Spanish LALIGA

FT Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Barcelona WWWDW 3
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Sporting Gijón LWWDD 1
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BAR213
RSG101
Estadio El Molinón-Enrique Castro "Quini" · 28,140 att.

Match Report

Lionel Messi brace sees Barcelona beat Sporting Gijon and go six clear

Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona beat Sporting Gijon 3-1 in their game in hand to open up a six-point gap at the top of La Liga.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
5
77.6
Possession
22.4
17
SHOTS
6
8
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
698
Accurate Passes
139
778
Passes
221
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
0
Accurate Crosses
1
6
Crosses
5
0.0
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
54
47
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.8
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
1
15
Effective Tackles
15
17
Tackles
22
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
4
Effective Clearances
19
4
Clearances
22

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

RSG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Iván CuéllarG
  2. 28Jorge MeréCD-L
  3. 4Igor LichnovskyCD-R
  4. 15Roberto CanellaLB
  5. 11Alberto LoraRB
  6. 25Alen HalilovicAM
  7. 10Nacho CasesLM
  8. 17Omar MascarellRM
  9. 16Carlos CastroF
  10. 3Álex MenéndezAM-L
  11. 22Pablo PérezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Álex BarreraSUB
  2. 9Miguel GuerreroSUB
  3. 21Ognjen VranjesSUB
  4. 24RachidSUB
  5. 23JonySUB
  6. 18Isma LópezSUB
  7. 13Alberto GarcíaSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 24Jérémy MathieuCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 21AdrianoLB
  5. 22Aleix VidalRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 7Arda TuranLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  2. 14Javier MascheranoSUB
  3. 8Andrés IniestaSUB
  4. 23Thomas VermaelenSUB
  5. 17Munir El HaddadiSUB
  6. 15Marc BartraSUB
  7. 6Dani AlvesSUB

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal! Sporting de Gijón 0, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  2. 27' Goal! Sporting de Gijón 1, Barcelona 1. Carlos Castro (Sporting de Gijón) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Menéndez following a fast break.
  3. 31' Goal! Sporting de Gijón 1, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  4. 61' Jorge Meré (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 62' Penalty saved! Luis Suárez (Barcelona) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  6. 67' Goal! Sporting de Gijón 1, Barcelona 3. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Aleix Vidal.
  7. 68' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Jony replaces Carlos Castro.
  8. 68' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Isma López replaces Pablo Pérez.
  9. 74' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Álex Barrera replaces Álex Menéndez.
  10. 78' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 80' Substitution, Barcelona. Javier Mascherano replaces Sergio Busquets.
  12. 81' Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Bartra replaces Gerard Piqué.
  13. 90'+1' Roberto Canella (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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