Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, April 29, 2017
Barcelona LWDWW 3
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Espanyol LWWLD 0
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RCDE Stadium · 31,082 att.

Match Report

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Luis Suarez ends goal drought to lead Barcelona past Espanyol

Luis Suarez scored twice in the second half to help Barcelona keep pace in the title race in La Liga with a 3-0 win at local rivals Espanyol,

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
19
0
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
6
65.4
Possession
34.6
15
SHOTS
6
9
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
529
Accurate Passes
224
633
Passes
319
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
1
10
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.0
68
Long Balls
58
41
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
13
19
Tackles
29
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
19
14
Clearances
19

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

ESP · 4-4-2

  1. 13Diego LópezG
  2. 23Diego ReyesCD-L
  3. 15David LópezCD-R
  4. 12Aarón MartínLB
  5. 16Javi LópezRB
  6. 18Javi FuegoCM-L
  7. 4Victor SánchezCM-R
  8. 19Pablo PiattiLM
  9. 14José Manuel JuradoRM
  10. 10Felipe CaicedoCF-L
  11. 7Gerard MorenoCF-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 21André GomesLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Timeline

  1. 14' Gerard Moreno (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 50' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 58' Aarón Martín (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Substitution, Espanyol. Leo Baptistao replaces Felipe Caicedo.
  5. 66' Substitution, Espanyol. Hernán Pérez replaces Pablo Piatti.
  6. 68' Javi Fuego (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 76' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 2. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  8. 78' Substitution, Barcelona. Javier Mascherano replaces André Gomes.
  9. 79' Substitution, Espanyol. Marc Roca replaces Javi Fuego.
  10. 87' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 3. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.

LALIGA News

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