Spanish Copa del Rey

FT Thursday, January 25, 2018
Espanyol WWDWL 0
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Barcelona WWWLW 2
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Match Report

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Barcelona hold off Espanyol as Coutinho debuts in Copa win

Goals from Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez guided Barcelona to a 2-0 victory over city rival Espanyol on Thursday and a place in the Copa del Rey semis.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
6
4
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
2
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
2
24.8
Possession
75.2
4
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
147
Accurate Passes
660
243
Passes
762
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
3
11
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.3
71
Long Balls
63
22
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
7
23
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
9
25
Clearances
9

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-2

Lineups

BAR · 4-4-2

  1. 13Jasper CillessenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 4Ivan RakitićCM-L
  7. 5Sergio BusquetsCM-R
  8. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  9. 22Aleix VidalRM
  10. 9Luis SuárezCF-L
  11. 10Lionel MessiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Yerry MinaSUB
  2. 21André GomesSUB
  3. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  4. 14Philippe CoutinhoSUB
  5. 19Lucas DigneSUB
  6. 15PaulinhoSUB
  7. 17Paco AlcácerSUB

ESP · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Pau LópezG
  2. 22Mario HermosoCD-L
  3. 5NaldoCD-R
  4. 18Javi FuegoDM
  5. 3Aarón MartínLB
  6. 2Marc NavarroRB
  7. 15David LópezCM-L
  8. 23Esteban GraneroCM-R
  9. 25Sergi DarderLM
  10. 4Victor SánchezRM
  11. 7Gerard MorenoF

Substitutes

  1. 11Léo BaptistãoSUB
  2. 6Óscar DuarteSUB
  3. 16Javi LópezSUB
  4. 14Óscar MelendoSUB
  5. 21Marc RocaSUB
  6. 9Sergio GarcíaSUB
  7. 13Diego LópezSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 9' Goal! Barcelona 1, Espanyol 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aleix Vidal with a cross.
  3. 19' Mario Hermoso (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 25' Goal! Barcelona 2, Espanyol 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
  5. 27' Lionel Messi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 38' Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, Espanyol. Leo Baptistao replaces Sergi Darder.
  8. 60' Esteban Granero (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 63' Substitution, Barcelona. Paulinho replaces Aleix Vidal.
  10. 65' Substitution, Espanyol. Sergio García replaces Esteban Granero.
  11. 68' Substitution, Barcelona. Philippe Coutinho replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  12. 72' Sergio García (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 77' Naldo (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 82' Paulinho (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 86' Substitution, Espanyol. Óscar Melendo replaces Víctor Sánchez.
  16. 90'+3' Substitution, Barcelona. André Gomes replaces Ivan Rakitic.

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