Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, February 20, 2016
Barcelona WWDWW 2
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Las Palmas LLWLL 1
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BAR202
LPA101
Estadio Gran Canaria · 26,817 att.

Match Report

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Neymar and Luis Suarez score as Barcelona beat Las Palmas

Barcelona continued their fine form to open a nine-point lead at the top of La Liga with a 2-1 win over Las Palmas.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
5
52.7
Possession
47.3
12
SHOTS
16
7
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
489
Accurate Passes
426
565
Passes
497
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
1
11
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.1
44
Long Balls
53
22
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
4
15
Effective Tackles
16
21
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
10
19
Clearances
13

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

LPA · 4-1-4-1

  1. 13Javi VarasG
  2. 17Pedro BigasCD-L
  3. 16Aythami ArtilesCD-R
  4. 15Roque MesaDM
  5. 22Javier GarridoLB
  6. 5David GarcíaRB
  7. 20Jonathan VieraCM-L
  8. 24TanaCM-R
  9. 11MomoLM
  10. 25Nabil El ZharRM
  11. 8Willian JoséF

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 24Jérémy MathieuCD-L
  3. 14Javier MascheranoCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 6Dani AlvesRB
  6. 20Sergi RobertoCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 7Arda TuranRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Las Palmas 0, Barcelona 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  2. 10' Goal! Las Palmas 1, Barcelona 1. Willian José (Las Palmas) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jonathan Viera with a through ball.
  3. 33' Arda Turan (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 39' Goal! Las Palmas 1, Barcelona 2. Neymar (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  5. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Arda Turan.
  6. 66' Substitution, Las Palmas. Mauricio Lemos replaces Jonathan Viera because of an injury.
  7. 70' Substitution, Barcelona. Thomas Vermaelen replaces Sergi Roberto.
  8. 76' Substitution, Las Palmas. Sergio Araujo replaces Nabil El Zhar.
  9. 84' Roque (Las Palmas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 86' Dani Alves (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 87' Substitution, Las Palmas. Nili replaces David García.

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