Spanish LALIGA

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Barcelona WWLLW 2
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Almería WDLLL 1
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ALM101
UD Almería Stadium · 12,606 att.

Match Report

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Alba seals Barcelona comeback as Suarez stars against Almeria

Luis Suarez came off the bench to rescue Barcelona from another disastrous defeat, providing both assists as the Catalans came from behind to win 2-1 at Almeria.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
16
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
4
72.5
Possession
27.5
18
SHOTS
6
6
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
495
Accurate Passes
125
565
Passes
209
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
8
Accurate Crosses
2
26
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.1
61
Long Balls
64
38
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
12
21
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
25
20
Clearances
25

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

ALM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25RubénG
  2. 5Ángel TrujilloCD-L
  3. 3Francisco VelezCD-R
  4. 16Sebastian DubarbierLB
  5. 4Ximo NavarroRB
  6. 23Fernando SorianoAM
  7. 22Thomas ParteyLM
  8. 7VerzaRM
  9. 9Thievy BifoumaF
  10. 19Jonathan ZongoAM-L
  11. 31Ramon AzeezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Mauro dos SantosSUB
  2. 15CoronaSUB
  3. 17Édgar MéndezSUB
  4. 10Tomer HemedSUB
  5. 1JuliánSUB
  6. 8Wellington SilvaSUB
  7. 2Míchel MacedoSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 15Marc BartraCD-L
  3. 14Javier MascheranoCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 21AdrianoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 12RafinhaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 7PedroLF
  11. 31Munir El HaddadiRF

Substitutes

  1. 3Gerard PiquéSUB
  2. 22Dani AlvesSUB
  3. 6XaviSUB
  4. 11NeymarSUB
  5. 9Luis SuárezSUB
  6. 2Martín MontoyaSUB
  7. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Thomas Partey (Almería) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 35' Fernando Soriano (Almería) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' Goal! Almería 1, Barcelona 0. Thievy (Almería) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fernando Soriano with a through ball following a fast break.
  4. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Luis Suárez replaces Pedro.
  5. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Neymar replaces Munir El Haddadi.
  6. 66' Substitution, Barcelona. Xavi replaces Sergio Busquets because of an injury.
  7. 68' Substitution, Almería. Tommer Hemed replaces Fernando Soriano.
  8. 73' Goal! Almería 1, Barcelona 1. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  9. 77' Substitution, Almería. Edgar replaces Thievy.
  10. 82' Goal! Almería 1, Barcelona 2. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez with a cross.
  11. 85' Substitution, Almería. Wellington replaces Thomas Partey.

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