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FT Saturday, November 9, 2019
Celta Vigo WLLLL 1
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Barcelona WWWLD 4
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CEL101
BAR224
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi free kicks, hat trick fuel Barcelona's win over Celta

Lionel Messi scored a hat trick, two of which came from free kicks, to help Barcelona climb back atop La Liga with a 4-1 victory over Celta Vigo.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
4
39.3
Possession
60.7
6
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
7
0.8
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
351
Accurate Passes
610
426
Passes
681
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
0
13
Crosses
3
0.1
Cross %
0.0
51
Long Balls
38
23
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
0
10
Effective Tackles
5
21
Tackles
6
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
13
Interceptions
10
12
Effective Clearances
9
12
Clearances
9

Head to Head

BAR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 24Junior FirpoLB
  5. 2Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 20Sergi RobertoCM
  7. 8ArthurLM
  8. 21Frenkie de JongRM
  9. 17Antoine GriezmannF
  10. 31Ansu FatiLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

CEL · 5-3-2

  1. 13Rubén BlancoG
  2. 4Néstor AraujoCD
  3. 15Lucas OlazaCD-L
  4. 18Joseph AidooCD-R
  5. 17David JuncàLB
  6. 2Hugo MalloRB
  7. 8Fran BeltránCM
  8. 24Pape DiopCM-L
  9. 14Stanislav LobotkaCM-R
  10. 11Pione SistoCF-L
  11. 10Iago AspasCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergio Busquets replaces Nélson Semedo because of an injury.
  2. 23' Goal! Barcelona 1, Celta de Vigo 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 25' Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Lionel Messi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 42' Goal! Barcelona 1, Celta de Vigo 1. Lucas Olaza (Celta de Vigo) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 45' Fran Beltrán (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45'+1' Goal! Barcelona 2, Celta de Vigo 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  8. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Ansu Fati.
  9. 48' Goal! Barcelona 3, Celta de Vigo 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  10. 52' Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 64' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Brais Méndez replaces Pione Sisto.
  12. 73' Substitution, Barcelona. Luis Suárez replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  13. 76' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Denis Suárez replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  14. 81' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Gabriel Fernández replaces Pape Cheikh.
  15. 85' Goal! Barcelona 4, Celta de Vigo 1. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  16. 88' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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