Villarreal 0:2 Barcelona: xG & match report · La Liga

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Match report · La Liga

Villarreal Home 1.66 xG · 14 shots

Barcelona Away 2.72 xG · 19 shots

02 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

12' Raphinha (pen.) Barcelona · 0.82 xG chance 0–1
63' Lamine Yamal Barcelona · 0.21 xG chance 0–2

The shots behind it

Villarreal Barcelona

Shots: 14; 19
On target: 5; 5
Inside the box: 11; 12
xG per shot: 0.13; 0.15
Open play xG: 1.58; 1.87
Set-piece xG: 0.18; 0.09
Penalties: 0; 1

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: 1.74 for Villarreal and 1.93 for Barcelona.

Shot map

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All shots

33 shots · 4.54 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Villarreal

1.86 xG created 0.76 xGA

W 2.18 created, 0.80 conceded against Valencia
W 3.02 created, 1.02 conceded against Rayo Vallecano
W 1.61 created, 0.50 conceded against Espanyol
W 2.23 created, 1.02 conceded against Mallorca
W 1.51 created, 1.02 conceded against Real Sociedad
W 0.61 created, 0.22 conceded against Getafe

Barcelona

2.73 xG created 1.14 xGA

W 3.31 created, 0.58 conceded against Celta Vigo
W 2.00 created, 0.80 conceded against Athletic Club
W 2.24 created, 1.59 conceded against Deportivo Alavés
W 3.60 created, 0.98 conceded against Atlético Madrid
W 2.83 created, 2.51 conceded against Real Betis
W 2.41 created, 0.37 conceded against Osasuna

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

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