Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, January 24, 2021
Barcelona WWWLW 2
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Elche LWLLD 0
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Martínez Valero

Match Report

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De Jong goal, assist earns Barcelona important win at Elche

Barcelona secured an important 2-0 win at Elche to keep pace at the top of La Liga.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
6
65.3
Possession
34.7
15
SHOTS
4
8
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
636
Accurate Passes
312
699
Passes
372
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
1
19
Crosses
7
0.3
Cross %
0.1
36
Long Balls
51
22
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
0
12
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
10
5
Effective Clearances
18
5
Clearances
18

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

ELC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 13Edgar BadíaG
  2. 2Diego GonzálezCD-L
  3. 5Gonzalo VerdúCD-R
  4. 4Iván MarconeDM
  5. 25Johan MojicaLB
  6. 19Antonio BarragánRB
  7. 8Víctor RodríguezCM-L
  8. 14Raúl GutiCM-R
  9. 22Emiliano RigoniLM
  10. 17JosanRM
  11. 9Lucas BoyéF

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 4Ronald AraujoCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 28Óscar MinguezaRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 16PedriLM
  8. 21Frenkie de JongRM
  9. 7Antoine GriezmannF
  10. 9Martin BraithwaiteLF
  11. 11Ousmane DembéléRF

Timeline

  1. 39' Goal! Elche 0, Barcelona 1. Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  2. 68' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Trincão replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  4. 74' Substitution, Elche. Tete Morente replaces Raúl Guti.
  5. 75' Substitution, Elche. Luismi replaces Emiliano Rigoni.
  6. 82' Substitution, Elche. Nino replaces Víctor Rodríguez.
  7. 84' Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 87' Substitution, Barcelona. Riqui Puig replaces Pedri.
  9. 89' Goal! Elche 0, Barcelona 2. Riqui Puig (Barcelona) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.

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