Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, December 8, 2018
Barcelona LDWWW 4
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Espanyol WLLLW 0
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RCDE Stadium · 24,037 att.

Match Report

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Lionel Messi shines as Barcelona thrash Espanyol in Catalan derby

Lionel Messi scored two spectacular free kicks as Barcelona thrashed local rivals Espanyol 4-0 in Saturday's Catalan derby.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
16
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
11
3
Saves
5
55.4
Possession
44.6
17
SHOTS
15
9
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
502
Accurate Passes
382
585
Passes
454
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
5
Crosses
22
0.4
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
51
39
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.7
Long Balls %
0.7
6
Blocked Shots
2
17
Effective Tackles
15
24
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
22
Interceptions
21
14
Effective Clearances
9
14
Clearances
9

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ESP · 4-4-1-1

  1. 13Diego LópezG
  2. 6Óscar DuarteCD-L
  3. 15David LópezCD-R
  4. 12Dídac VilàLB
  5. 16Javi LópezRB
  6. 21Marc RocaCM-L
  7. 10Sergi DarderCM-R
  8. 4Victor SánchezLM
  9. 17Hernán PérezRM
  10. 7Borja IglesiasF
  11. 14Óscar MelendoRCF

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. 22Arturo VidalLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11Ousmane DembéléLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  2. 26' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 2. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  3. 45' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 3. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
  4. 59' Substitution, Espanyol. Leo Baptistao replaces Hernán Pérez.
  5. 63' Substitution, Espanyol. Sergio García replaces Óscar Melendo.
  6. 65' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  7. 68' Substitution, Barcelona. Coutinho replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  8. 74' Substitution, Espanyol. Esteban Granero replaces Sergi Darder.
  9. 75' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  10. 79' Dídac Vilá (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 79' Substitution, Barcelona. Munir El Haddadi replaces Luis Suárez.
  12. 82' Substitution, Barcelona. Denis Suárez replaces Ivan Rakitic.

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