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FT Saturday, October 4, 2014
Barcelona WWDWL 2
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Rayo Vallecano DLLWW 0
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RAY000
Estadio de Vallecas · 14,070 att.

Match Report

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Lionel Messi and Neymar on target as Barcelona ease past Rayo Vallecano

Barcelona remain at the top of the Primera Division table following a comfortable yet unremarkable 2-0 win at Rayo Vallecano, who had two men sent off in the second half.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
2
6
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
5
59.2
Possession
40.8
18
SHOTS
14
7
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
403
Accurate Passes
252
496
Passes
327
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
6
16
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.3
72
Long Balls
51
34
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
17
Effective Tackles
10
22
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
10
14
Clearances
10

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

RAY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25ToñoG
  2. 20Jorge MorcilloCD-L
  3. 15Abdoulaye BaCD-R
  4. 14Emiliano InsúaLB
  5. 2TitoRB
  6. 23Alberto BuenoAM
  7. 10Roberto TrashorrasLM
  8. 8Raul BaenaRM
  9. 19Léo BaptistãoF
  10. 12Gaël KakutaAM-L
  11. 22LicáAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Mohamed FatauSUB
  2. 17QuiniSUB
  3. 16Javier AquinoSUB
  4. 1David CobeñoSUB
  5. 9ManuchoSUB
  6. 21JozabedSUB
  7. 11JonathanSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 15Marc BartraCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 24Jérémy MathieuLB
  5. 22Dani AlvesRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 6XaviRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 31Munir El HaddadiRF

Substitutes

  1. 14Javier MascheranoSUB
  2. 21AdrianoSUB
  3. 18Jordi AlbaSUB
  4. 4Ivan RakitićSUB
  5. 29SandroSUB
  6. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  7. 7PedroSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Xavi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  2. 18' Abdoulaye Ba (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 33' Roberto Trashorras (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 35' Goal! Rayo Vallecano 0, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gerard Piqué.
  5. 36' Goal! Rayo Vallecano 0, Barcelona 2. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Munir El Haddadi.
  6. 37' Jorge Morcillo (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Javier Aquino replaces Licá.
  8. 45' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Manucho replaces Abdoulaye Ba.
  9. 59' Substitution, Barcelona. Pedro replaces Munir El Haddadi.
  10. 60' Second yellow card to Jorge Morcillo (Rayo Vallecano) for a bad foul.
  11. 63' Javier Aquino (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 69' Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  13. 72' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 74' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Jozabed replaces Roberto Trashorras.
  15. 80' Substitution, Barcelona. Sandro Ramírez replaces Neymar.
  16. 90'+1' Second yellow card to Javier Aquino (Rayo Vallecano) for a bad foul.

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