Matchday 17 · La Liga 2025-26 · December 21, 2025
Goals only: this source has no shots, so the replay comes from each side's goals over the season.
Villarreal 0–2 Barcelona: lucky or expected?
Barcelona beat Villarreal 2–0, and the goals lean Barcelona’s way: 5 wins in 10, 3 for Villarreal, 2 end level. Rated on this season’s goals, Villarreal were expected to score 1.7 here and Barcelona 2.1.
Full time
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
 Villarreal | 0 |
 Barcelona | 2 |
What the goals say
Luck index +42 Barcelona lucky · −42 Villarreal
Our source has this match’s goals but not its shots, so it is replayed from what each side’s goals over the season say: both teams rated on every goal scored and conceded, and the match played again 4,000 times from those ratings. How often does this result come out? How the goals-only replay works
Ten replays. Villarreal win 3, 2 end level, Barcelona win 5.
- 1 VIL 2 BAR 1
- 2 VIL 4 BAR 2
- 3 VIL 4 BAR 1
- 4 VIL 2 BAR 2
- 5 VIL 2 BAR 2
- 6 VIL 2 BAR 6
- 7 VIL 1 BAR 4
- 8 VIL 1 BAR 3
- 9 VIL 1 BAR 2
- 10 VIL 2 BAR 3
The goals
Villarreal’s chance of winning
As low as 0% and as high as 60%. Numbers mark the goals, listed below.
| Minute | Goal | Score | Win chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 12' | Raphinha (Barcelona, penalty) | 0–1 | +26% Barcelona |
| 2. 63' | Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) | 0–2 | +14% Barcelona |
Win chance: the scoring side’s chance of winning the moment before the goal against the moment after it, from the score and the minutes left. A draw counts half.
About these numbers
Scores and goals from openfootball (public domain). It has no shots, so there is no expected goals for this match and no finishing luck: the replay, the in-game win probability and the luck index are our own models, built from the season’s goals alone (methodology and validation). The luck index is how far the result was from what the goals say. Barcelona win 58% of replays (a draw counted as half).
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