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FT Saturday, January 9, 2016
Granada WLLWL 0
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Barcelona WWWDW 4
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi records his first hat trick of season to help Barcelona cruise

Lionel Messi showed off his Ballon d'Or credentials on Saturday as his three goals helped Barcelona ease to a 4-0 victory over struggling Granada.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
14
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
4
33.5
Possession
66.5
8
SHOTS
17
4
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
246
Accurate Passes
551
318
Passes
639
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
1
9
Crosses
14
0.0
Cross %
0.1
58
Long Balls
52
31
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
1
16
Effective Tackles
14
21
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
11
14
Clearances
14

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 23Thomas VermaelenCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 22Aleix VidalRB
  6. 20Sergi RobertoCM
  7. 7Arda TuranLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 5Sergio BusquetsSUB
  2. 21AdrianoSUB
  3. 19SandroSUB
  4. 6Dani AlvesSUB
  5. 24Jérémy MathieuSUB
  6. 8Andrés IniestaSUB
  7. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB

GRA · 5-3-2

  1. 13Andrés FernándezG
  2. 2David LombánCD
  3. 12DóriaCD-L
  4. 26UcheCD-R
  5. 3Cristiano BiraghiLB
  6. 17Édgar MéndezRB
  7. 23Rubén RochinaCM
  8. 20Rubén PérezCM-L
  9. 21Rene KrhinCM-R
  10. 27Adalberto PeñarandaCF-L
  11. 11Isaac SuccessCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Fran RicoSUB
  2. 25Miguel LopesSUB
  3. 1Ivan KelavaSUB
  4. 7Robert IbáñezSUB
  5. 8Javier MorenoSUB
  6. 5MainzSUB
  7. 9Youssef El ArabiSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Barcelona 1, Granada CF 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arda Turan with a through ball.
  2. 14' Goal! Barcelona 2, Granada CF 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  3. 29' Rubén Rochina (Granada CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Granada CF. Diego Mainz replaces Rene Krhin.
  5. 56' Edgar Méndez (Granada CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 57' Lombán (Granada CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 58' Goal! Barcelona 3, Granada CF 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  8. 60' Doria (Granada CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 63' Aleix Vidal (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 65' Substitution, Barcelona. Dani Alves replaces Aleix Vidal.
  11. 72' Substitution, Barcelona. Adriano replaces Arda Turan.
  12. 72' Substitution, Granada CF. Robert Ibáñez replaces Adalberto Peñaranda.
  13. 78' Substitution, Granada CF. Javi Márquez replaces Rubén Rochina.
  14. 83' Goal! Barcelona 4, Granada CF 0. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.

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