Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, January 21, 2018
Barcelona DWWWL 5
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Real Betis LWLWW 0
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Estadio Benito Villamarín · 55,316 att.

Match Report

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Messi and Suarez both score twice as Barca thrash Real Betis

Barcelona opened up an 11-point lead at the top of LaLiga after hammering Real Betis 5-0 at the Estadio Benito Villamarin on Sunday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
5
51.2
Possession
48.8
14
SHOTS
7
10
ON GOAL
2
0.7
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
445
Accurate Passes
400
524
Passes
489
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
4
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.2
39
Long Balls
64
25
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
16
16
Tackles
25
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
7
12
Clearances
7

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BET · 3-4-1-2

  1. 13Antonio AdánG
  2. 23Aïssa MandiCD
  3. 4Zouhair FeddalCD-L
  4. 3Javi GarcíaCD-R
  5. 18Andrés GuardadoCM-L
  6. 6Fabián RuizCM-R
  7. 17JoaquínAM
  8. 14Riza DurmisiLM
  9. 27FrancisRM
  10. 20Cristian TelloCF-L
  11. 7Sergio LeónCF-R

BAR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 25Thomas VermaelenCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 4Ivan RakitićCM-L
  7. 5Sergio BusquetsCM-R
  8. 21André GomesLM
  9. 20Sergi RobertoRM
  10. 9Luis SuárezCF-L
  11. 10Lionel MessiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 21' André Gomes (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 43' Substitution, Barcelona. Samuel Umtiti replaces Thomas Vermaelen because of an injury.
  3. 51' Riza Durmisi (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Goal! Real Betis 0, Barcelona 1. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Suárez with a through ball.
  5. 64' Goal! Real Betis 0, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergio Busquets with a through ball.
  6. 65' Substitution, Barcelona. Paulinho replaces André Gomes.
  7. 67' Zouhair Feddal (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 67' Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 69' Goal! Real Betis 0, Barcelona 3. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic with a cross.
  10. 73' Substitution, Real Betis. Rubén Castro replaces Sergio León.
  11. 77' Substitution, Real Betis. Ryad Boudebouz replaces Javi García.
  12. 80' Goal! Real Betis 0, Barcelona 4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  13. 81' Substitution, Barcelona. Gerard Deulofeu replaces Sergio Busquets.
  14. 88' Substitution, Real Betis. Víctor Camarasa replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  15. 89' Goal! Real Betis 0, Barcelona 5. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.

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