Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, January 24, 2015
Barcelona WWWWW 6
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Elche DLWLW 0
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Martínez Valero · 28,235 att.

Match Report

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Lionel Messi and Neymar lead Barcelona rout against Elche

Lionel Messi and Neymar each scored braces as Barcelona eviscerated struggling Elche 6-0 to keep the pressure on leaders Real Madrid.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
2
72.1
Possession
27.9
11
SHOTS
6
8
ON GOAL
3
0.7
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
622
Accurate Passes
184
701
Passes
261
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
2
7
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.2
42
Long Balls
52
20
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
17
20
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
21
9
Clearances
21

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ELC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Przemyslaw TytonG
  2. 18Sergio PelegrinCD-L
  3. 3Enzo RocoCD-R
  4. 5Domingo CismaLB
  5. 2Damián SuárezRB
  6. 20Faycal FajrAM
  7. 24Mario PasalicLM
  8. 8AdriánRM
  9. 22JonathasF
  10. 7Aarón ÑíguezAM-L
  11. 17Víctor RodríguezAM-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 15Marc BartraCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Martín MontoyaRB
  6. 14Javier MascheranoCM
  7. 12RafinhaLM
  8. 6XaviRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 7PedroRF

Timeline

  1. 20' Domingo Cisma (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Aarón (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Sergio Pelegrín (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 35' Goal! Elche 0, Barcelona 1. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Xavi following a set piece situation.
  5. 40' Jonathas (Elche) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 41' Faycal Fajr (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 55' Goal! Elche 0, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 57' Second yellow card to Faycal Fajr (Elche) for a bad foul.
  9. 61' Substitution, Elche. Edu Albácar replaces Domingo Cisma because of an injury.
  10. 62' Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 66' Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 69' Goal! Elche 0, Barcelona 3. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  13. 70' Substitution, Elche. Lombán replaces Adrián.
  14. 70' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergio Busquets replaces Javier Mascherano.
  15. 70' Substitution, Barcelona. Adriano replaces Jordi Alba.
  16. 71' Goal! Elche 0, Barcelona 4. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  17. 72' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Xavi.
  18. 79' Lombán (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 82' Substitution, Elche. Coro replaces Aarón.
  20. 88' Goal! Elche 0, Barcelona 5. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marc Bartra.
  21. 90'+3' Goal! Elche 0, Barcelona 6. Pedro (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar following a fast break.

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