Villarreal 2-3 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 27 April 2014
Result
Villarreal 2-3 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 27 April 2014, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Villarreal 2-3 FC Barcelona: match report
Villarreal were beaten by FC Barcelona 2-3 in La Liga on Sunday 27 April 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Cani opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Cani (45+1') and Manu Trigueros (55'). FC Barcelona scored through an own goal by Gabriel Paulista (65'), an own goal by Mateo Musacchio (78') and Lionel Messi (83').
Discipline: Villarreal received 3 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 7th on 52 points from 34 and FC Barcelona 3rd on 79 points from 34. Villarreal went on to finish that season 6th with 59 points, and FC Barcelona 3rd with 85.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Villarreal win, 3 draws and 6 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read L-W-L-D-W and FC Barcelona's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 45+1'Goal · Cani
- 50'Yellow card · A. Sánchez
- 55'Goal · Manu Trigueros
- 56'Yellow card · Mario Gaspar
- 65'Own goal · Gabriel Paulista
- 78'Own goal · Mateo Musacchio
- 83'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 85'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 89'Yellow card · Manu Trigueros
- 90'Yellow card · Cani
- 90+1'Yellow card · Dani Alves
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-3-3)
Sergio Asenjo, Mario Gaspar, Bojan Jokić, Mateo Musacchio, Gabriel Paulista, Tomás Pina, Cani, Manu Trigueros, Bruno, Jérémy Perbet, Giovani Dos Santos
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
José Manuel Pinto, Marc Bartra, Adriano, Dani Alves, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Javier Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Pedro, Alexis Sánchez, Lionel Messi