Spanish LALIGA

FT Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Villarreal DLDWW 1
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Barcelona WDWDL 2
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VIL101
BAR202
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Match Report

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Barcelona bounce back but Messi limps off

Barcelona secured a much-needed 2-1 victory at home to Villarreal in La Liga on Tuesday but Lionel Messi's removal cast a cloud.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
4
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
2
42.7
Possession
57.3
11
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
395
Accurate Passes
563
473
Passes
638
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
2
9
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.2
72
Long Balls
49
38
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
5
Blocked Shots
1
15
Effective Tackles
8
21
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
10
24
Effective Clearances
13
24
Clearances
13

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 24Junior FirpoLB
  5. 2Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8ArthurLM
  8. 20Sergi RobertoRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 17Antoine GriezmannLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

VIL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  2. 4Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 3Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 16Xavier QuintilláLB
  5. 20Rubén PeñaRB
  6. 8Santi CazorlaAM
  7. 10Vicente IborraLM
  8. 19Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 7Gerard MorenoF
  10. 24Javi OntiverosAM-L
  11. 11Samuel ChukwuezeAM-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Barcelona 1, Villarreal 0. Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) header from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a cross following a corner.
  2. 15' Goal! Barcelona 2, Villarreal 0. Arthur (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
  3. 26' Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 44' Goal! Barcelona 2, Villarreal 1. Santi Cazorla (Villarreal) left footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Vicente Iborra.
  5. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Lionel Messi because of an injury.
  6. 47' Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' Substitution, Villarreal. Karl Toko Ekambi replaces Javier Ontiveros.
  8. 63' Substitution, Barcelona. Frenkie de Jong replaces Sergi Roberto.
  9. 68' Substitution, Villarreal. Moi Gómez replaces Gerard Moreno.
  10. 72' André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 77' Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Bacca replaces Santi Cazorla.
  12. 78' Substitution, Barcelona. Ansu Fati replaces Luis Suárez.
  13. 81' Raúl Albiol (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 82' Júnior Firpo (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

LALIGA News

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