Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, September 24, 2016
Barcelona WLWWD 5
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Sporting Gijón WDWLL 0
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Match Report

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Barcelona make light of Messi absence to thrash Sporting Gijon

Iago Aspas' penalty three minutes from time earned Celta Vigo their first win of the season as they overcome Sporting Gijon 2-1 at Balaidos.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
5
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
2
61.1
Possession
38.9
13
SHOTS
10
7
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
491
Accurate Passes
264
574
Passes
359
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
3
13
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.2
67
Long Balls
55
45
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.7
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
14
19
Tackles
25
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
5
Effective Clearances
7
9
Clearances
9

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

RSG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Iván CuéllarG
  2. 5Fernando AmorebietaCD-L
  3. 4Jorge MeréCD-R
  4. 11Alberto LoraLB
  5. 16LilloRB
  6. 7Víctor RodríguezAM
  7. 10Nacho CasesLM
  8. 6Sergio ÁlvarezRM
  9. 24Duje CopF
  10. 14BurguiAM-L
  11. 23Moi GómezAM-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 24Jérémy MathieuCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 19Lucas DigneLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 7Arda TuranLM
  8. 21André GomesRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 12RafinhaRF

Timeline

  1. 9' Alberto Lora (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Goal! Sporting de Gijón 0, Barcelona 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arda Turan.
  3. 32' Goal! Sporting de Gijón 0, Barcelona 2. Rafinha (Barcelona) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergi Roberto.
  4. 68' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Carlos Castro replaces Duje Cop.
  5. 68' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Dani Ndi replaces Moi Gómez.
  6. 69' Substitution, Barcelona. Denis Suárez replaces Sergio Busquets.
  7. 72' Substitution, Barcelona. Paco Alcácer replaces Luis Suárez.
  8. 74' Second yellow card to Alberto Lora (Sporting de Gijón) for a bad foul.
  9. 77' Substitution, Sporting de Gijón. Douglas replaces Víctor Rodríguez.
  10. 81' Goal! Sporting de Gijón 0, Barcelona 3. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  11. 85' Goal! Sporting de Gijón 0, Barcelona 4. Arda Turan (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergi Roberto with a cross.
  12. 86' Fernando Amorebieta (Sporting de Gijón) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 88' Goal! Sporting de Gijón 0, Barcelona 5. Neymar (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Denis Suárez with a through ball.

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