Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, December 7, 2014
Espanyol LDLWW 1
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Barcelona WWWWW 5
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ESP101
BAR145
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi hat trick sees Barcelona earn comeback win over Espanyol

Messi came to the rescue on the stroke of half-time to cancel out Sergio Garcia's opener, with Gerard Pique and Pedro also on the scoresheet.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
6
4
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
7
2
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
1
20.9
Possession
79.1
3
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
7
0.7
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
148
Accurate Passes
799
226
Passes
879
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
8
Crosses
16
0.1
Cross %
0.2
44
Long Balls
46
16
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
3
16
Effective Tackles
21
26
Tackles
25
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
9
26
Clearances
9

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

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. 6XaviLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 24Jérémy MathieuSUB
  2. 12RafinhaSUB
  3. 31Munir El HaddadiSUB
  4. 21AdrianoSUB
  5. 7PedroSUB
  6. 8Andrés IniestaSUB
  7. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB

ESP · 4-4-2

  1. 13Kiko CasillaG
  2. 30Eric BaillyCD-L
  3. 22Álvaro GonzálezCD-R
  4. 18Juan Rafael FuentesLB
  5. 23Anaitz ArbillaRB
  6. 6Salva SevillaCM-L
  7. 14José CañasCM-R
  8. 4Victor SánchezLM
  9. 17Lucas VázquezRM
  10. 20Felipe CaicedoCF-L
  11. 9Sergio GarcíaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Cristhian StuaniSUB
  2. 16Javi LópezSUB
  3. 15Héctor MorenoSUB
  4. 25Pau LópezSUB
  5. 19Diego ColottoSUB
  6. 5Víctor ÁlvarezSUB
  7. 10Abraham GonzalezSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Barcelona 0, Espanyol 1. Sergio García (Espanyol) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 29' Salva Sevilla (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Goal! Barcelona 1, Espanyol 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Xavi.
  4. 50' Goal! Barcelona 2, Espanyol 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  5. 52' Lucas Vázquez (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 53' Goal! Barcelona 3, Espanyol 1. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic with a cross following a corner.
  7. 60' Substitution, Espanyol. Héctor Moreno replaces José Cañas.
  8. 65' Substitution, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  9. 69' Álvaro González (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 70' Substitution, Barcelona. Pedro replaces Luis Suárez.
  11. 71' Substitution, Espanyol. Christian Stuani replaces Felipe Caicedo.
  12. 77' Goal! Barcelona 4, Espanyol 1. Pedro (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  13. 79' Anaitz Arbilla (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 81' Goal! Barcelona 5, Espanyol 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro.
  15. 82' Substitution, Barcelona. Jeremy Mathieu replaces Sergio Busquets.
  16. 83' Substitution, Espanyol. Abraham replaces Eric Bailly.

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