Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, April 30, 2016
Barcelona LLLWW 2
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Real Betis LWDWL 0
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Estadio Benito Villamarín · 40,467 att.

Match Report

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Lionel Messi's assists keep Barcelona atop La Liga table

Two assists from Lionel Messi helped Barcelona remain in first place in the closely contested La Liga title race with a 2-0 win over 10-man Real Betis

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
2
73.5
Possession
26.5
11
SHOTS
2
4
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
663
Accurate Passes
186
750
Passes
271
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
1
20
Crosses
2
0.3
Cross %
0.5
63
Long Balls
56
56
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.9
Long Balls %
0.2
3
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
15
19
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
2
Effective Clearances
22
2
Clearances
27

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

BET · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Antonio AdánG
  2. 17Heiko WestermannCD-L
  3. 20Germán PezzellaCD-R
  4. 3Martín MontoyaLB
  5. 4BrunoRB
  6. 7JoaquínAM
  7. 18Alfred N'DiayeLM
  8. 25PetrosRM
  9. 24Rubén CastroF
  10. 10Dani CeballosAM-L
  11. 16Álvaro CejudoAM-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 14Javier MascheranoCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 6Dani AlvesRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Timeline

  1. 21' Bruno (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 23' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 23' Lionel Messi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 28' Heiko Westermann (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 34' Petros (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 35' Second yellow card to Heiko Westermann (Real Betis) for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+1' Dani Alves (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 50' Goal! Real Betis 0, Barcelona 1. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  9. 55' Substitution, Real Betis. Charly Musonda replaces Joaquín.
  10. 67' Dani Ceballos (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 69' Substitution, Real Betis. Francisco Portillo replaces Dani Ceballos.
  12. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Dani Alves.
  13. 79' Substitution, Real Betis. Ricky van Wolfswinkel replaces Rubén Castro.
  14. 81' Goal! Real Betis 0, Barcelona 2. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  15. 86' Substitution, Barcelona. Arda Turan replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  16. 88' Substitution, Barcelona. Marc-André ter Stegen replaces Claudio Bravo because of an injury.

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