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FT Saturday, April 23, 2016
Sporting Gijón WDLDW 0
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Barcelona WLLLW 6
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BAR156
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Match Report

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Luis Suarez scores four as Barcelona cruise past Sporting Gijon to stay top

Luis Suarez scored four goals for the second game in a row and unseated Cristiano Ronaldo as top scorer as Barcelona thumped 10-man Sporting Gijon 6-0

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
3
27.6
Possession
72.4
5
SHOTS
24
3
ON GOAL
10
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
3
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
3
181
Accurate Passes
619
265
Passes
698
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
4
7
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
58
22
Accurate Long Balls
44
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
8
18
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
8
23
Clearances
9

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 14Javier MascheranoCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 12RafinhaSUB
  2. 7Arda TuranSUB
  3. 21AdrianoSUB
  4. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  5. 17Munir El HaddadiSUB
  6. 6Dani AlvesSUB
  7. 15Marc BartraSUB

RSG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Iván CuéllarG
  2. 4Igor LichnovskyCD-L
  3. 2Luis HernándezCD-R
  4. 18Isma LópezLB
  5. 21Ognjen VranjesRB
  6. 25Alen HalilovicAM
  7. 24RachidLM
  8. 17Omar MascarellRM
  9. 9Miguel GuerreroF
  10. 3Álex MenéndezAM-L
  11. 22Pablo PérezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Carlos CarmonaSUB
  2. 15Roberto CanellaSUB
  3. 16Carlos CastroSUB
  4. 20Antonio SanabriaSUB
  5. 26DennisSUB
  6. 6Sergio ÁlvarezSUB
  7. 11Alberto LoraSUB

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Barcelona 1, Sporting de Gijón 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 26' Ognjen Vranjes (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Dani Alves replaces Sergi Roberto.
  4. 62' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Antonio Sanabria replaces Pablo Pérez.
  5. 63' Goal! Barcelona 2, Sporting de Gijón 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta.
  6. 66' Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Bartra replaces Gerard Piqué.
  7. 69' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Roberto Canella replaces Isma López.
  8. 71' Luis Hernández (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Goal! Barcelona 3, Sporting de Gijón 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  10. 75' Substitution, Barcelona. Arda Turan replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  11. 75' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Carlos Castro replaces Guerrero.
  12. 77' Goal! Barcelona 4, Sporting de Gijón 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  13. 84' Second yellow card to Ognjen Vranjes (Sporting de Gijón) for a bad foul.
  14. 85' Alen Halilovic (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 85' Goal! Barcelona 5, Sporting de Gijón 0. Neymar (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  16. 88' Goal! Barcelona 6, Sporting de Gijón 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.

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