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FT Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Barcelona WWDWW 2
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Alavés LLDLD 0
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Match Report

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Barcelona move closer to La Liga title with win at Alaves

Barcelona inched closer to their 26th La Liga title with a 2-0 victory at Alaves on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
19
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
4
76.5
Possession
23.5
16
SHOTS
6
6
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
675
Accurate Passes
159
768
Passes
228
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
13
0.4
Cross %
0.4
54
Long Balls
50
34
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
3
Interceptions
15
7
Effective Clearances
20
7
Clearances
20

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

ALA · 5-4-1

  1. 1Fernando PachecoG
  2. 4Rodrigo ElyCD
  3. 15Ximo NavarroCD-L
  4. 5Víctor LaguardiaCD-R
  5. 3Rubén DuarteLB
  6. 2Carlos VigarayRB
  7. 8Tomás PinaCM-L
  8. 22Mubarak WakasoCM-R
  9. 23JonyLM
  10. 9Diego RolánRM
  11. 18Borja BastónF

Substitutes

  1. 20Darko BrasanacSUB
  2. 19Manu GarcíaSUB
  3. 10John GuidettiSUB
  4. 21Martín AguirregabiriaSUB
  5. 24Patrick TwumasiSUB
  6. 13Antonio SiveraSUB
  7. 17Adrián MarínSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 20Sergi RobertoLB
  5. 2Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 21Carles AleñáLM
  8. 22Arturo VidalRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 7Philippe CoutinhoLF
  11. 11Ousmane DembéléRF

Substitutes

  1. 8ArthurSUB
  2. 15Clément LengletSUB
  3. 10Lionel MessiSUB
  4. 13Jasper CillessenSUB
  5. 24Thomas VermaelenSUB
  6. 18Jordi AlbaSUB
  7. 14MalcomSUB

Timeline

  1. 33' Jony (Alavés) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 45' Substitution, Alavés. Darko Brasanac replaces Diego Rolan because of an injury.
  3. 54' Goal! Alavés 0, Barcelona 1. Carles Aleñá (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergi Roberto.
  4. 56' Ximo Navarro (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  6. 58' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  7. 58' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field stands.
  8. 60' Goal! Alavés 0, Barcelona 2. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  9. 61' Substitution, Barcelona. Lionel Messi replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  10. 70' Substitution, Barcelona. Jordi Alba replaces Nélson Semedo.
  11. 71' Substitution, Alavés. Patrick Twumasi replaces Rodrigo Ely.
  12. 76' Coutinho (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 81' Substitution, Alavés. John Guidetti replaces Jony.
  14. 87' Substitution, Barcelona. Arthur replaces Carles Aleñá.
  15. 90'+4' Tomás Pina (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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