Villarreal 1-4 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 1 May 2010
Result
Villarreal 1-4 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 1 May 2010, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-3
Villarreal 1-4 FC Barcelona: match report
Villarreal were beaten by FC Barcelona 1-4 in La Liga on Saturday 1 May 2010. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Villarreal's goal came from Llorente (67'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (19'), Xavi (34'), Bojan Krkic (42') and Lionel Messi (88').
Discipline: Villarreal received 4 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 6th on 52 points from 34 and FC Barcelona 1st on 87 points from 34. Villarreal went on to finish that season 7th with 56 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 99.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 4 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-W-L-W-W and FC Barcelona's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 33'Yellow card · Gonzalo Rodríguez
- 34'Goal · Xavi
- 40'Yellow card · Capdevila
- 42'Goal · Bojan Krkic
- 53'Yellow card · S. Kéita
- 56'Yellow card · Diego Godín
- 63'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 67'Goal · Llorente
- 73'Yellow card · Puyol
- 79'Yellow card · Llorente
- 88'Goal · Lionel Messi
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Joan Capdevila, Ángel López, Santi Cazorla, Cani, Ariel Ibagaza, Bruno, Nilmar, Giuseppe Rossi
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Gianluca Zambrotta