Spanish LALIGA

FT Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Sevilla DDLLD 0
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Barcelona WWLWW 3
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi scores brace as Barcelona cruise past Sevilla

Lionel Messi scored two goals as an impressive Barcelona cruised to a 3-0 victory over 10-man Sevilla to remain in the thick of the La Liga title race

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
3
43.9
Possession
56.1
7
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
373
Accurate Passes
517
458
Passes
601
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
5
0.0
Cross %
0.4
38
Long Balls
54
16
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
13
19
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
12
9
Clearances
12

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

BAR · 3-4-3-d

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 3Gerard PiquéCD
  3. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  4. 14Javier MascheranoDM
  5. 5Sergio BusquetsSW
  6. 10Lionel MessiAM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 20Sergi RobertoRF

Substitutes

  1. 19Lucas Digne
  2. 13Jasper Cillessen
  3. 6Denis Suárez
  4. 17Paco Alcácer
  5. 18Jordi Alba
  6. 28Carles Aleñá
  7. 21André Gomes

SEV · 5-4-1

  1. 1Sergio RicoG
  2. 21Nico ParejaCD
  3. 5Clément LengletCD-L
  4. 24Gabriel MercadoCD-R
  5. 18Sergio EscuderoLB
  6. 3Mariano RB
  7. 15Steven N'ZonziCM-L
  8. 8Vicente IborraCM-R
  9. 10Samir NasriLM
  10. 20VitoloRM
  11. 11Joaquín CorreaF

Substitutes

  1. 13David SoriaSUB
  2. 17Pablo SarabiaSUB
  3. 12Wissam Ben YedderSUB
  4. 6Daniel CarriçoSUB
  5. 22Franco VázquezSUB
  6. 16Stevan JoveticSUB
  7. 4Matías KranevitterSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 25' Goal! Barcelona 1, Sevilla 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal.
  3. 28' Goal! Barcelona 2, Sevilla 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez following a fast break.
  4. 33' Goal! Barcelona 3, Sevilla 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  5. 38' Vicente Iborra (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Sevilla. Matías Kranevitter replaces Gabriel Mercado.
  7. 45' Substitution, Sevilla. Pablo Sarabia replaces Samir Nasri.
  8. 57' Vitolo (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 65' Substitution, Barcelona. Paco Alcácer replaces Luis Suárez.
  10. 71' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 76' Substitution, Sevilla. Stevan Jovetic replaces Vicente Iborra.
  12. 77' Substitution, Barcelona. Lucas Digne replaces Gerard Piqué.
  13. 78' Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 80' Substitution, Barcelona. Carles Aleñá replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  15. 84' Carles Aleñá (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+1' Second yellow card to Vitolo (Sevilla) for a bad foul.

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