Five key stats from Villarreal 1-2 Barcelona

Barcelona to took to the Estadio de la Ceramica to face off vs Villarreal for their La Liga Round of 32 fixture. While the first half promised a lot, and delivered to a large extent, Barça looked exhausted out of their wits in the second half. They did, however, manage to maintain the 2-1 lead, both goals coming from Antoine Griezmann.

It was certainly a tale of two halves, and Barça Universal brings forth the key stats from the outing in Castellon.

Ronald Koeman has turned his tenure at Barcelona on in its head in the second half of the season and has been on a relentless run for nearly four months. Much of which has helped with the title race this season.

Barcelona have won 46 out of the possible 51 points in the league in 2021 (W15 D1 L1), more than any other team in this period.

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Sergi Roberto did not get the chance to start the game, but came on in the second half, adding virtually nothing to the team. He did, however, achieved a landmark appearance.

Sergi Roberto plays his 300th game for Barcelona. He equals Luis Enrique, the manager under which he played most of those games (120).

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Antoine Griezmann had a fantastic outing today, scoring twice and collecting the Man of the Match award for his output. His record on the road continues to impress.

14 of Griezmann's last 20 Barça goals came outside the Camp Nou.

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Today was all about the Frenchman, who seemed to be on the top of his game, making runs from deep and always finding space in the box to get at the end of when the wingbacks had the ball. He takes his tally to 24 direct goal contributions for 2021.

Only Messi (32) and Gerard Moreno (24) have contributed to more goals than Antoine Griezmann (22) in all competitions in 2021 among all LaLiga players.

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We round of the key statistics from the night with another stat about the match-winner, who enjoyed a first-half brace for the first time in three years.

Griezmann scored a first half brace for the first time since January 2018 vs Leganés.

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