Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, March 17, 2019
Barcelona WWWWW 4
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Real Betis LWLLW 1
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BAR224
BET011
Benito Villamarín · 53,443 att.

Match Report

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Marvellous Messi hits hat trick as Barcelona torment Real Betis

Lionel Messi was lauded by opposition supporters on Sunday after he scored an outstanding hat trick in Barcelona's 4-1 win at Real Betis.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
5
44
Possession
56
16
SHOTS
13
9
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
403
Accurate Passes
507
462
Passes
582
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
8
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.2
37
Long Balls
32
25
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
8
10
Effective Tackles
12
14
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
16
Interceptions
21
15
Effective Clearances
7
15
Clearances
7

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BET · 3-1-4-2

  1. 13Pau LópezG
  2. 5Marc BartraCD
  3. 12SidneiCD-L
  4. 23Aïssa MandiCD-R
  5. 14William CarvalhoSW
  6. 18Andrés GuardadoCM-L
  7. 6Sergio CanalesCM-R
  8. 11Cristian TelloLM
  9. 17JoaquínRM
  10. 10JeséCF-L
  11. 21Giovani Lo CelsoCF-R

BAR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 8ArthurCM-L
  7. 5Sergio BusquetsCM-R
  8. 22Arturo VidalLM
  9. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  10. 10Lionel MessiCF-L
  11. 9Luis SuárezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Andrés Guardado (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 18' Goal! Real Betis 0, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  3. 45'+2' Goal! Real Betis 0, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez with a through ball.
  4. 52' Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 63' Goal! Real Betis 0, Barcelona 3. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gerard Piqué.
  6. 64' Substitution, Barcelona. Nélson Semedo replaces Arthur.
  7. 67' Nélson Semedo (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 67' Substitution, Real Betis. Emerson replaces Joaquín.
  9. 68' Substitution, Real Betis. Diego Lainez replaces Giovani Lo Celso.
  10. 75' Substitution, Real Betis. Loren Morón replaces William Carvalho.
  11. 82' Goal! Real Betis 1, Barcelona 3. Loren Morón (Real Betis) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Diego Lainez.
  12. 85' Goal! Real Betis 1, Barcelona 4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic.
  13. 88' Substitution, Barcelona. Carles Aleñá replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  14. 90' Substitution, Barcelona. Coutinho replaces Luis Suárez because of an injury.

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