Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, April 25, 2015
Barcelona WDWWW 2
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Espanyol DDWWD 0
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BAR202
ESP000
RCDE Stadium · 30,253 att.

Match Report

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Neymar, Lionel Messi fire Barcelona to derby win at Espanyol

Neymar and Lionel Messi were on target as Barcelona eased their way to a 2-0 win at Espanyol to increase their grip on top spot in La Liga.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
21
1
Yellow Cards
5
1
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
3
71.5
Possession
28.5
12
SHOTS
7
5
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
632
Accurate Passes
215
710
Passes
276
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
2
6
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.2
77
Long Balls
52
42
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
22
Effective Tackles
14
26
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
12
18
Clearances
12

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

ESP · 4-4-2

  1. 13Kiko CasillaG
  2. 15Héctor MorenoCD-L
  3. 22Álvaro GonzálezCD-R
  4. 27Rubén DuarteLB
  5. 23Anaitz ArbillaRB
  6. 10Abraham GonzalezCM-L
  7. 14José CañasCM-R
  8. 5Víctor ÁlvarezLM
  9. 17Lucas VázquezRM
  10. 20Felipe CaicedoCF-L
  11. 9Sergio GarcíaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Pau LópezSUB
  2. 16Javi LópezSUB
  3. 24Francisco MontañésSUB
  4. 6Salva SevillaSUB
  5. 19Diego ColottoSUB
  6. 8Cristhian StuaniSUB
  7. 18Juan Rafael FuentesSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 14Javier MascheranoCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 22Dani AlvesRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 12RafinhaRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 21AdrianoSUB
  2. 20Sergi RobertoSUB
  3. 4Ivan RakitićSUB
  4. 6XaviSUB
  5. 24Jérémy MathieuSUB
  6. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  7. 7PedroSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 1. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  2. 22' Sergio García (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 25' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  4. 54' Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 54' Second yellow card to Jordi Alba (Barcelona).
  6. 58' Álvaro González (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Substitution, Espanyol. Salva Sevilla replaces Abraham.
  8. 62' Anaitz Arbilla (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 65' Substitution, Barcelona. Jeremy Mathieu replaces Rafinha.
  10. 70' Substitution, Espanyol. Christian Stuani replaces Felipe Caicedo.
  11. 72' Lucas Vázquez (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 74' Substitution, Espanyol. Paco Montañés replaces Víctor Álvarez.
  13. 80' Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Luis Suárez.
  14. 80' José Cañas (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 83' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 88' Substitution, Barcelona. Xavi replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  17. 90'+1' Héctor Moreno (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+1' Second yellow card to Héctor Moreno (Espanyol).

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