Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, August 26, 2017
Barcelona DWLLW 2
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Alavés WWDLL 0
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Mendizorrotza · 14,934 att.

Match Report

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Lionel Messi passes 350 goals with brace as Barcelona beat Alaves

Lionel Messi recovered from seeing a penalty saved to inspire Barcelona to a 2-0 victory against Alaves.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
14
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
9
73.3
Possession
26.7
23
SHOTS
11
11
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
659
Accurate Passes
193
730
Passes
264
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
0
18
Crosses
5
0.3
Cross %
0.0
54
Long Balls
60
41
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.8
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
6
10
Effective Tackles
18
13
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
7
Effective Clearances
30
7
Clearances
30

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

ALA · 4-5-1

  1. 1Fernando PachecoG
  2. 12Rodrigo ElyCD-L
  3. 4AlexisCD-R
  4. 17Alfonso PedrazaLB
  5. 2Carlos VigarayRB
  6. 19Manu GarcíaCM-L
  7. 22Mubarak WakasoCM-R
  8. 18Tomás PinaAM
  9. 11Ibai GómezLM
  10. 10Óscar RomeroRM
  11. 7Rubén SobrinoF

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. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 16Gerard DeulofeuLF
  11. 22Aleix VidalRF

Timeline

  1. 32' Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 36' Mubarak Wakaso (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Rodrigo Ely (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 39' Penalty saved! Lionel Messi (Barcelona) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  5. 41' Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  7. 55' Goal! Alavés 0, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  8. 57' Substitution, Barcelona. Paco Alcácer replaces Aleix Vidal.
  9. 66' Goal! Alavés 0, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paco Alcácer.
  10. 67' Substitution, Alavés. Burgui replaces Ibai Gómez.
  11. 71' Substitution, Barcelona. Denis Suárez replaces Gerard Deulofeu.
  12. 77' Substitution, Alavés. Enzo Zidane replaces Mubarak Wakaso.
  13. 78' Substitution, Alavés. Christian Santos replaces Rubén Sobrino.
  14. 88' Substitution, Barcelona. Paulinho replaces Andrés Iniesta.

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