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FC Barcelona 1-2 Villarreal - March 09, 2008 / Primera Division 2007/2008

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Primera Division 2007/2008 - Round 27

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

March 09, 2008

1 - 2

Villarreal

Assist by Andrés Iniesta (right foot) Xavi

67'

31'

Marcos Senna (penalty)

81'

Jon Dahl Tomasson (right foot) Assist by Sebastián Eguren

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31' - Goal Marcos Senna

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63' - Substitution Guillermo Francois substituted by Jon Dahl Tomasson

64' - Substitution Thierry Henryis substituted by Bojan Krkic64

67' - Goal Xavi67

75' - Substitution Robert Pirèsis substituted by Bruno Soriano

81' - Goal Jon Dahl Tomasson

84' - Substitution Xaviis substituted by Giovani84

86' - Substitution Matías Fernándezis substituted by Nihat Kahveci

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

1 - 2

Villarreal

FC Barcelona Villarreal

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Ronaldinho

Brazil

B.date21/03/1980

Age27 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o

Cameroon

B.date10/03/1981

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Henry64

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age30 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age23 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

Xavi6784

Xavi

Spain

B.date25/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Touré

Yaya Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date13/05/1983

Age24 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

Abidal

Éric Abidal

France

B.date11/07/1979

Age28 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Milito

Gabriel Milito

Argentina

B.date07/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft central defender

Thuram

Lilian Thuram

France

B.date01/01/1972

Age36 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Zambrotta

Gianluca Zambrotta

Italy

B.date19/02/1977

Age31 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Víctor Valdés		26	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lilian Thuram		36	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gabriel Milito		27	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Éric Abidal		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Zambrotta		31	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yaya Touré		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xavi	6784	28	406	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrés Iniesta		23	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ronaldinho		27	207	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thierry Henry	64	30	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Samuel Eto'o		26	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

132

Villarreal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Franco63

Guillermo Franco

Mexico

B.date03/11/1976

Age31 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Fernández86

Matías Fernández

Chile

B.date15/05/1986

Age21 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

Pirès75

Robert Pirès

France

B.date29/10/1973

Age34 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Santi Cazorla

Spain

B.date13/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m68

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Senna31

Marcos Senna

Spain

B.date17/07/1976

Age31 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

Eguren

Sebastián Eguren

Uruguay

B.date08/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Capdevila

Joan Capdevila

Spain

B.date02/03/1978

Age30 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

Godín

Diego Godín

Uruguay

B.date16/02/1986

Age22 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Rodríguez

Gonzalo Rodríguez

Argentina

B.date10/04/1984

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Venta

Javi Venta

Spain

B.date13/12/1975

Age32 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

López

Diego López

Spain

B.date03/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Diego López		26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Diego Godín		22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gonzalo Rodríguez		23	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Javi Venta		32	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joan Capdevila		30	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marcos Senna	31	31	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robert Pirès	75	34	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sebastián Eguren		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matías Fernández	86	21	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Santi Cazorla		23	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Guillermo Franco	63	31	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Giovani	84	18	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Bojan Krkic	64	17	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Bruno Soriano	75	23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jon Dahl Tomasson	8163	31	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nihat Kahveci	86	28	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Éric Abidal

Sylvinho

OUT

Gabriel Milito

Carles Puyol

OUT

Andrés Iniesta

Deco

OUT

Thierry Henry

Lionel Messi

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Javi Venta

Ángel

OUT

Matías Fernández

Nihat Kahveci

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank Rijkaard

257

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Rijkaard vs Villarreal

4 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 09, 2008

Rijkaard vs Pellegrini

4 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 09, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Manuel Pellegrini

197

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Pellegrini vs FC Barcelona

4 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 09, 2008

Pellegrini vs Rijkaard

4 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 09, 2008

Referee

Alfonso Pérez Burrull

7 victories	5 draws	8 losses	FC Barcelona20 matches	General total	Villarreal17 matches	8 victories	1 draw	8 losses
0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	FC Barcelona3 matches	Season total	Villarreal3 matches	3 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 05, 2010					Latest figure on April 13, 2010

Videos

September 11, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Villarreal keeps its 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 31/01/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/09/2004-24/10/2004 time period (10 matches).

End of streak for FC Barcelona after 4 consecutive wins at home in La Liga (since 12/01/2008).

FC Barcelona keeps its 14 consecutive matches without a draw at home in La Liga running (since 02/09/2007). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/10/1999-06/05/2000 time period (14 matches).

Read the next 20 key stats

General ranking

	1	Real Madrid	62 pts	27 rd
	2	FC Barcelona	54 pts	27 rd
	3	Villarreal	50 pts	27 rd
	4	Atlético Madrid	44 pts	27 rd
+1	5	Racing Santander	44 pts	27 rd

General ranking

	1	Real Madrid	62 pts	27 rd
	2	FC Barcelona	54 pts	27 rd
	3	Villarreal	50 pts	27 rd
	4	Atlético Madrid	44 pts	27 rd
+1	5	Racing Santander	44 pts	27 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Racing Santander20/01/2008

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Villarreal31/01/2008

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Osasuna03/02/2008

VFC Barcelona 5-1 Levante24/02/2008

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Valencia CF27/02/2008

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Celtic Glasgow04/03/2008

Overall

VReal Zaragoza 1-2 FC Barcelona16/02/2008

VCeltic Glasgow 2-3 FC Barcelona20/02/2008

VFC Barcelona 5-1 Levante24/02/2008

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Valencia CF27/02/2008

LAtlético Madrid 4-2 FC Barcelona01/03/2008

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Celtic Glasgow04/03/2008

Current form

Away

LRecreativo Huelva 1-0 Villarreal09/01/2008

LReal Madrid 3-2 Villarreal27/01/2008

LFC Barcelona 1-0 Villarreal31/01/2008

VMurcia 0-1 Villarreal09/02/2008

LZenit St.Petersburg 1-0 Villarreal13/02/2008

VAthletic Bilbao 1-2 Villarreal24/02/2008

Overall

VMurcia 0-1 Villarreal09/02/2008

LZenit St.Petersburg 1-0 Villarreal13/02/2008

DVillarreal 0-0 Racing Santander17/02/2008

VVillarreal 2-1 Zenit St.Petersburg21/02/2008

VAthletic Bilbao 1-2 Villarreal24/02/2008

DVillarreal 0-0 Osasuna02/03/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	9	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	6	10
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	24	0
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	3
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	2
3	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	11
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	26
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
16	Victories (Competition total)	14
12	Victories (Home / Away)	7
6	Draws (Competition total)	5
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
4	Losses (Competition total)	7
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

51	Goals scored (Competition total)	43
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.96	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.65
2.54	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.75
0.81	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.35
0.46	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
3-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (2 times)

Bookings

39	Yellow cards (Competition total)	57
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	28
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Samuel Eto'o	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Nihat Kahveci
Lionel Messi	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Nihat Kahveci
Ronaldinho	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Giuseppe Rossi
Lionel Messi	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Giuseppe Rossi
Lionel Messi	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Thierry Henry	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Samuel Eto'o	4 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Guillermo Franco

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

6 v

2 d

2 l

18 gf

9 ga

Away

11 matches

3 v

2 d

6 l

12 gf

19 ga

Total

21 matches

9 v

4 d

8 l

30 gf

28 ga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

6 v

2 d

3 l

19 gf

12 ga

Away

10 matches

2 v

2 d

6 l

9 gf

18 ga

Total

21 matches

8 v

4 d

9 l

28 gf

30 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 25, 2006
Home	4 - 0	November 25, 2006

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 09, 2005
Away	3 - 1	December 13, 1998

Latest head to head

January 31, 2008 - Copa del Rey 2007/2008

FC Barcelona

1 - 0

Villarreal logo Villarreal

January 24, 2008 - Copa del Rey 2007/2008

Villarreal

0 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

October 20, 2007 - Primera Division 2007/2008

Villarreal

3 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

April 22, 2007 - Primera Division 2006/2007

Villarreal

2 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

November 25, 2006 - Primera Division 2006/2007

FC Barcelona

4 - 0

Villarreal logo Villarreal

Best historical scorers against Villarreal

Patrick Kluivert	7 goals	1999 - 2003
Ronaldinho	3 goals	2005 - 2006
Rivaldo	2 goals	1999 - 2001
Ludovic Giuly	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Philip Cocu	2 goals	1999 - 2000
Samuel Eto'o	1 goal	2006 - 2006

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 FC Barcelona

Diego Forlán	5 goals	2005 - 2005
Víctor	5 goals	2000 - 2002
Javier Calleja	2 goals	2001 - 2003
Gica Craioveanu	2 goals	1998 - 1998
Jorge López	2 goals	2001 - 2003
Marcos Senna	2 goals	2007 - 2007

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	15 matches	1998 - 2008
Carles Puyol	15 matches	2000 - 2008
Patrick Kluivert	10 matches	1998 - 2004
Víctor Valdés	10 matches	2003 - 2008
Philip Cocu	9 matches	1998 - 2004
Deco	9 matches	2005 - 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 FC Barcelona

Rodolfo Arruabarrena	13 matches	2000 - 2007
Josico	12 matches	2002 - 2008
Marcos Senna	10 matches	2002 - 2008
Javi Venta	8 matches	2003 - 2008
José Mari	8 matches	2003 - 2007
Antonio Guayre	7 matches	2002 - 2006

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

Guillermo Amor

419 matches

67 matches

1988 - 2002

Roberto

194 matches

87 matches

1986 - 1999

Roger

107 matches

86 matches

1995 - 2006

Belletti

102 matches

83 matches

2002 - 2007

Juan Antonio Pizzi

72 matches

14 matches

1996 - 2002

Sonny Anderson

68 matches

64 matches

1997 - 2004

Total : 13 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

Quique Álvarez

6 matches

244 matches

1993 - 2007

Pepe Reina

49 matches

147 matches

2000 - 2005

Juan Román Riquelme

42 matches

145 matches

2002 - 2006

Roberto

194 matches

87 matches

1986 - 1999

Roger

107 matches

86 matches

1995 - 2006

Belletti

102 matches

83 matches

2002 - 2007

Total : 13 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

March 08, 2008

Real Zaragoza

2 1

Atlético Madrid

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Real Madrid

2 1

Espanyol

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March 09, 2008

Sevilla FC

2 1

Levante

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Real Madrid	62	27	20	2	5	59	24	+35
2	FC Barcelona	54	27	16	6	5	52	23	+29
3	Villarreal	50	27	15	5	7	45	36	+9
4	Atlético Madrid	44	27	13	5	9	45	32	+13
+15	Racing Santander	44	27	12	8	7	28	25	+3
+16	Sevilla FC	42	27	13	3	11	54	36	+18
-27	Espanyol	42	27	12	6	9	38	34	+4
8	Almería	37	27	10	7	10	23	25	-2
9	Valencia CF	36	27	10	6	11	30	39	-9
10	Getafe	36	27	10	6	11	35	35	0
+211	Mallorca	34	27	7	13	7	44	40	+4
+312	Osasuna	33	27	9	6	12	30	32	-2
+313	Athletic Bilbao	33	27	8	9	10	26	27	-1
-314	Real Betis	32	27	8	8	11	31	39	-8
-315	Real Zaragoza	32	27	8	8	11	39	46	-7
+116	Deportivo La Coruña	31	27	8	7	12	32	40	-8
-317	Valladolid	31	27	8	7	12	32	45	-13
18	Recreativo Huelva	29	27	7	8	12	27	44	-17
19	Murcia	23	27	5	8	14	20	41	-21
20	Levante	19	27	5	4	18	23	50	-27

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FC Barcelona 1-2 Villarreal - March 09, 2008 / Primera Division 2007/2008

FC Barcelona

1 - 2

Villarreal

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

Rijkaard vs Villarreal

Rijkaard vs Pellegrini

Manager

Pellegrini vs FC Barcelona

Pellegrini vs Rijkaard

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 Villarreal

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Players with most games played vs Villarreal

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking