho

Aleix Vidal

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Javier Calleja

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Calleja vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 10, 2017

Calleja vs Valverde

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 10, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernesto Valverde

Success rate in this team:

72 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Valverde vs Villarreal

10 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 10, 2017

Valverde vs Calleja

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 10, 2017

Referee

Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

10 victories	3 draws	8 losses	Villarreal21 matches	General total	FC Barcelona28 matches	23 victories	1 draw	4 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Villarreal1 match	Season total	FC Barcelona3 matches	3 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 26, 2023					Latest figure on April 29, 2024

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Comments

Key figures

Villarreal keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded in La Liga running (since 19/11/2017).

Villarreal keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 22/10/2017).

It's the first time Lionel Messi scores a goal vs Villarreal in his professional career since the 06/05/2017 (with FC Barcelona vs Villarreal )

Read the next 20 key stats

General ranking

-1	4	Real Madrid	31 pts	15 rd
	5	Sevilla FC	28 pts	15 rd
	6	Villarreal	21 pts	15 rd
	7	Getafe	20 pts	15 rd
	8	Leganés	20 pts	15 rd

General ranking

	1	FC Barcelona	39 pts	15 rd
	2	Valencia CF	34 pts	15 rd
+1	3	Atlético Madrid	33 pts	15 rd
-1	4	Real Madrid	31 pts	15 rd
	5	Sevilla FC	28 pts	15 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DVillarreal 2-2 Slavia Prague19/10/2017

VVillarreal 4-0 Las Palmas22/10/2017

VVillarreal 2-0 Málaga05/11/2017

LVillarreal 2-3 Sevilla FC26/11/2017

VVillarreal 3-0 Ponferradina30/11/2017

LVillarreal 0-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv07/12/2017

Overall

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 Villarreal19/11/2017

VAstana 2-3 Villarreal23/11/2017

LVillarreal 2-3 Sevilla FC26/11/2017

VVillarreal 3-0 Ponferradina30/11/2017

LLeganés 3-1 Villarreal03/12/2017

LVillarreal 0-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv07/12/2017

Current form

Away

VMurcia 0-3 FC Barcelona24/10/2017

VAthletic Bilbao 0-2 FC Barcelona28/10/2017

DOlympiacos 0-0 FC Barcelona31/10/2017

VLeganés 0-3 FC Barcelona18/11/2017

DJuventus 0-0 FC Barcelona22/11/2017

DValencia CF 1-1 FC Barcelona26/11/2017

Overall

VLeganés 0-3 FC Barcelona18/11/2017

DJuventus 0-0 FC Barcelona22/11/2017

DValencia CF 1-1 FC Barcelona26/11/2017

VFC Barcelona 5-0 Murcia29/11/2017

DFC Barcelona 2-2 Celta Vigo02/12/2017

VFC Barcelona 2-0 Sporting CP05/12/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	5	5
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	11	22
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

6	General ranking (Competition total)	1
8	General ranking (Home / Away)	2
30	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	2
5	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

14	Number of games (Competition total)	14
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
6	Victories (Competition total)	11
4	Victories (Home / Away)	5
3	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.57	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.57
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.43

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
3-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

42	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
16	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Cédric Bakambu	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Lionel Messi
Cédric Bakambu	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Luis Suárez
Cédric Bakambu	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Lionel Messi
Cédric Bakambu	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Pablo Fornals	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Jordi Alba
Pablo Fornals	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Sergi Roberto
Manu Trigueros	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	13 goals, 4 assists during the last 13 matches	Lionel Messi

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

6 v

5 d

9 l

27 gf

29 ga

Away

20 matches

3 v

4 d

13 l

21 gf

46 ga

Total

40 matches

9 v

9 d

22 l

48 gf

75 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

13 v

4 d

3 l

46 gf

21 ga

Away

20 matches

9 v

5 d

6 l

29 gf

27 ga

Total

40 matches

22 v

9 d

9 l

75 gf

48 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 09, 2005
Home	3 - 0	January 09, 2005

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 29, 2011
Away	4 - 1	May 01, 2010

Latest head to head

May 06, 2017 - La Liga 2016/2017

FC Barcelona

4 - 1

Villarreal logo Villarreal

January 08, 2017 - La Liga 2016/2017

Villarreal

1 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

March 20, 2016 - Liga BBVA 2015/2016

Villarreal

2 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

November 08, 2015 - Liga BBVA 2015/2016

FC Barcelona

3 - 0

Villarreal logo Villarreal

March 04, 2015 - Copa del Rey 2014/2015

Villarreal

1 - 3

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Diego Forlán	5 goals	2005 - 2005
Víctor	5 goals	2000 - 2002
Marcos Senna	3 goals	2007 - 2008
Joseba Llorente	3 goals	2009 - 2010
Cédric Bakambu	2 goals	2016 - 2017
Jorge López	2 goals	2001 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Villarreal

Lionel Messi	12 goals	2010 - 2017
Neymar	9 goals	2013 - 2017
Patrick Kluivert	7 goals	1999 - 2003
Luis Suárez	3 goals	2015 - 2017
Ronaldinho	3 goals	2005 - 2006
Ludovic Giuly	2 goals	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Bruno Soriano	18 matches	2007 - 2017
Marcos Senna	17 matches	2002 - 2012
Cani	14 matches	2006 - 2014
Rodolfo Arruabarrena	13 matches	2000 - 2007
Mateo Musacchio	12 matches	2010 - 2017
Josico	12 matches	2002 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Villarreal

Xavi	27 matches	1998 - 2015
Andrés Iniesta	22 matches	2003 - 2017
Carles Puyol	21 matches	2000 - 2012
Lionel Messi	20 matches	2005 - 2017
Víctor Valdés	19 matches	2003 - 2012
Sergio Busquets	17 matches	2008 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/12/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Quique Álvarez

244 matches

6 matches

1993 - 2007

Pepe Reina

147 matches

49 matches

2000 - 2005

Juan Román Riquelme

145 matches

42 matches

2002 - 2006

Jonathan dos Santos

127 matches

26 matches

2009 - 2017

Roberto

87 matches

194 matches

1986 - 1999

Roger

86 matches

107 matches

1995 - 2006

Total : 18 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1986. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Guillermo Amor

67 matches

419 matches

1988 - 2002

Roberto

87 matches

194 matches

1986 - 1999

Roger

86 matches

107 matches

1995 - 2006

Belletti

83 matches

102 matches

2002 - 2007

Edmílson

12 matches

96 matches

2004 - 2009

Juan Antonio Pizzi

14 matches

72 matches

1996 - 2002

Total : 18 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/08/1986. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 08, 2017

Alavés

2 0

Las Palmas

Line-ups available

December 09, 2017

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

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December 10, 2017

Line-ups available

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December 11, 2017

Espanyol

0 1

Girona

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	FC Barcelona	39	15	12	3	0	38	7	+31
2	Valencia CF	34	15	10	4	1	35	14	+21
+13	Atlético Madrid	33	15	9	6	0	24	7	+17
-14	Real Madrid	31	15	9	4	2	30	11	+19
5	Sevilla FC	28	15	9	1	5	19	19	0
6	Villarreal	21	15	6	3	6	22	20	+2
7	Getafe	20	15	5	5	5	20	15	+5
8	Leganés	20	15	6	2	7	12	14	-2
9	Real Sociedad	19	15	5	4	6	28	28	0
10	Celta Vigo	18	15	5	3	7	27	23	+4
11	Eibar	18	15	5	3	7	16	27	-11
12	Real Betis	18	15	5	3	7	23	29	-6
+413	Athletic Bilbao	17	15	4	5	6	16	19	-3
-114	Girona	17	14	4	5	5	18	22	-4
-115	Levante	16	15	3	7	5	15	22	-7
-116	Espanyol	16	14	4	4	6	11	18	-7
-117	Deportivo La Coruña	15	15	4	3	8	18	27	-9
18	Alavés	12	15	4	0	11	12	24	-12
+119	Málaga	11	15	3	2	10	13	28	-15
-120	Las Palmas	10	15	3	1	11	11	34	-23

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Villarreal 0-2 FC Barcelona - December 10, 2017 / La Liga Santander 2017/2018

Villarreal

0 - 2

FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Calleja vs FC Barcelona

Calleja vs Valverde

Manager

Valverde vs Villarreal

Valverde vs Calleja

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Best historical scorers against Villarreal

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Players with most games played vs Villarreal

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking