Spanish LALIGA

FT Thursday, March 3, 2016
Barcelona WWWWW 5
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Rayo Vallecano DWDDD 1
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RAY011
Estadio de Vallecas · 14,430 att.

Match Report

AP Photo/Francisco Seco

Lionel Messi nets hat trick as Barca win at 9-man Rayo Vallecano

Lionel Messi scored a third hat trick of the season as Barcelona smashed nine-man Rayo Vallecano 5-1 and recorded a tenth straight league win.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
2
5
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
3
63.9
Possession
36.1
20
SHOTS
8
8
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
433
Accurate Passes
212
520
Passes
282
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
11
Crosses
12
0.5
Cross %
0.3
65
Long Balls
52
40
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
8
19
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
8
Effective Clearances
15
9
Clearances
17

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

RAY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Juan CarlosG
  2. 22José Ángel CrespoCD-L
  3. 27Diego LlorenteCD-R
  4. 2TitoLB
  5. 17QuiniRB
  6. 12PitiAM
  7. 10Roberto TrashorrasLM
  8. 6Manuel IturraRM
  9. 9ManuchoF
  10. 23BebéAM-L
  11. 11Adri EmbarbaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Aras ÖzbilizSUB
  2. 26Joni MontielSUB
  3. 24Javi GuerraSUB
  4. 8Raul BaenaSUB
  5. 4Antonio AmayaSUB
  6. 25YoelSUB
  7. 3Nacho MartínezSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 14Javier MascheranoCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 24Jérémy MathieuLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Munir El HaddadiSUB
  2. 21AdrianoSUB
  3. 22Aleix VidalSUB
  4. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  5. 18Jordi AlbaSUB
  6. 7Arda TuranSUB
  7. 23Thomas VermaelenSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Rayo Vallecano 0, Barcelona 1. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  2. 23' Goal! Rayo Vallecano 0, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Neymar following a fast break.
  3. 42' Diego Llorente (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the red card.
  4. 53' Goal! Rayo Vallecano 0, Barcelona 3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  5. 56' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Joni Montiel replaces Piti.
  6. 57' Goal! Rayo Vallecano 1, Barcelona 3. Manucho (Rayo Vallecano) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bebé with a headed pass.
  7. 66' Substitution, Barcelona. Arda Turan replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  8. 67' Manuel Iturra (Rayo Vallecano) is shown the red card.
  9. 69' Penalty saved! Luis Suárez (Barcelona) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  10. 70' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Antonio Amaya replaces Bebé.
  11. 72' Goal! Rayo Vallecano 1, Barcelona 4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
  12. 72' Substitution, Barcelona. Aleix Vidal replaces Sergi Roberto.
  13. 77' Substitution, Barcelona. Thomas Vermaelen replaces Sergio Busquets.
  14. 78' Arda Turan (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 80' Substitution, Rayo Vallecano. Javi Guerra replaces Manucho.
  16. 86' Goal! Rayo Vallecano 1, Barcelona 5. Arda Turan (Barcelona) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jeremy Mathieu with a cross.
  17. 87' Neymar (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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