FC Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 14 December 2013
Result
FC Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal
La Liga · Saturday 14 December 2013, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 2-1 Villarreal: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Villarreal 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 14 December 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.
Neymar opened the scoring in the 30th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Neymar (30', penalty) and Neymar (68'). Villarreal scored through Mateo Musacchio (48').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Villarreal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 38 points from 15 and Villarreal 5th on 28 points from 15. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 3rd with 85 points, and Villarreal 6th with 59.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 2 for Villarreal.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Villarreal's D-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 30'Penalty goal · Neymar
- 38'Yellow card · Manu Trigueros
- 48'Goal · Mateo Musacchio
- 68'Goal · Neymar
- 85'Yellow card · Neymar
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
José Manuel Pinto, Martín Montoya, Gerard Piqué, Marc Bartra, Jordi Alba, Cesc Fàbregas, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Alex Song, Alexis Sánchez, Neymar
Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Mateo Musacchio, Chechu Dorado, Javier Aquino, Jaume Costa, Tomás Pina, Hernán Pérez, Manu Trigueros, Edu Ramos, Giovani Dos Santos