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FT Saturday, April 18, 2015
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Barcelona WWWDW 2
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi nets 400th goal as Barcelona beat Valencia to extend lead

Barcelona extended their lead at the top of La Liga back to five points with a 2-0 win over Valencia in which Lionel Messi netted his 400th goal for the club.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
18
4
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
3
31.3
Possession
68.7
11
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
223
Accurate Passes
579
285
Passes
658
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
6
23
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.5
38
Long Balls
39
22
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
0
19
Effective Tackles
21
24
Tackles
24
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
14
10
Clearances
14

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 24Jérémy MathieuCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 21AdrianoLB
  5. 22Dani AlvesRB
  6. 14Javier MascheranoCM
  7. 6XaviLM
  8. 5Sergio BusquetsRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  2. 12RafinhaSUB
  3. 18Jordi AlbaSUB
  4. 7PedroSUB
  5. 4Ivan RakitićSUB
  6. 15Marc BartraSUB
  7. 20Sergi RobertoSUB

VAL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Diego AlvesG
  2. 23Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 5Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 6Lucas OrbánLB
  5. 19Antonio BarragánRB
  6. 18Javi FuegoCM
  7. 21André GomesLM
  8. 10Dani ParejoRM
  9. 9Paco AlcácerF
  10. 17RodrigoLF
  11. 8Sofiane FeghouliRF

Substitutes

  1. 31José GayàSUB
  2. 20Rodrigo De PaulSUB
  3. 13YoelSUB
  4. 7Álvaro NegredoSUB
  5. 3Rúben VezoSUB
  6. 2João CanceloSUB
  7. 4Filipe AugustoSUB

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Barcelona 1, Valencia CF 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi following a fast break.
  2. 10' Penalty saved! Daniel Parejo (Valencia CF) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  3. 27' Adriano (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 28' Javi Fuego (Valencia CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 35' Lucas Orban (Valencia CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Adriano.
  7. 45' Substitution, Valencia CF. José Gayá replaces Lucas Orban.
  8. 54' Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 65' Substitution, Barcelona. Pedro replaces Luis Suárez.
  10. 66' Nicolás Otamendi (Valencia CF) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 67' Substitution, Valencia CF. João Cancelo replaces Sofiane Feghouli.
  12. 74' Substitution, Valencia CF. Álvaro Negredo replaces Paco Alcácer.
  13. 77' Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 79' Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 80' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Xavi.
  16. 90'+1' Claudio Bravo (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+4' Goal! Barcelona 2, Valencia CF 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a fast break.

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