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FT Sunday, January 20, 2019
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Barcelona WWLWW 3
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Match Report

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Barcelona beat Leganes with super-sub Lionel Messi to extend La Liga lead

Lionel Messi came off the bench to inspire Barcelona to a 3-1 win over a dogged Leganes side on Sunday, creating one goal and scoring another.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
1
27.8
Possession
72.2
5
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
201
Accurate Passes
685
298
Passes
778
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
1
6
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.1
66
Long Balls
57
22
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.3
Long Balls %
0.8
2
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
8
22
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
14
Interceptions
9
21
Effective Clearances
6
21
Clearances
6

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 24Thomas VermaelenCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8ArthurLM
  8. 21Carles AleñáRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 7Philippe CoutinhoLF
  11. 11Ousmane DembéléRF

LEG · 5-4-1

  1. 1Iván CuéllarG
  2. 24Kenneth OmeruoCD
  3. 22Dimitrios SiovasCD-L
  4. 15Rodrigo TarínCD-R
  5. 5Jonathan SilvaLB
  6. 12Allan NyomRB
  7. 23Mikel VesgaCM-L
  8. 8RecioCM-R
  9. 26Youssef En-NesyriLM
  10. 27Óscar RodríguezRM
  11. 25Martin BraithwaiteF

Timeline

  1. 8' Martin Braithwaite (Leganés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 12' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 22' Rodrigo Tarín (Leganés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 30' Kenneth Omeruo (Leganés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 32' Goal! Barcelona 1, Leganés 0. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  6. 54' Carles Aleñá (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' Goal! Barcelona 1, Leganés 1. Martin Braithwaite (Leganés) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Youssef En-Nesyri.
  8. 60' Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 64' Substitution, Barcelona. Lionel Messi replaces Carles Aleñá.
  10. 64' Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Arthur.
  11. 69' Substitution, Barcelona. Malcom replaces Ousmane Dembélé because of an injury.
  12. 71' Goal! Barcelona 2, Leganés 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  13. 78' Substitution, Leganés. Michael Santos replaces Martin Braithwaite.
  14. 86' Substitution, Leganés. Nabil El Zhar replaces Óscar Rodríguez.
  15. 86' Substitution, Leganés. Javier Eraso replaces Mikel Vesga.
  16. 90'+2' Goal! Barcelona 3, Leganés 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordi Alba.

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