Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, March 10, 2018
Barcelona WDWDW 2
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Málaga LLLLL 0
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La Rosaleda · 26,936 att.

Match Report

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Suarez, Coutinho score as Messi-less Barcelona open 11-point lead with win

A Lionel Messi-less Barcelona coasted past 10-man Malaga 2-0 to remain comfortably atop La Liga on Saturday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
7
75.6
Possession
24.4
20
SHOTS
6
9
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
749
Accurate Passes
171
828
Passes
264
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
5
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
65
35
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
0
9
Effective Tackles
17
15
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
17
20
Clearances
17

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MCF · 4-4-2

  1. 1RobertoG
  2. 2Ignasi MiquelCD-L
  3. 4Luis HernándezCD-R
  4. 15Federico RiccaLB
  5. 18Roberto RosalesRB
  6. 25Medhi LacenCM-L
  7. 7Manuel IturraCM-R
  8. 11Chory CastroLM
  9. 21Samu GarcíaRM
  10. 26Youssef En-NesyriCF-L
  11. 24Diego RolánCF-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 15PaulinhoLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 14Philippe CoutinhoLF
  11. 11Ousmane DembéléRF

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Málaga 0, Barcelona 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba with a cross.
  2. 28' Goal! Málaga 0, Barcelona 2. Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
  3. 30' Samu García (Málaga) is shown the red card.
  4. 49' Manuel Iturra (Málaga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' Substitution, Málaga. Maxime Lestienne replaces Gonzalo Castro.
  6. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. André Gomes replaces Sergi Roberto.
  7. 77' Substitution, Barcelona. Lucas Digne replaces Jordi Alba.
  8. 78' Substitution, Málaga. Brown Ideye replaces Youssef En-Nesyri.
  9. 78' Substitution, Málaga. Isaac Success replaces Diego Rolan.
  10. 84' Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 85' Substitution, Barcelona. Aleix Vidal replaces Ousmane Dembélé.

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