Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, December 10, 2017
Barcelona DDWDW 2
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Villarreal WLWLL 0
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Estadio de la Cerámica · 21,087 att.

Match Report

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Suarez, Messi goals restore Barcelona's cushion atop La Liga

Barcelona seized on the second-half dismissal of Dani Raba to beat Villarreal 2-0 and restore their five-point lead at the top of La Liga on Sunday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
5
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
2
5
Saves
4
68
Possession
32
16
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
693
Accurate Passes
279
778
Passes
354
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.3
45
Long Balls
51
25
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
6
18
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
0
Interceptions
0
6
Effective Clearances
18
6
Clearances
18

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

VIL · 4-5-1

  1. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  2. 6Víctor RuizCD-L
  3. 3Álvaro GonzálezCD-R
  4. 11Jaume CostaLB
  5. 2MarioRB
  6. 16RodriCM-L
  7. 14Manu TriguerosCM-R
  8. 4Rúben SemedoAM
  9. 20Roberto SorianoLM
  10. 28Dani RabaRM
  11. 17Cédric BakambuF

Substitutes

  1. 25Mariano BarbosaSUB
  2. 5Adrián MarínSUB
  3. 33ChucaSUB
  4. 23Daniele BoneraSUB
  5. 10Samu CastillejoSUB
  6. 22Antonio RukavinaSUB
  7. 26Ramiro GuerraSUB

BAR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 25Thomas VermaelenCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 15PaulinhoCM-L
  7. 5Sergio BusquetsCM-R
  8. 6Denis SuárezLM
  9. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  10. 9Luis SuárezCF-L
  11. 10Lionel MessiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Aleix VidalSUB
  2. 17Paco AlcácerSUB
  3. 39David CostasSUB
  4. 2Nélson SemedoSUB
  5. 21André GomesSUB
  6. 19Lucas DigneSUB
  7. 13Jasper CillessenSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 48' Substitution, Villarreal. Samu Castillejo replaces Rúben Semedo because of an injury.
  3. 58' Substitution, Barcelona. Paco Alcácer replaces Denis Suárez.
  4. 60' Raba (Villarreal) is shown the red card.
  5. 61' Cédric Bakambu (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 64' Substitution, Villarreal. Antonio Rukavina replaces Roberto Soriano.
  7. 68' Substitution, Barcelona. Aleix Vidal replaces Paulinho.
  8. 72' Goal! Villarreal 0, Barcelona 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paco Alcácer with a through ball.
  9. 83' Goal! Villarreal 0, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
  10. 86' Substitution, Barcelona. André Gomes replaces Sergio Busquets.
  11. 86' Álvaro González (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card.

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