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Played
April 2, 2011 4:00 PM EDT
Camp El Madrigal — Villarreal
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez
Attendance: 23000
April 2, 2011 4:00 PM EDT
Camp El Madrigal — Villarreal
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez
Attendance: 23000
La Liga preview: Villarreal - Barcelona
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PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
| Villarreal: Diego Lopez; Mario, Gonzalo, Musacchio, Capdevila; Cani, Borja Valero, Bruno, Cazorla; Nilmar, Rossi |
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| Barcelona: Valdes; Dani Alves, Pique, Milito, Adriano; Busquets, Mascherano, Iniesta; Messi, Bojan, Villa |
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DID YOU KNOW? |
- Villarreal have won just one of their last four games at El Madrigal, despite winning 10 of the first 11 home games this season.
- Giuseppe Rossi is El Submarino's leading scorer this term with 15 league goals. He has scored three of his team's last four goals.
- The last time the Yellow Submarine failed to score against Barca in the league was back in November 2006.
- Villarreal have lost only twice to Barcelona in La Liga in their last eight meetings, but both were at home.
- Nilmar has been included in the squad after recovering from a leg muscle tear. Angel Lopez and Marcos Senna are still out.
- Barcelona remain the only unbeaten side in the league away from home, scoring 42 goals and conceding just six.
- The Blaugrana had a 100% away record in the league until February 12, 2011 when they were held by Sporting Gijon. They also drew their last away game 1-1 at Sevilla.
- Lionel Messi and Pedro have scored in more consecutive games in La Liga this season than any other player. Messi netted five in a row, but Pedro had a six-match scoring streak.
- Messi, Pedro and David Villa have scored 57 of Barcelona's 81 league goals this campaign, but none have managed to find the net in the last three matches.
- Maxwell, Pedro, Carles Puyol and Eric Abidal are all unavailable, while Xavi is suspended.
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LAST MEETING |
November 13, 2010: Barcelona 3-1 Villarreal
The Blaugrana raced to an easy 3-1 victory over El Submarino at Camp Nou. David Villa opened the scoring on 22 minutes, but Nilmar drew the visitors levelled four minutes later. However, Lionel Messi scored twice to secure all three points for the Catalans.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Villarreal 0-2 Barcelona
- 27.41 %
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Villarreal 1-3 Barcelona
- 15.87 %
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Villarreal 1-2 Barcelona
- 10.33 %
| La Liga (LIGA) | Jan 28, 2012 | Villarreal 0 - Barcelona 0 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | Aug 29, 2011 | Barcelona 5 - Villarreal 0 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | Apr 2, 2011 | Villarreal 0 - Barcelona 1 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | Nov 13, 2010 | Barcelona 3 - Villarreal 1 |
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| La Liga (LIGA) | May 1, 2010 | Villarreal 1 - Barcelona 4 |
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| May 13, 2012 | Villarreal 0 - Atletico Madrid 1 | LIGA |
| May 5, 2012 | Valencia 1 - Villarreal 0 | LIGA |
| May 1, 2012 | Sporting Gijon 2 - Villarreal 3 | LIGA |
| Apr 28, 2012 | Villarreal 1 - Osasuna 1 | LIGA |
| Apr 22, 2012 | Real Sociedad 1 - Villarreal 1 | LIGA |
Barcelona
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| May 25, 2012 | Athletic Bilbao 0 - Barcelona 3 | ESPC |
| May 12, 2012 | Betis 2 - Barcelona 2 | LIGA |
| May 5, 2012 | Barcelona 4 - Espanyol 0 | LIGA |
| May 2, 2012 | Barcelona 4 - Malaga 1 | LIGA |
| Apr 29, 2012 | Rayo Vallecano 0 - Barcelona 7 | LIGA |
| 13 | Diego López Rodríguez | Goalkeeper |
| 15 | Catalá | Defender |
| 4 | Mateo Musacchio | Defender |
| 2 | Gonzalo Rodríguez | Defender |
| 14 | Mario Gaspar | Defender |
| 20 | Borja Valero Iglesias | Midfielder |
| 5 | Carlos Marchena | Defender |
| 21 | Soriano | Midfielder |
| 12 | Santiago Cazorla González | Midfielder |
| 22 | Giuseppe Rossi | Striker |
| 9 | Marco Ruben | Striker |
| - | Juan Carlos | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Cicinho | Defender |
| 38 | Capdevila | Defender |
| 26 | Kiko | Defender |
| 18 | Wakaso | Midfielder |
| 10 | Cani | Midfielder |
| 7 | Nilmar | Striker |
| 1 | Víctor Valdés | Goalkeeper |
| 21 | Adriano | Midfielder |
| 3 | Gerard Piqué | Defender |
| 16 | Sergio Busquets Burgos | Midfielder |
| 2 | Daniel Alves | Defender |
| 15 | Seydou Keita | Midfielder |
| 14 | Javier Mascherano | Midfielder |
| 11 | Thiago Alcántara | Midfielder |
| 20 | Ibrahim Afellay | Midfielder |
| 6 | Xavi | Midfielder |
| 7 | David Villa | Striker |
| 8 | Andrés Iniesta Luján | Midfielder |
| 13 | José Pinto Colorado | Goalkeeper |
| 35 | Martin Montoya Torralbo | Defender |
| 18 | Gabriel Milito | Defender |
| 24 | Andreu Fontàs Prat | Defender |
| - | Jonathan Dos Santos | Midfielder |
| 14 | Bojan Krkic | Striker |
| 10 | Lionel Messi | Striker |
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15 
4 
2 
14 
20 
5 
21 
12 
22 
9 
1 
21 
3 
16 
2 
15 
14 
11 
20 
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Results
Times In EDT
Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Lionel Messi
Striker Barcelona |
50 | 10 |
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Striker Real Madrid |
46 | 12 |
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Radamel Falcao
Striker Atlético de Madrid |
24 | 5 |
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Gonzalo Higuaín
Striker Real Madrid |
22 | 0 |
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Karim Benzema
Striker Real Madrid |
21 | 0 |