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FT Sunday, September 20, 2015
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Barcelona DWWWD 4
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi scores twice as Barcelona ease past Levante at home

Barcelona kept their place at the top of the Primera Division and maintained their 100 percent start to the season by beating Levante 4-1.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
3
30.1
Possession
69.9
11
SHOTS
21
4
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
213
Accurate Passes
601
286
Passes
671
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
11
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
75
23
Accurate Long Balls
63
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
3
Blocked Shots
5
15
Effective Tackles
12
19
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
8
21
Clearances
8

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 14Javier MascheranoCD-L
  3. 15Marc BartraCD-R
  4. 21AdrianoLB
  5. 6Dani AlvesRB
  6. 10Lionel MessiAM
  7. 5Sergio BusquetsLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 19SandroF
  10. 11NeymarAM-L
  11. 17Munir El HaddadiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Sergi RobertoSUB
  2. 18Jordi AlbaSUB
  3. 28Gerard GumbauSUB
  4. 9Luis SuárezSUB
  5. 24Jérémy MathieuSUB
  6. 8Andrés IniestaSUB
  7. 25Jordi MasipSUB

LEV · 5-3-2

  1. 13RubénG
  2. 24Zouhair FeddalCD
  3. 12JuanfranCD-L
  4. 16Ángel TrujilloCD-R
  5. 3ToñoLB
  6. 2Iván LópezRB
  7. 7VerzaCM
  8. 8Jefferson LermaCM-L
  9. 6Víctor CamarasaCM-R
  10. 14Roger MartíCF-L
  11. 23Nabil GhilasCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Nikos KarabelasSUB
  2. 20DeyversonSUB
  3. 11José Luis MoralesSUB
  4. 10Rubén GarcíaSUB
  5. 22José MaríSUB
  6. 18Víctor CasadesúsSUB
  7. 25Diego MariñoSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Verza (Levante) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 50' Goal! Barcelona 1, Levante 0. Marc Bartra (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  3. 56' Goal! Barcelona 2, Levante 0. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  4. 61' Goal! Barcelona 3, Levante 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  5. 62' Substitution, Barcelona. Gerard Gumbau replaces Sergio Busquets.
  6. 63' Substitution, Levante. Casadesús replaces Nabil Ghilas.
  7. 66' Goal! Barcelona 3, Levante 1. Casadesús (Levante) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  8. 68' Substitution, Levante. Deyverson replaces Roger.
  9. 75' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot is just a bit too high. Lionel Messi should be disappointed.
  10. 80' Substitution, Levante. Rubén García replaces Víctor Camarasa.
  11. 90' Goal! Barcelona 4, Levante 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marc Bartra.

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