Villarreal 0-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 21 December 2025
Result
Villarreal 0-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 21 December 2025, 15:15 UTC · half-time 0-1
Villarreal 0-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Villarreal lost to FC Barcelona 0-2 in La Liga on Sunday 21 December 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.
Raphinha opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Villarreal did not score. FC Barcelona scored through Raphinha (12', penalty) and Lamine Yamal (63').
Discipline: Villarreal received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 4th on 35 points from 15 and FC Barcelona 1st on 43 points from 17. Villarreal went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 94.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lamine Yamal of FC Barcelona (9.0), ahead of Frenkie de Jong (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 0 draws and 7 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 12'Penalty goal · Raphinha
- 39'Red card · Renato Veiga
- 58'Yellow card · Eric García
- 63'Goal · Lamine Yamal
- 73'Yellow card · Tajon Buchanan
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Luiz Júnior, Pau Navarro, Rafa Marín, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Tajon Buchanan, Santi Comesaña, Dani Parejo, Alberto Moleiro, Nicolas Pépé, Ayoze Pérez
FC Barcelona line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joan García, Jules Koundé, Pau Cubarsí, Gerard Martín, Alejandro Balde, Eric García, Frenkie de Jong, Lamine Yamal, Fermín López, Raphinha, Ferran Torres