Barcelona 4:1 Villarreal: xG & match report · La Liga

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Match report · La Liga

Barcelona Home 2.96 xG · 19 shots

Villarreal Away 1.29 xG · 6 shots

41 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

28' Lamine Yamal Barcelona · 0.41 xG chance 1–0
37' Lamine Yamal Barcelona · 0.04 xG chance 2–0
49' Pape Gueye Villarreal · 0.38 xG chance 2–1
69' Lamine Yamal Barcelona · 0.24 xG chance 3–1
90' Robert Lewandowski Barcelona · 1.00 xG chance 4–1

The shots behind it

Barcelona Villarreal

Shots: 19; 6
On target: 8; 1
Inside the box: 13; 5
xG per shot: 0.16; 0.21
Open play xG: 2.71; 0.71
Set-piece xG: 0.29; 0.56
Penalties: —; —

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 2.96 for Barcelona and 1.29 for Villarreal.

Shot map

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All shots

25 shots · 4.27 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Barcelona

3.46 xG created 1.09 xGA

L 3.69 created, 1.01 conceded against Real Sociedad
W 2.32 created, 0.46 conceded against Real Oviedo
W 6.24 created, 1.00 conceded against Elche
W 2.63 created, 0.80 conceded against Mallorca
L 2.93 created, 2.76 conceded against Girona FC
W 2.92 created, 0.53 conceded against Levante UD

Villarreal

1.23 xG created 1.20 xGA

L 0.58 created, 1.58 conceded against Real Madrid
D 0.92 created, 1.12 conceded against Osasuna
W 0.76 created, 0.43 conceded against Espanyol
L 0.68 created, 1.48 conceded against Getafe
W 2.40 created, 1.05 conceded against Levante UD
W 2.06 created, 1.55 conceded against Valencia

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Barcelona: 1 won · 0 drawn · 0 lost

Villarreal 0:2 Barcelona 21/12/2025 xG 1.66 – 2.72

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The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.