Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, August 20, 2016
Real Betis LDWDL 2
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Barcelona WWLWW 6
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BET112
BAR336
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez sparkle as Barcelona score six

Barcelona got their La Liga title defence off to the perfect start as Lionel Messi scored twice and Luis Suarez got a hat trick.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
17
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
10
6
Saves
0
26.9
Possession
73.1
6
SHOTS
30
2
ON GOAL
12
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
176
Accurate Passes
608
249
Passes
684
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
6
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
39
21
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
12
5
Effective Tackles
7
7
Tackles
9
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
8
28
Clearances
8

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 6Denis SuárezLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 7Arda TuranLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

BET · 5-3-2

  1. 13Antonio AdánG
  2. 23Aïssa MandiCD
  3. 20Germán PezzellaCD-L
  4. 4BrunoCD-R
  5. 14Riza DurmisiLB
  6. 16Álvaro CejudoRB
  7. 5PetrosCM
  8. 6Felipe GutiérrezCM-L
  9. 8Jonas MartinCM-R
  10. 24Rubén CastroCF-L
  11. 9Antonio SanabriaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Barcelona 1, Real Betis 0. Arda Turan (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  2. 21' Goal! Barcelona 1, Real Betis 1. Rubén Castro (Real Betis) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  3. 36' Substitution, Real Betis. Dani Ceballos replaces Jonas Martin because of an injury.
  4. 37' Goal! Barcelona 2, Real Betis 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergi Roberto.
  5. 42' Goal! Barcelona 3, Real Betis 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergi Roberto.
  6. 45' Álvaro Cejudo (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 55' Substitution, Real Betis. Charly Musonda replaces Felipe Gutiérrez.
  8. 56' Goal! Barcelona 4, Real Betis 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  9. 57' Goal! Barcelona 5, Real Betis 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arda Turan.
  10. 59' Substitution, Real Betis. Fabián replaces Petros.
  11. 62' Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 68' Dani Ceballos (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 70' Substitution, Barcelona. Munir El Haddadi replaces Denis Suárez.
  14. 76' Substitution, Barcelona. Lucas Digne replaces Jordi Alba.
  15. 77' Rubén Castro (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 82' Goal! Barcelona 6, Real Betis 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  17. 84' Goal! Barcelona 6, Real Betis 2. Rubén Castro (Real Betis) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.

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