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FT Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Sporting Gijón LLWLD 1
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Barcelona DWLWW 6
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RSG101
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Match Report

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Neymar, Messi, Suarez score as Barcelona thrash Sporting Gijon

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez all scored as Barcelona thrashed Sporting Gijon 6-1 in La Liga on Wednesday night.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
1
26.2
Possession
73.8
5
SHOTS
25
2
ON GOAL
10
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
163
Accurate Passes
625
242
Passes
699
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
4
7
Crosses
10
0.6
Cross %
0.4
48
Long Balls
49
20
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
8
13
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
7
29
Clearances
7

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

BAR · 3-4-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD
  3. 18Jordi AlbaCD-L
  4. 14Javier MascheranoCD-R
  5. 5Sergio BusquetsCM-L
  6. 4Ivan RakitićCM-R
  7. 6Denis SuárezLM
  8. 12RafinhaRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarCF-L
  11. 10Lionel MessiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Paco AlcácerSUB
  2. 20Sergi RobertoSUB
  3. 3Gerard PiquéSUB
  4. 13Jasper CillessenSUB
  5. 21André GomesSUB
  6. 19Lucas DigneSUB
  7. 8Andrés IniestaSUB

RSG · 4-5-1

  1. 1Iván CuéllarG
  2. 29Juan RodríguezCD-L
  3. 3Jean-Sylvain BabinCD-R
  4. 12Elderson EchiéjiléLB
  5. 16LilloRB
  6. 6Sergio ÁlvarezCM-L
  7. 10Nacho CasesCM-R
  8. 21Xavi TorresAM
  9. 14BurguiLM
  10. 2DouglasRM
  11. 9Carlos CastroF

Substitutes

  1. 24Duje CopSUB
  2. 11Alberto LoraSUB
  3. 7Víctor RodríguezSUB
  4. 8Lacina TraoréSUB
  5. 22Mikel VesgaSUB
  6. 18Isma LópezSUB
  7. 13Diego MariñoSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Barcelona 1, Sporting de Gijón 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Javier Mascherano with a through ball.
  2. 11' Goal! Barcelona 2, Sporting de Gijón 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar with a through ball.
  3. 21' Goal! Barcelona 2, Sporting de Gijón 1. Carlos Castro (Sporting de Gijón) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  4. 24' Burgui (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 27' Goal! Barcelona 3, Sporting de Gijón 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  6. 45' Carlos Castro (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+1' Neymar (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 45' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Víctor Rodríguez replaces Douglas.
  9. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Paco Alcácer replaces Luis Suárez.
  10. 49' Goal! Barcelona 4, Sporting de Gijón 1. Paco Alcácer (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  11. 55' Juan Rodríguez (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 59' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Isma López replaces Burgui.
  13. 61' Substitution, Barcelona. André Gomes replaces Lionel Messi.
  14. 65' Goal! Barcelona 5, Sporting de Gijón 1. Neymar (Barcelona) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  15. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Rafinha.
  16. 76' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Mikel Vesga replaces Sergio Álvarez.
  17. 87' Goal! Barcelona 6, Sporting de Gijón 1. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Sergi Roberto.

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