Spanish LALIGA

FT Thursday, May 16, 2024
Barcelona LLWLW 2
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Almería DLLWL 0
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Match Report

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Lopez double move Barca closer to top two finish with win over Almeria

Barcelona remained on track to finish second in LaLiga after Fermin Lopez scored a brace in their 2-0 win over bottom side Almeria on Thursday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
8
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
5
64.9
Possession
35.1
16
SHOTS
12
7
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
618
Accurate Passes
311
687
Passes
370
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
2
17
Crosses
8
0.4
Cross %
0.3
46
Long Balls
39
28
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
5
Interceptions
8
8
Effective Clearances
21
8
Clearances
21

Highlights

00:37 Fermin López doubles Barca's advantage Watch on ESPN 01:04 Fermín López heads in Barcelona's opening goal Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

ALM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Luís MaximianoG
  2. 21ChumiCD-L
  3. 22César MontesCD-R
  4. 24Bruno LangaLB
  5. 18Marc PubillRB
  6. 8Jonathan VieraAM
  7. 5Lucas RobertoneLM
  8. 26Marcos PeñaRM
  9. 15Choco LozanoF
  10. 10Adri EmbarbaAM-L
  11. 12Léo BaptistãoAM-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 5Iñigo MartínezCD-L
  3. 33Pau CubarsíCD-R
  4. 39Héctor FortLB
  5. 23Jules KoundéRB
  6. 20Sergi RobertoCM
  7. 8PedriLM
  8. 16Fermín LópezRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 7Ferran TorresLF
  11. 27Lamine YamalRF

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Almeria 0, Barcelona 1. Fermín López (Barcelona) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Héctor Fort with a cross.
  2. 59' Substitution, Almeria. Luka Romero replaces Léo Baptistão.
  3. 59' Substitution, Almeria. Luis Suárez replaces Anthony Lozano.
  4. 67' Goal! Almeria 0, Barcelona 2. Fermín López (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergi Roberto.
  5. 69' Substitution, Almeria. Gonzalo Melero replaces Jonathan Viera.
  6. 69' Substitution, Barcelona. Andreas Christensen replaces Sergi Roberto.
  7. 69' Substitution, Barcelona. João Félix replaces Robert Lewandowski.
  8. 73' Substitution, Barcelona. Vitor Roque replaces Ferran Torres.
  9. 73' Substitution, Barcelona. João Cancelo replaces Héctor Fort.
  10. 80' Substitution, Almeria. Álex Centelles replaces Adri Embarba.
  11. 81' Substitution, Almeria. Álex Pozo replaces Marc Pubill.
  12. 83' Substitution, Barcelona. Oriol Romeu replaces Pedri.
  13. 85' Vitor Roque (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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