Spanish LALIGA

FT Wednesday, July 8, 2020
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Barcelona DWDDW 1
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Match Report

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
2
25.6
Possession
74.4
11
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
194
Accurate Passes
733
266
Passes
811
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
8
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
12
0.5
Cross %
0.3
64
Long Balls
37
27
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
4
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
7
14
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
5
22
Effective Clearances
15
22
Clearances
15

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 9Luis SuárezM
  7. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  8. 10Lionel MessiAM
  9. 20Sergi RobertoLM
  10. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  11. 17Antoine GriezmannCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 28Ricard Puig
  2. 35Dani Morer
  3. 30Álex Collado
  4. 13Neto
  5. 33Ronald Araujo
  6. 22Arturo Vidal
  7. 42Monchu
  8. 8Arthur
  9. 19Martin Braithwaite
  10. 26Iñaki Peña
  11. 43Jorge Cuenca
  12. 31Ansu Fati

ESP · 5-3-2

  1. 13Diego LópezG
  2. 20Bernardo EspinosaCD
  3. 18Leandro CabreraCD-L
  4. 24Fernando CaleroCD-R
  5. 17Dídac VilàLB
  6. 34Víctor GómezRB
  7. 15David LópezCM
  8. 21Marc RocaCM-L
  9. 26Pol LozanoCM-R
  10. 11Raúl de TomásCF-L
  11. 23Adri EmbarbaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Sergi DarderSUB
  2. 7Wu LeiSUB
  3. 14Óscar MelendoSUB
  4. 25Oier OlazábalSUB
  5. 38Daniel VillahermosaSUB
  6. 22Matias VargasSUB
  7. 4Victor SánchezSUB
  8. 33Nicolás MelamedSUB
  9. 31Víctor CampuzanoSUB
  10. 3Adrià PedrosaSUB
  11. 5NaldoSUB
  12. 16Javi LópezSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+1' Víctor Sánchez (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Ansu Fati replaces Nélson Semedo.
  4. 50' VAR Decision: Card upgraded Ansu Fati (Barcelona).
  5. 50' Ansu Fati (Barcelona) is shown the red card.
  6. 53' VAR Decision: Card upgraded Pol Lozano (Espanyol).
  7. 53' Pol Lozano (Espanyol) is shown the red card.
  8. 56' Goal! Barcelona 1, Espanyol 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  9. 66' Substitution, Espanyol. Sergi Darder replaces Fernando Calero.
  10. 71' Substitution, Barcelona. Arturo Vidal replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  11. 74' Substitution, Espanyol. Víctor Campuzano replaces Adrián Embarba.
  12. 82' Substitution, Barcelona. Martin Braithwaite replaces Luis Suárez.
  13. 86' Substitution, Espanyol. Wu Lei replaces Marc Roca.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, Barcelona. Ronald Araújo replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  15. 90'+4' David López (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.

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