Spanish Copa del Rey

FT Wednesday, January 6, 2016
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi leads Barcelona to easy win over Espanyol

Barcelona secured a comfortable 4-1 win over nine-man Espanyol in the first leg of their Copa del Rey round-of-16 clash at the Nou Camp.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
12
7
Yellow Cards
4
2
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
10
15
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
0
24
Possession
76
2
SHOTS
22
1
ON GOAL
10
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BAR

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 14Javier MascheranoCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 6Dani AlvesRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 7Arda TuranRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

ESP

  1. 13Pau LópezG
  2. 6Enzo RocoCD-L
  3. 24Antonio RaílloCD-R
  4. 5Víctor ÁlvarezLB
  5. 16Javi LópezRB
  6. 7Gerard MorenoAM
  7. 10Abraham GonzalezLM
  8. 12Pape DiopRM
  9. 20Felipe CaicedoF
  10. 25Marco AsensioAM-L
  11. 17Hernán PérezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Barcelona 0, Espanyol 1. Felipe Caicedo (Espanyol) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marco Asensio following a fast break.
  2. 11' Abraham (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 13' Goal! Barcelona 1, Espanyol 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta with a through ball.
  4. 20' Gerard Moreno (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 34' Neymar (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 41' Substitution, Espanyol. Joan Jordán replaces Felipe Caicedo because of an injury.
  7. 44' Goal! Barcelona 2, Espanyol 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  8. 45'+2' Pau (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 45'+2' Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 45' Substitution, Espanyol. Salva Sevilla replaces Marco Asensio because of an injury.
  11. 49' Goal! Barcelona 3, Espanyol 1. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi following a corner.
  12. 52' Pape Diop (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 59' Hernán Arsensio Pérez (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 60' Substitution, Espanyol. Burgui replaces Abraham.
  15. 67' Substitution, Barcelona. Aleix Vidal replaces Dani Alves.
  16. 68' Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Arda Turan.
  17. 72' Second yellow card to Hernán Arsensio Pérez (Espanyol) for a bad foul.
  18. 73' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 74' Burgui (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 75' Pape Diop (Espanyol) is shown the red card.
  21. 78' Lionel Messi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  22. 78' Enzo Roco (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  23. 88' Goal! Barcelona 4, Espanyol 1. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.

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