Wednesday , 30 September 2026

FC Barcelona vs Villarreal CF, La Liga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Primera Division · 2024-25
FC Barcelona
2 – 3
Full Time
Villarreal CF
Sun 18 May 2025 · 17:00 UTC Olimpic Lluis Companys 49,558 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 4' Ayoze Perez
Lamine Yamal 38' 1–1
Fermin Lopez 45+5' 2–1
2–2 51' Santi Comesana
2–3 80' Tajon Buchanan
Eric Garcia 43' Y

Overview

Match Preview

FC Barcelona vs Villarreal CF — La Liga at Olimpic Lluis Companys.

Match Details

  • Referee Jose Munuera Montero (Spain)
  • Assistant 1 Inigo Prieto Lopez (Spain)
  • Assistant 2 Antonio Martinez Moreno (Spain)
4 games this season 🟨 3.5/game ⚽ 19.8 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Barcelona 7 21
2 Club Atlético de Madrid 7 16
3 Real Betis Balompié 7 16
4 Real Madrid CF 7 15
5 Sevilla FC 7 13
6 Deportivo Alavés 7 11
7 RC Deportivo La Coruña 7 10
8 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 7 10
9 CA Osasuna 7 8
10 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 7 8
11 Villarreal CF 7 8
12 Athletic Club 6 8
13 Getafe CF 7 8
14 RC Celta de Vigo 7 7
15 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 7 7
16 Real Racing Club de Santander 7 7
17 Levante UD 6 5
18 Elche CF 7 5
19 Valencia CF 7 4
20 Málaga CF 7 3

Head-to-Head

12
1
3
FC Barcelona 16 games · Avg 4.3 goals Villarreal CF
Last 5 meetings
2025-05-18 FC Barcelona 2–3 Villarreal CF 2024-09-22 Villarreal CF 1–5 FC Barcelona 2024-01-27 FC Barcelona 3–5 Villarreal CF 2023-08-27 Villarreal CF 3–4 FC Barcelona 2023-02-12 Villarreal CF 0–1 FC Barcelona

Recent Form

FC Barcelona
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 May Villarreal CF H 2–3 L
15 May RCD Espanyol de Barcelona A 2–0 W
11 May Real Madrid CF H 4–3 W
06 May FC Internazionale Milano A 3–4 L
03 May Real Valladolid CF A 2–1 W
30 Apr FC Internazionale Milano H 3–3 D
Villarreal CF
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 May FC Barcelona A 3–2 W
14 May CD Leganes H 3–0 W
10 May Girona FC A 1–0 W
03 May CA Osasuna H 4–2 W
27 Apr RCD Espanyol de Barcelona H 1–0 W
23 Apr RC Celta de Vigo A 0–3 L

Season Stats

FC Barcelona Villarreal CF
#1 Position #11
21 Points 8
7 Played 7
7 / 0 / 0 W / D / L 2 / 2 / 3
31 Scored 13
7 Conceded 12
+24 GD +1
3.00 PPG 1.14
100% Win % 29%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)
75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
43% Clean Sheets
FC Barcelona this season
0% Clean Sheets
Villarreal CF this season

FC Barcelona are 1st (21 pts). Villarreal CF are 11th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Barcelona
0-15
4/1
16-30
6/2
31-45
3/–
46-60
3/1
61-75
5/1
76+
8/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Villarreal CF
0-15
–/1
16-30
2/1
31-45
5/6
46-60
1/1
61-75
1/–
76+
3/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Barcelona
Raphinha 12 G 2 A
Lamine Yamal 7 G 4 A
Fermin Lopez 4 G 2 A
Karim Adeyemi 2 G 2 A
Villarreal CF
Pape Gueye 3 G
Alberto Moleiro 2 G 3 A
Georges Mikautadze 2 G 1 A
Nicolas Pepe 2 G
Gerard Moreno 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. FC Barcelona is hosting Villarreal CF for another epic battle.
  • 4' Ayoze Perez makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Villarreal CF are in front.
  • 9' Yeremy has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 14' FC Barcelona are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Villarreal CF's 4-4-2 shape.
  • 19' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Barcelona needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 24' Villarreal CF have won 559 goals from 410 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 29' The energy levels are beginning to show. Hansi Flick might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 34' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Barcelona and Villarreal CF are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 38' Against the run of play, Lamine Yamal has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 43' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Eric Garcia.
  • 46' Another change for FC Barcelona made on 46 minute. Pedri leaves to be changed by Frenkie de Jong.
  • 50' Fermin Lopez adds to his 3 season tally! FC Barcelona lead 2-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 51' Santi Comesana is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the midfielder.
  • 56' Logan Costa has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 424 appearances.
  • 58' The Villarreal CF bench stirs into life. Dani Parejo is withdrawn and Pape Gueye gets his opportunity.
  • 63' Over 63 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 64' Willy Kambwala is replacing Pau Navarro for the Villarreal CF side.
  • 69' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 74' The supporters are chanting for Hector Fort. He replaces Eric Garcia on 74 minute.
  • 77' Another substitution for Villarreal CF to replace Nicolas Pepe by Gerard Moreno on 77 minute.
  • 80' Tajon Buchanan does the damage! The net is bulging and Villarreal CF surge ahead!
  • 85' Fresh legs for FC Barcelona! Dani Olmo comes on to replace Pablo Gavira.
  • 90' Villarreal CF come into this ranked 5 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 2-3 the final result. FC Barcelona will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

FC Barcelona Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Hansi Flick

Villarreal CF Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marcelino

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Robert Lewandowski 5
Ansu Fati 5
Antoine Griezmann 4
Samuel Chukwueze 3
Lionel Messi 3
Raphinha 2
Pedri 2
Ayoze Perez 2

Head to Head

2025-05-18 FC Barcelona 2–3 Villarreal CF 2024-09-22 Villarreal CF 1–5 FC Barcelona 2024-01-27 FC Barcelona 3–5 Villarreal CF 2023-08-27 Villarreal CF 3–4 FC Barcelona 2023-02-12 Villarreal CF 0–1 FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona Form

2025-05-18 FC Barcelona 2–3 Villarreal CF L 2025-05-15 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–2 FC Barcelona W 2025-05-11 FC Barcelona 4–3 Real Madrid CF W 2025-05-06 FC Internazionale Milano 4–3 FC Barcelona L 2025-05-03 Real Valladolid CF 1–2 FC Barcelona W 2025-04-30 FC Barcelona 3–3 FC Internazionale Milano D

Villarreal CF Form

2025-05-18 FC Barcelona 2–3 Villarreal CF W 2025-05-14 Villarreal CF 3–0 CD Leganes W 2025-05-10 Girona FC 0–1 Villarreal CF W 2025-05-03 Villarreal CF 4–2 CA Osasuna W 2025-04-27 Villarreal CF 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona W 2025-04-23 RC Celta de Vigo 3–0 Villarreal CF L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
4.18 FC Barcelona xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.82 Villarreal CF xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 92% + Both teams to score 81%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
FC Barcelona64% Draw17% Villarreal CF19%
Actual: Villarreal CF win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes81% 0% No19%
Avg goals/match: 6
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 99%
1%
± 1.5 98%
2%
± 2.5 92%
8%
± 3.5 82%
18%
± 4.5 68%
32%

Double Chance

FC Barcelona or Draw
81%
Draw or Villarreal CF
36%
FC Barcelona or Villarreal CF
83%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Barcelona60% Draw26% Villarreal CF14%
Actual: FC Barcelona win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–3 not predicted
2 – 3
Actual
4 – 1
5.9%
3 – 1
5.8%
4 – 2
5.3%
3 – 2
5.1%
5 – 1
4.9%
5 – 2
4.4%
2 – 1
4.4%
2 – 2
3.8%
6 – 1
3.4%
4 – 0
3.4%
3 – 0
3.4%
4 – 3
3.2%

Asian Handicap — FC Barcelona

Handicap FC Barcelona covers Push Villarreal CF covers
-2.5 42% — 58%
-2 42% 17% 40%
-1.5 60% — 40%
-1 60% 16% 25%
-0.5 75% — 25%
+0.5 87% — 13%
+1 87% 7% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 4% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

FC Barcelona keeps clean sheet
17% ✓
Villarreal CF keeps clean sheet
2% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.