Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, August 29, 2015
Málaga LWLDD 0
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Barcelona WWLDW 1
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Match Report

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Thomas Vermaelen scores as Barcelona win in Neymar's return

Thomas Vermaelen's lone goal was enough for Barcelona to defeat Malaga 1-0 at the Camp Nou on Saturday.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
4
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
15
12
Saves
1
25.1
Possession
74.9
4
SHOTS
22
1
ON GOAL
13
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
128
Accurate Passes
572
209
Passes
655
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
11
Crosses
25
0.1
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
59
16
Accurate Long Balls
44
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
13
26
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
14
22
Clearances
15

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 23Thomas VermaelenCD-L
  3. 14Javier MascheranoCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

MCF · 4-4-2

  1. 1Carlos KameniG
  2. 3WeligtonCD-L
  3. 15Marcos AngeleriCD-R
  4. 23Miguel TorresLB
  5. 18Roberto RosalesRB
  6. 14RecioCM-L
  7. 12Fernando TissoneCM-R
  8. 7JuankarLM
  9. 10Ricardo HortaRM
  10. 11Nordin AmrabatCF-L
  11. 20Duje CopCF-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Substitution, Málaga. Raúl Albentosa replaces Weligton.
  2. 43' Recio (Málaga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 54' Substitution, Málaga. Charles replaces Nordin Amrabat.
  4. 63' Substitution, Barcelona. Rafinha replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  5. 73' Goal! Barcelona 1, Málaga 0. Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  6. 73' Substitution, Málaga. Juanpi replaces Ricardo Horta.
  7. 87' Substitution, Barcelona. Sandro Ramírez replaces Neymar.
  8. 89' Fernando Tissone (Málaga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 90' Substitution, Barcelona. Jeremy Mathieu replaces Thomas Vermaelen.
  10. 90'+1' Miguel Torres (Málaga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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