Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, April 5, 2015
Barcelona WWWWW 1
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Celta Vigo WDLLW 0
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Estadio Abanca-Balaídos · 23,731 att.

Match Report

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Jeremy Mathieu nods Barcelona home in tricky match vs. Celta Vigo

Jeremy Mathieu scored a late headed goal to give Barcelona all three points from a testing encounter at Celta Vigo.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
26
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
2
62
Possession
38
12
SHOTS
7
3
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
479
Accurate Passes
247
566
Passes
341
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
2
11
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
63
24
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
0
28
Effective Tackles
18
35
Tackles
26
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
22
17
Clearances
22

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Sergio ÁlvarezG
  2. 3Andreu FontàsCD-L
  3. 22Gustavo CabralCD-R
  4. 19JonnyLB
  5. 2Hugo MalloRB
  6. 24Augusto FernándezCM
  7. 23Michael Krohn-DehliLM
  8. 5Pablo HernándezRM
  9. 11Joaquin LarriveyF
  10. 10NolitoLF
  11. 14Fabián OrellanaRF

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 24Jérémy MathieuCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 21AdrianoLB
  5. 22Dani AlvesRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 12RafinhaRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Timeline

  1. 24' Michael Krohn-Dehli (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+1' Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 58' Substitution, Barcelona. Xavi replaces Rafinha.
  4. 67' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Nemanja Radoja replaces Michael Krohn-Dehli.
  5. 71' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Charles replaces Joaquín Larrivey.
  6. 73' Goal! Celta de Vigo 0, Barcelona 1. Jeremy Mathieu (Barcelona) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Xavi with a cross following a set piece situation.
  7. 75' Substitution, Barcelona. Pedro replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  8. 83' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Santi Mina replaces Pablo Hernández.
  9. 87' Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Luis Suárez.
  10. 87' Fabián Orellana (Celta de Vigo) is shown the red card for fighting.
  11. 88' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+4' Nolito (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card.

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