Barcelona 3-5 Villarreal
Key numbers
- Possession 71% – 29%
- Shots 22 (10 on target) – 9 (6)
- Decisive moment: 90+9' Alexander Sørloth, FN xPts +1.9
İlkay Gündoğan 60'
Pedri 68'
Eric Bailly 71' (OG)
Pedri 68'
Eric Bailly 71' (OG)
HT 0:1
Gerard Moreno 41'
Ilias Akhomach 54'
Gonçalo Guedes 84'
Alexander Sørloth 90+9'
José Luis Morales 90+12'
Ilias Akhomach 54'
Gonçalo Guedes 84'
Alexander Sørloth 90+9'
José Luis Morales 90+12'
Barcelona 3rd · 44 pts|Villarreal 15th → 14th · 23 pts
Barcelona edged xG (2.21–2.18) but Villarreal took the win.
Player of the matchİlkay GündoğanDecisive moment90+9' Alexander Sørloth+1.9
Player of the match
İlkay Gündoğan Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 9.0 (Dominant)
Game state
Barcelona ahead 13 min · level 50 min · Villarreal ahead 27 min
- Pedri — off the bench 45 min · 1G 0A
- Gonçalo Guedes — off the bench 32 min · 1G 1A
- José Luis Morales — off the bench 12 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
41'
Gerard Moreno
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Alexander Sørloth +0.3
+0.9
54'
Ilias Akhomach
Goal
+0.7
60'
İlkay Gündoğan
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Robert Lewandowski +0.2
+0.5
68'
Pedri
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist İlkay Gündoğan +0.3
+1.0
71'
Eric Bailly
Own goal
−0.7
84'
Gonçalo Guedes
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Alexander Sørloth +0.2
+0.8
90+9'
Alexander Sørloth
Goal
+1.9
90+12'
José Luis Morales
Goal · assist Gonçalo Guedes
0.0
Barcelona
Expected (last two seasons) 2.1Own moments +1.5Opponent moments −2.7Time effect −0.9→ League points won 0
Villarreal
Expected (last two seasons) 0.7Own moments +3.6Opponent moments −1.9Time effect +0.6→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
BarcelonaVillarreal
71%Possession29%
2.21Expected goals (xG)2.18
0.1xG per shot0.24
22Shots9
10Shots on target6
45%Shots on target %67%
14Shots in box8
666Passes270
88%Pass accuracy73%
10Corners0
1Saves7
8Fouls13
3Yellow cards4
0Offsides3
Compared with usual
Barcelona
last 3 matches, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg |
|---|
Villarreal
last 16 matches, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 5 | 1.5 | high |
| Conceded | 3 | 1.9 | |
| xG | 2.18 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 2.21 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 9 | 14.2 | |
| On target | 6 | 5.3 | |
| Shots faced | 22 | 13.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.24 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 29% | 52.6% | low |
| Passes | 270 | 503.4 | low |
| Pass accuracy | 73% | 84.7% | low |
| Corners | 0 | 4.8 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 12.6 |
Timeline
- 16' Yellow Alejandro Baena
- 33' Yellow Oriol Romeu
- 41' Goal Gerard Moreno league goal #10 assist Alexander Sørloth
- 46' Sub Andreas Christensen → Pau Cubarsí
- 46' Sub Oriol Romeu → Pedri
- 46' Sub Hector Fort → João Cancelo
- 54' Goal Ilias Akhomach league goal #1
- 58' Sub João Félix → Ferran Torres
- 58' Sub Ilias Akhomach → Gonçalo Guedes
- 60' Goal İlkay Gündoğan league goal #4 assist Robert Lewandowski
- 68' Goal Pedri league goal #2 assist İlkay Gündoğan
- 68' Yellow Robert Lewandowski
- 68' Yellow Eric Bailly
- 71' Goal Eric Bailly (OG)
- 71' Sub Alejandro Baena → Étienne Capoue
- 71' Sub Alberto Moreno → Aïssa Mandi
- 77' Sub Robert Lewandowski → Vitor Roque
- 78' Sub Gerard Moreno → José Luis Morales
- 78' Sub Kiko Femenía → Yerson Mosquera
- 84' Goal Gonçalo Guedes league goal #1 assist Alexander Sørloth
- 89' Yellow Ronald Araújo
- 89' Yellow Yerson Mosquera
- 90+1' VAR İlkay Gündoğan
- 90+4' Yellow Jorge Cuenca
- 90+9' Goal Alexander Sørloth league goal #8
- 90+12' Goal José Luis Morales league goal #6 assist Gonçalo Guedes
Category leaders
- Key passesİlkay Gündoğan10
- Duels wonLamine Yamal12/16
- DribblesLamine Yamal6/8
- Defensive actionsJorge Cuenca8
- ShotsLamine Yamal6 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonLamine Yamal4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.