Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, April 15, 2017
Real Sociedad LLDLW 2
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Barcelona WWWLL 3
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RSO202
BAR303
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi brace helps Barcelona to win over Real Sociedad

Lionel Messi scored his 497th and 498th goals for Barcelona to spark a 3-2 win over Real Sociedad on Saturday.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
6
46.7
Possession
53.3
14
SHOTS
16
7
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
368
Accurate Passes
429
445
Passes
511
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
14
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.2
80
Long Balls
56
48
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
3
16
Effective Tackles
10
25
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
20
15
Clearances
20

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 5Sergio BusquetsDM
  5. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  6. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  7. 10Lionel MessiAM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićLM
  9. 21André GomesRM
  10. 17Paco AlcácerCF-L
  11. 9Luis SuárezCF-R

RSO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gerónimo RulliG
  2. 6Iñigo MartínezCD-L
  3. 22Raúl NavasCD-R
  4. 19Yuri BerchicheLB
  5. 20Joseba ZaldúaRB
  6. 10Xabi PrietoAM
  7. 17David ZurutuzaLM
  8. 4Asier IllarramendiRM
  9. 12Willian JoséF
  10. 18Mikel OyarzabalAM-L
  11. 11Carlos VelaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 17' Goal! Barcelona 1, Real Sociedad 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  3. 37' Goal! Barcelona 2, Real Sociedad 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  4. 41' Paco Alcácer (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 42' Own Goal by Samuel Umtiti, Barcelona. Barcelona 2, Real Sociedad 1.
  6. 44' Goal! Barcelona 3, Real Sociedad 1. Paco Alcácer (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  7. 45'+1' Goal! Barcelona 3, Real Sociedad 2. Xabi Prieto (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Willian José with a through ball.
  8. 49' Asier Illarramendi (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 62' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Sergio Canales replaces Carlos Vela.
  10. 68' Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 69' Substitution, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta replaces André Gomes.
  12. 79' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Jon Bautista replaces Willian José.
  13. 79' Substitution, Barcelona. Denis Suárez replaces Paco Alcácer.
  14. 84' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Esteban Granero replaces David Zurutuza.
  15. 88' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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