Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, September 20, 2015
Levante LDLDD 1
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Barcelona DWWWD 4
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Match Report

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

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

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

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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