Spanish LALIGA

Barcelona vs Alavés, 2020-2021 LaLiga

· Spanish LALIGA
Barcelona
  • 29': Francisco Trincão
  • 45'+1': Lionel Messi
  • 74': Francisco Trincão
  • 75': Lionel Messi
  • 80': Junior Firpo
FT
5 - 1
Alavés
  • 57': Luis Rioja

Lionel Messi, Francisco Trincao each score brace as Barcelona cruise past Alaves

La Liga

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trincão.
  • 2': Attempt blocked. Ilaix Moriba (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Trincão (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Óscar Mingueza.
  • 4': Hand ball by Iñigo Córdoba (Alavés).
  • 7': Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 7': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Fernando Pacheco.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Lucas Pérez (Alavés) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Edgar Méndez with a cross following a fast break.
  • 9': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Edgar Méndez.
  • 11': Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Lucas Pérez (Alavés).
  • 11': Foul by Rodrigo Battaglia (Alavés).
  • 11': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 12': Offside, Barcelona. Lionel Messi tries a through ball, but Junior Firpo is caught offside.
  • 12': Foul by Iñigo Córdoba (Alavés).
  • 12': Ilaix Moriba (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Corner, Alavés. Conceded by Óscar Mingueza.
  • 15': Edgar Méndez (Alavés) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 15': Foul by Junior Firpo (Barcelona).
  • 17': Foul by Martín Aguirregabiria (Alavés).
  • 17': Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 17': Martín Aguirregabiria (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 21': Foul by Florian Lejeune (Alavés).
  • 21': Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Foul by Tomás Pina (Alavés).
  • 22': Trincão (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 23': Corner, Alavés. Conceded by Clément Lenglet.
  • 24': Foul by Joselu (Alavés).
  • 24': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Foul by Iñigo Córdoba (Alavés).
  • 25': Óscar Mingueza (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Attempt saved. Rodrigo Battaglia (Alavés) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 29': Goal! Barcelona 1, Alavés 0. Trincão (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ilaix Moriba.
  • 32': Offside, Barcelona. Riqui Puig tries a through ball, but Óscar Mingueza is caught offside.
  • 34': Offside, Barcelona. Lionel Messi tries a through ball, but Trincão is caught offside.
  • 36': Offside, Barcelona. Sergio Busquets tries a through ball, but Antoine Griezmann is caught offside.
  • 36': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
  • 38': VAR Decision: No Goal Barcelona 1-0 Alavés.
  • 38': Foul by Ilaix Moriba (Barcelona).
  • 38': Rubén Duarte (Alavés) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Lucas Pérez (Alavés) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 39': Corner, Alavés. Conceded by Clément Lenglet.
  • 42': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Florian Lejeune.
  • 43': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Joselu.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Riqui Puig.
  • 45'+1': Goal! Barcelona 2, Alavés 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Barcelona 2, Alavés 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Barcelona 2, Alavés 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Alavés. Luis Rioja replaces Iñigo Córdoba.
  • 45': Substitution, Alavés. Víctor Laguardia replaces Martín Aguirregabiria.
  • 45': Substitution, Barcelona. Samuel Umtiti replaces Sergio Busquets.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Lucas Pérez (Alavés) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Joselu.
  • 49': Foul by Tachi (Alavés).
  • 49': Junior Firpo (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Lionel Messi following a set piece situation.
  • 52': Foul by Tachi (Alavés).
  • 52': Junior Firpo (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Tachi (Alavés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 53': Foul by Lionel Messi (Barcelona).
  • 53': Rubén Duarte (Alavés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Hand ball by Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona).
  • 55': Foul by Tomás Pina (Alavés).
  • 55': Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Attempt missed. Lucas Pérez (Alavés) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Edgar Méndez.
  • 56': Foul by Florian Lejeune (Alavés).
  • 56': Ilaix Moriba (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 57': Goal! Barcelona 2, Alavés 1. Luis Rioja (Alavés) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 60': Foul by Rodrigo Battaglia (Alavés).
  • 60': Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
  • 62': Attempt saved. Trincão (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  • 63': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Fernando Pacheco.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  • 64': Substitution, Barcelona. Pedri replaces Ilaix Moriba.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Junior Firpo.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Riqui Puig (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  • 70': Corner, Alavés. Conceded by Samuel Umtiti.
  • 71': Foul by Lionel Messi (Barcelona).
  • 71': Lucas Pérez (Alavés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Substitution, Alavés. Pere Pons replaces Tomás Pina.
  • 72': Substitution, Barcelona. Miralem Pjanic replaces Frenkie de Jong.
  • 72': Substitution, Barcelona. Sergiño Dest replaces Óscar Mingueza.
  • 74': Goal! Barcelona 3, Alavés 1. Trincão (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  • 75': Goal! Barcelona 4, Alavés 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  • 76': Foul by Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona).
  • 76': Víctor Laguardia (Alavés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Goal! Barcelona 5, Alavés 1. Junior Firpo (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  • 81': Substitution, Alavés. Deyverson replaces Joselu.
  • 81': Substitution, Alavés. Borja Sainz replaces Lucas Pérez.
  • 81': Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  • 83': Deyverson (Alavés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Foul by Clément Lenglet (Barcelona).
  • 85': Deyverson (Alavés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by Junior Firpo (Barcelona).
  • 87': Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Riqui Puig.
  • 88': Deyverson (Alavés) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 88': Foul by Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona).
  • 89': Offside, Barcelona. Lionel Messi tries a through ball, but Trincão is caught offside.
  • 90': Foul by Trincão (Barcelona).
  • 90': Rubén Duarte (Alavés) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+1': Second Half ends, Barcelona 5, Alavés 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Barcelona 5, Alavés 1.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 10
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 5
4 Corner Kicks 5
4 Saves 1
26.5 Possession 73.5
6 SHOTS 17
2 ON GOAL 9
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
218 Accurate Passes 793
294 Passes 870
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
5 Accurate Crosses 2
19 Crosses 5
0.3 Cross % 0.4
55 Long Balls 30
32 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 4
7 Effective Tackles 2
14 Tackles 4
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
23 Interceptions 5
8 Effective Clearances 15
8 Clearances 15

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Spotify Camp Nou
Location: Barcelona, Spain

LALIGA Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Barcelona 23 +40 58
2 Real Madrid 23 +31 57
3 Atlético Madrid 23 +20 45
4 Villarreal 22 +19 45
Full Table

Line-Ups

BAR Barcelona (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Marc-André ter Stegen (GK)
15 Clément Lenglet
21 Frenkie de Jong
24 Junior Firpo
28 Óscar Mingueza
5 Sergio Busquets
12 Ricard Puig
27 Ilaix Moriba
10 Lionel Messi
7 Antoine Griezmann
17 Francisco Trincão
Barcelona Substitutes:
Jordi Alba, Konrad De La Fuente, Matheus Fernandes, Pedri, Neto, Samuel Umtiti, Iñaki Peña, Álex Collado, Miralem Pjanic, Ousmane Dembélé, Sergiño Dest.

ALA Alavés (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Fernando Pacheco (GK)
22 Florian Lejeune
2 Alberto Rodríguez Yellow Card
3 Rubén Duarte
21 Martín Aguirregabiria Yellow Card
8 Tomás Pina
6 Rodrigo Battaglia
17 Iñigo Córdoba
16 Édgar Méndez
7 Lucas Pérez
9 Joselu
Alavés Substitutes:
Burgui, Manu García, Víctor Laguardia, Facundo Pellistri, Luis Rioja, Pere Pons, Antonio Sivera, Abdel Abqar, Deyverson, Jota, Javi López, Borja Sainz.

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