The sixth day of The Liga 2024-25 faced two undefeated teams that were looking to consolidate their position at the top of the table: Villarreal received the FC Barcelona, who took advantage of all the opportunities and took a resounding victory by 5 goals to 1.
The set culéunder the command of Hansi Flickmaintains its ideal score, while the Yellow Submarine tried and was close to tying at various times during the match, but had two goals disallowed for offside in a match full of emotions. All the details.
The match on Sunday, September 22 at the Estadio de la Cerámica, home of Villarreal (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)Joan Monfort – AP
The match was played this Sunday, September 22 in it Ceramics Stadiumhome of Villarreal. US time: Eastern: 12:30 PM, Central: 11:30 AM, Pacific: 9:30 AM.
The goal of the Villarreal was scored at 38 minutes of the first half by Ayoze Pérez. For its part, FC Barcelona had a double from Robert Lewandowski (at 20, 35 minutes) and another from Raphinha (at 74, 83 minutes).
Pablo Torre also scored for the Catalans in the 58th minute of the second half.
Both teams came into this match with tactical systems which were effective in the early days of La Liga, FC Barcelona had an important loss during the match, the goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen is injured and could miss the rest of the season.
1. FC Barcelona: 6 games played, 6 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, 22 goals for, 5 against, 18 points.
2. Real Madrid CF: 6 games played, 4 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses, 13 goals for, 3 against, 14 points.
3. Atletico Madrid Club: 5 games played, 3 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses, 9 goals for, 2 against, 11 points.
4. Villarreal CF: 6 games played, 3 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, 12 goals for, 13 against, 11 points.
The team of Hansi Flick remains undefeated and the sole leader, while Villarreal de Marcelino Garcia Toral is in fourth place, just 7 points behind the leader.
The history between both teams in La Liga shows a clear advantage for Barcelona. In total, they faced each other in 52 partieswith the following results:
The last meeting between both teams was the January 27, 2024when Villarreal achieved a memorable 5-3 victory in Montjuic. That match was a roller coaster of emotions, with goals from Balagueró y Akhomach to put Villarreal 2-0 up.
However, Barcelona responded with goals from GundoganPedri and Bailly, although the Yellow Submarine turned the score around in the last 10 minutes with goals from Guedes, Sorloth and Nogales.
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