Spanish LALIGA

FT Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Barcelona WWWDW 1
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Celta Vigo WWWDW 4
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BAR011
CEL224
Balaidos · 23,311 att.

Match Report

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Iago Aspas nets brace as Celta Vigo hand Barcelona first La Liga loss

Celta Vigo handed Barcelona their first loss of the La Liga campaign and rose to the top of the table with an emphatic 4-1 defeat.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
7
10
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
6
56.1
Possession
43.9
18
SHOTS
18
7
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
386
Accurate Passes
290
484
Passes
380
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
9
0.4
Cross %
0.3
38
Long Balls
62
20
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
19
16
Tackles
29
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
7
Effective Clearances
13
11
Clearances
17

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CEL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Sergio ÁlvarezG
  2. 20Sergi GómezCD-L
  3. 22Gustavo CabralCD-R
  4. 19JonnyLB
  5. 2Hugo MalloRB
  6. 6Nemanja RadojaCM-L
  7. 24Augusto FernándezCM-R
  8. 10NolitoLM
  9. 14Fabián OrellanaRM
  10. 9Iago AspasCF-L
  11. 18Daniel WassCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Théo BongondaSUB
  2. 11John GuidettiSUB
  3. 21Carles PlanasSUB
  4. 3Andreu FontàsSUB
  5. 8Pablo HernándezSUB
  6. 17Lévy MadindaSUB
  7. 26NéstorSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 14Javier MascheranoCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 24Jérémy MathieuLB
  5. 6Dani AlvesRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 20Sergi RobertoRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 4Ivan RakitićSUB
  2. 17Munir El HaddadiSUB
  3. 25Jordi MasipSUB
  4. 2DouglasSUB
  5. 21AdrianoSUB
  6. 15Marc BartraSUB
  7. 28Gerard GumbauSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Goal! Celta de Vigo 1, Barcelona 0. Nolito (Celta de Vigo) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Hugo Mallo with a cross.
  3. 30' Goal! Celta de Vigo 2, Barcelona 0. Iago Aspas (Celta de Vigo) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nolito with a headed pass following a fast break.
  4. 56' Goal! Celta de Vigo 3, Barcelona 0. Iago Aspas (Celta de Vigo) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nolito following a fast break.
  5. 58' Substitution, Barcelona. Munir El Haddadi replaces Sergi Roberto.
  6. 66' Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Sergio Busquets.
  7. 76' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Pablo Hernández replaces Nemanja Radoja.
  8. 78' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. John Guidetti replaces Iago Aspas.
  9. 79' Hugo Mallo (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 80' Goal! Celta de Vigo 3, Barcelona 1. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  11. 83' Goal! Celta de Vigo 4, Barcelona 1. John Guidetti (Celta de Vigo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hugo Mallo with a cross.
  12. 85' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Carles Planas replaces Daniel Wass.
  13. 89' Neymar (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90' Sergi Gómez (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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