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FT Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Almería DLDLL 0
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Barcelona WWWWW 4
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez on target as Barcelona beat Almeria

Barcelona beat Almeria 4-0 to secure their sixth successive league victory and further strengthen their position at the top of the Primera Division standings.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
14
8
Saves
3
27.8
Possession
72.2
6
SHOTS
19
3
ON GOAL
12
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
178
Accurate Passes
588
245
Passes
642
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
7
15
Crosses
32
0.3
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
64
30
Accurate Long Balls
57
0.5
Long Balls %
0.9
1
Blocked Shots
3
17
Effective Tackles
18
21
Tackles
23
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
7
28
Clearances
7

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 14Javier MascheranoCD-L
  3. 15Marc BartraCD-R
  4. 21AdrianoLB
  5. 22Dani AlvesRB
  6. 20Sergi RobertoCM
  7. 6XaviLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 7PedroLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

ALM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1JuliánG
  2. 5Ángel TrujilloCD-L
  3. 4Ximo NavarroCD-R
  4. 14Jose CasadoLB
  5. 28Antonio MarínRB
  6. 24EspinosaAM
  7. 15CoronaLM
  8. 22Thomas ParteyRM
  9. 9Thievy BifoumaF
  10. 17Édgar MéndezAM-L
  11. 8Wellington SilvaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 33' Goal! Barcelona 1, Almería 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marc Bartra.
  2. 43' Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 55' Goal! Barcelona 2, Almería 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Dani Alves.
  4. 55' Thievy Bifouma (Almería) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 56' Substitution, Almería. Fernando Soriano replaces Wellington.
  6. 64' Substitution, Barcelona. Martín Montoya replaces Dani Alves.
  7. 67' Substitution, Barcelona. Rafinha replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  8. 72' Substitution, Almería. Jonathan replaces Edgar.
  9. 75' Goal! Barcelona 3, Almería 0. Marc Bartra (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Xavi with a cross following a corner.
  10. 79' Substitution, Almería. Mané replaces Javier Espinosa.
  11. 87' Casado (Almería) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+3' Goal! Barcelona 4, Almería 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro.
  13. 90'+3' Fernando Soriano (Almería) is shown the yellow card.

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