Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, January 27, 2019
Barcelona LWWWL 2
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Girona DDDLL 0
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Municipal de Montilivi · 13,649 att.

Match Report

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Lionel Messi scores as Barcelona beat Girona to extend lead to five points

Barcelona extended their lead at the top of La Liga back to five points with a 2-0 win over Girona on Sunday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
18
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
4
63.5
Possession
36.5
15
SHOTS
13
7
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
541
Accurate Passes
273
629
Passes
347
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
8
Crosses
20
0.4
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
48
37
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
3
5
Effective Tackles
10
11
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
12
17
Effective Clearances
12
17
Clearances
12

Head to Head

BAR leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

GIR · 3-5-2

  1. 13Yassine BounouG
  2. 2Bernardo EspinosaCD
  3. 15JuanpeCD-L
  4. 5Pedro AlcaláCD-R
  5. 6Álex GranellCM-L
  6. 23Aleix GarcíaCM-R
  7. 8Pere PonsAM
  8. 34Valery FernándezLM
  9. 24Pedro PorroRM
  10. 7Cristhian StuaniCF-L
  11. 9PortuCF-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 15Clément LengletCD-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

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Girona 0, Barcelona 1. Nélson Semedo (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 29' Bernardo Espinosa (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 37' Arturo Vidal (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 43' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 51' Second yellow card to Bernardo Espinosa (Girona) for a bad foul.
  7. 52' Yassine Bounou (Girona) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 58' Substitution, Barcelona. Arthur replaces Arturo Vidal.
  9. 68' Goal! Girona 0, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  10. 69' Juanpe (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 70' Substitution, Girona. Douglas Luiz replaces Aleix García.
  12. 77' Substitution, Barcelona. Thomas Vermaelen replaces Clément Lenglet.
  13. 80' Substitution, Girona. Anthony Lozano replaces Portu.
  14. 82' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Sergio Busquets.
  15. 86' Substitution, Girona. Paik Seung-Ho replaces Álex Granell.
  16. 89' Cristhian Stuani (Girona) is shown the yellow card.

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