Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, September 27, 2020
Villarreal LWLDW 0
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Barcelona WLWWW 4
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Match Report

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Fati stars as Barcelona kick off Koeman reign with comfortable win

Teenage forward Ansu Fati scored twice in Barcelona's opening La Liga game of the season.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
1
43.4
Possession
56.6
5
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
9
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
438
Accurate Passes
611
517
Passes
685
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.3
57
Long Balls
31
36
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
5
3
Effective Tackles
7
9
Tackles
10
0.3
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
8
7
Effective Clearances
16
7
Clearances
16

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13NetoG
  2. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 14Philippe CoutinhoAM
  7. 21Frenkie de JongLM
  8. 5Sergio BusquetsRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 22Ansu FatiAM-L
  11. 7Antoine GriezmannAM-R

VIL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Sergio AsenjoG
  2. 4Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 3Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 15Pervis EstupiñánLB
  5. 2MarioRB
  6. 19Francis CoquelinCM-L
  7. 5Dani ParejoCM-R
  8. 23Moi GómezLM
  9. 11Samuel ChukwuezeRM
  10. 17Paco AlcácerCF-L
  11. 7Gerard MorenoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Barcelona 1, Villarreal 0. Ansu Fati (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  2. 19' Goal! Barcelona 2, Villarreal 0. Ansu Fati (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.
  3. 35' Goal! Barcelona 3, Villarreal 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 45' Own Goal by Pau Torres, Villarreal. Barcelona 4, Villarreal 0.
  5. 45' Substitution, Villarreal. Manu Trigueros replaces Francis Coquelin.
  6. 45' Substitution, Villarreal. Vicente Iborra replaces Paco Alcácer.
  7. 70' Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Ansu Fati.
  8. 70' Substitution, Barcelona. Pedri replaces Philippe Coutinho.
  9. 74' Substitution, Villarreal. Takefusa Kubo replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  10. 78' Substitution, Barcelona. Trincão replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  11. 78' Substitution, Barcelona. Miralem Pjanic replaces Sergio Busquets.
  12. 83' Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 84' Substitution, Villarreal. Ramiro Funes Mori replaces Raúl Albiol.
  14. 84' Substitution, Villarreal. Carlos Bacca replaces Gerard Moreno.

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