Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, March 19, 2017
Valencia WLWLD 2
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Barcelona WWWWL 4
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VAL202
BAR224
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi brace helps Barcelona defeat 10-man Valencia

Lionel Messi scored twice to help Barcelona keep pace in La Liga's title race with a 4-2 defeat of 10-man Valencia at the Camp Nou on Sunday night.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
4
4
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
6
8
Saves
3
28.1
Possession
71.9
6
SHOTS
28
5
ON GOAL
12
0.8
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
156
Accurate Passes
544
237
Passes
620
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
2
5
Crosses
9
0.4
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
44
17
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.3
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
6
18
Effective Tackles
13
25
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
8
31
Clearances
8

Head to Head

BAR leads series 2-1-2

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. 4Ivan RakitićAM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 12RafinhaRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

VAL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Diego AlvesG
  2. 5Eliaquim MangalaCD-L
  3. 24Ezequiel GarayCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 21Martín MontoyaRB
  6. 8Enzo PérezCM
  7. 10Dani ParejoLM
  8. 18Carlos SolerRM
  9. 9Munir El HaddadiF
  10. 15Fabián OrellanaLF
  11. 2João CanceloRF

Timeline

  1. 24' Enzo Pérez (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Goal! Barcelona 0, Valencia 1. Eliaquim Mangala (Valencia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Parejo with a cross following a corner.
  3. 35' Goal! Barcelona 1, Valencia 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Neymar.
  4. 39' Eliaquim Mangala (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 43' Daniel Parejo (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 44' Eliaquim Mangala (Valencia) is shown the red card.
  7. 45' Goal! Barcelona 2, Valencia 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  8. 45'+1' Goal! Barcelona 2, Valencia 2. Munir El Haddadi (Valencia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Gayá.
  9. 45' Substitution, Valencia. Aymen Abdennour replaces Fabián Orellana.
  10. 52' Goal! Barcelona 3, Valencia 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Javier Mascherano following a corner.
  11. 65' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  12. 67' Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 73' Substitution, Valencia. Simone Zaza replaces Munir El Haddadi.
  14. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. André Gomes replaces Rafinha.
  15. 77' André Gomes (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 84' Substitution, Valencia. Zakaria Bakkali replaces João Cancelo.
  17. 86' Lionel Messi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 89' Goal! Barcelona 4, Valencia 2. André Gomes (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Neymar.
  19. 90'+1' Martín Montoya (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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