Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, April 20, 2019
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Match Report

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Barca move closer to La Liga title with win over Real Sociedad

Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 2-1 on Saturday as the defending La Liga champions move closer to a second straight title.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
6
2
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
1
50.3
Possession
49.7
9
SHOTS
11
2
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
429
Accurate Passes
433
523
Passes
522
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
2
13
Crosses
10
0.2
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
53
18
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
7
14
Tackles
13
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
12
13
Effective Clearances
19
13
Clearances
19

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 4Ivan RakitićCM
  7. 8ArthurLM
  8. 22Arturo VidalRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11Ousmane DembéléLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

RSO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gerónimo RulliG
  2. 3Diego LlorenteCD-L
  3. 15Aritz ElustondoCD-R
  4. 29Aihen MuñozLB
  5. 2Joseba ZaldúaRB
  6. 5Igor ZubeldiaCM
  7. 14Rubén PardoLM
  8. 8Mikel MerinoRM
  9. 12Willian JoséF
  10. 7JuanmiLF
  11. 10Mikel OyarzabalRF

Timeline

  1. 15' Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Goal! Barcelona 1, Real Sociedad 0. Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross following a corner.
  3. 54' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Luca Sangalli replaces Igor Zubeldia because of an injury.
  4. 56' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergio Busquets replaces Arthur.
  5. 62' Goal! Barcelona 1, Real Sociedad 1. Juanmi (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mikel Merino with a through ball.
  6. 64' Goal! Barcelona 2, Real Sociedad 1. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  7. 72' Substitution, Barcelona. Coutinho replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  8. 87' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Sandro Ramírez replaces Juanmi.
  9. 87' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Ander Barrenetxea replaces Diego Llorente because of an injury.
  10. 90' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Arturo Vidal.

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