Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, December 16, 2018
Barcelona WWWWD 5
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Levante LDWWD 0
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Ciutat de Valencia · 23,736 att.

Match Report

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Lionel Messi scores hat trick as Barca top Levante and remain top of La Liga table

Lionel Messi netted his first hat trick of the La Liga season and provided two assists in Barcelona's 5-0 win at Levante.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
15
6
Saves
4
56.9
Possession
43.1
16
SHOTS
20
9
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
465
Accurate Passes
312
527
Passes
377
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
4
Crosses
26
0.5
Cross %
0.1
40
Long Balls
40
25
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
7
9
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
16
22
Effective Clearances
7
22
Clearances
7

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

LEV · 3-5-2

  1. 13Oier OlazábalG
  2. 15Sergio PostigoCD
  3. 4RóberCD-L
  4. 18Erick CabacoCD-R
  5. 10Enis BardhiCM-L
  6. 16Rubén RochinaCM-R
  7. 24José CampañaAM
  8. 3ToñoLM
  9. 23JasonRM
  10. 11José Luis MoralesCF-L
  11. 21Emmanuel BoatengCF-R

BAR · 3-5-2

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 15Clément LengletCD
  3. 24Thomas VermaelenCD-L
  4. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  5. 22Arturo VidalCM-L
  6. 4Ivan RakitićCM-R
  7. 5Sergio BusquetsAM
  8. 18Jordi AlbaLM
  9. 11Ousmane DembéléRM
  10. 10Lionel MessiCF-L
  11. 9Luis SuárezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 25' Rober Pier (Levante) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  3. 35' Goal! Levante 0, Barcelona 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  4. 36' Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 43' Goal! Levante 0, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Busquets with a through ball following a fast break.
  6. 45' Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 47' Goal! Levante 0, Barcelona 3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  8. 52' Substitution, Barcelona. Arthur replaces Thomas Vermaelen.
  9. 59' Jason (Levante) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 60' Goal! Levante 0, Barcelona 4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arturo Vidal.
  11. 62' Substitution, Levante. Borja Mayoral replaces Emmanuel Boateng.
  12. 69' Substitution, Levante. Coke replaces Rubén Rochina.
  13. 70' Substitution, Levante. Sanjin Prcic replaces Sergio Postigo.
  14. 76' Erick Cabaco (Levante) is shown the red card.
  15. 78' Substitution, Barcelona. Coutinho replaces Arturo Vidal.
  16. 81' Substitution, Barcelona. Denis Suárez replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  17. 88' Goal! Levante 0, Barcelona 5. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi.

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