Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, February 23, 2019
Barcelona DDDWD 4
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Sevilla LDWLW 2
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BAR134
SEV202
Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán · 40,761 att.

Match Report

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Messi hat-trick inspires Barcelona to victory at Sevilla

Lionel Messi scored a hat trick as Barcelona won 4-2 against Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium to go 10 points clear at the top.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
6
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
8
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
4
60.4
Possession
39.6
17
SHOTS
13
8
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
468
Accurate Passes
266
547
Passes
343
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
24
0.1
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
60
24
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
6
4
Effective Tackles
12
10
Tackles
16
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
16
Interceptions
15
22
Effective Clearances
22
22
Clearances
22

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

SEV · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Tomás VaclíkG
  2. 3Sergi GómezCD-L
  3. 4Simon KjaerCD-R
  4. 14Maximilian WöberLB
  5. 25Gabriel MercadoRB
  6. 20Marko RogCM-L
  7. 10Éver BanegaCM-R
  8. 21Quincy PromesLM
  9. 16Jesús NavasRM
  10. 9Wissam Ben YedderF
  11. 17Pablo SarabiaRCF

Substitutes

  1. 13Juan SorianoSUB
  2. 19Munir El HaddadiSUB
  3. 12André SilvaSUB
  4. 22Franco VázquezSUB
  5. 23Guilherme AranaSUB
  6. 7Roque MesaSUB
  7. 5Ibrahim AmadouSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 4Ivan RakitićLM
  8. 22Arturo VidalRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 7Philippe CoutinhoLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 30Iñaki PeñaSUB
  2. 14MalcomSUB
  3. 11Ousmane DembéléSUB
  4. 15Clément LengletSUB
  5. 17Jeison MurilloSUB
  6. 20Sergi RobertoSUB
  7. 21Carles AleñáSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Sevilla 1, Barcelona 0. Jesús Navas (Sevilla) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder following a fast break.
  2. 26' Goal! Sevilla 1, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic with a cross.
  3. 38' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Goal! Sevilla 2, Barcelona 1. Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pablo Sarabia.
  5. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Nélson Semedo.
  6. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Arturo Vidal.
  7. 49' Marko Rog (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 51' Substitution, Sevilla. Franco Vázquez replaces Gabriel Mercado because of an injury.
  9. 57' Maximilian Wöber (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 58' Substitution, Sevilla. Ibrahim Amadou replaces Maximilian Wöber because of an injury.
  11. 62' Substitution, Sevilla. Roque Mesa replaces Marko Rog.
  12. 67' Goal! Sevilla 2, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
  13. 70' Franco Vázquez (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 79' Substitution, Barcelona. Carles Aleñá replaces Coutinho.
  15. 80' Simon Kjaer (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 83' Pablo Sarabia (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 85' Goal! Sevilla 2, Barcelona 3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  18. 90' Roque Mesa (Sevilla) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+3' Goal! Sevilla 2, Barcelona 4. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.

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