FC Barcelona 5-1 Villarreal: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 9 May 2018
Result
FC Barcelona 5-1 Villarreal
La Liga · Wednesday 9 May 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
FC Barcelona 5-1 Villarreal: match report
FC Barcelona beat Villarreal 5-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 9 May 2018. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring in the 11th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Philippe Coutinho (11'), Paulinho (16'), Lionel Messi (45'), Ousmane Dembélé (87') and Ousmane Dembélé (90+3'). Villarreal scored through Nicola Sansone (54').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 87 points from 35 and Villarreal 6th on 57 points from 35. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Villarreal 5th with 61.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (9.0), ahead of Ousmane Dembélé (8.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 0 for Villarreal.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Philippe Coutinho
- 16'Goal · Paulinho
- 44'Yellow card · Víctor Ruiz
- 45'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 54'Goal · Nicola Sansone
- 72'Yellow card · Javi Fuego
- 72'Yellow card · Javi Fuego
- 81'Yellow card · Mario Gaspar
- 87'Goal · Ousmane Dembélé
- 90+3'Goal · Ousmane Dembélé
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Jasper Cillessen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Lucas Digne, Thomas Vermaelen, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Paulinho, Lionel Messi, Ousmane Dembélé, Philippe Coutinho
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Víctor Ruiz, Jaume Costa, Denis Cheryshev, Samu Castillejo, Manu Trigueros, Rodri, Pablo Fornals, Carlos Bacca