{"id":1514000,"date":"2026-11-03T23:27:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T23:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=features&p=1514000"},"modified":"2026-11-03T23:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T23:29:32","slug":"post-match-analysis-barcelona-vs-aston-villa-03-11-26","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/post-match-analysis-barcelona-vs-aston-villa-03-11-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona vs Aston Villa stats and analysis: Hansi Flick comes out on top in punch for punch battle of the high lines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Barcelona<\/a> beat Aston Villa<\/a> 3-0 at Camp Nou, inflicting defeat on Unai Emery<\/a>‘s side for the first time in Europe this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hansi Flick<\/a>‘s side came out the gates fast, suffocating Aston Villa with their high press and forcing a mistake from Joao Gomes, gifting the ball to Lamine Yamal<\/a> who finished it calmly to make it 1-0 after seven minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Despite both teams have chances to add to the scoreline in the first half, Barcelona took their 1-0 lead into the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But once again, Barcelona were quick out the blocks in the second half, with Raphinha making it 2-0 in the 52nd minute to give his side some breathing room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just 12 minutes later, Raphinha added a third to make it 3-0, after a beautiful trivela pass from Joao Cancelo, putting the game to bed and allowing both sides to make a flurry of changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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