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Match Report

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Ronald Araujo's late goal sends Barcelona to top of LaLiga

Ronald Araujo climbed off the bench to hit a last-gasp winner as Barcelona returned to the top of the La Liga table with a 2-1 success over Girona.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
11
7
Saves
3
32
Possession
68
11
SHOTS
27
4
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
261
Accurate Passes
615
309
Passes
670
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
28
0.2
Cross %
0.1
43
Long Balls
26
19
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
6
6
Effective Tackles
13
11
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
5
40
Effective Clearances
15
40
Clearances
15

Highlights

00:51 Ronald Araújo nets winning goal for Barcelona in stoppage time Watch on ESPN 01:28 Barcelona vs. Girona - Game Highlights Watch on ESPN 00:56 Pedri scores in the 13' Watch on ESPN 01:00 Axel Witsel scores a spectacular goal Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 24Eric GarcíaCD-L
  3. 5Pau CubarsíCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro BaldeLB
  5. 23Jules KoundéRB
  6. 21Frenkie de JongAM
  7. 8PedriLM
  8. 17Marc CasadóRM
  9. 29Toni FernándezF
  10. 14Marcus RashfordAM-L
  11. 10Lamine YamalAM-R

GIR · 4-4-2

  1. 13Paulo GazzanigaG
  2. 17Daley BlindCD-L
  3. 12Vitor ReisCD-R
  4. 24Álex MorenoLB
  5. 2Hugo RincónRB
  6. 20Axel WitselCM-L
  7. 4Arnau MartínezCM-R
  8. 3Joel RocaLM
  9. 21Bryan GilRM
  10. 19Vladyslav VanatCF-L
  11. 8PortuCF-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Barcelona 1, Girona 0. Pedri (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
  2. 20' Goal! Barcelona 1, Girona 1. Axel Witsel (Girona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arnau Martínez with a headed pass following a corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Fermín López replaces Toni Fernández.
  4. 63' Substitution, Girona. Jhon Solís replaces Bryan Gil.
  5. 63' Substitution, Girona. Viktor Tsygankov replaces Portu.
  6. 63' Substitution, Barcelona. Andreas Christensen replaces Pedri.
  7. 64' Substitution, Barcelona. Roony Bardghji replaces Lamine Yamal.
  8. 68' Substitution, Girona. Yáser Asprilla replaces Joel Roca.
  9. 68' Substitution, Girona. Cristhian Stuani replaces Vladyslav Vanat.
  10. 75' Cristhian Stuani (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 76' Substitution, Barcelona. Gerard Martín replaces Alejandro Balde.
  12. 79' Substitution, Girona. Lancinet Kourouma replaces Arnau Martínez because of an injury.
  13. 81' Substitution, Barcelona. Ronald Araujo replaces Marc Casadó.
  14. 84' Álex Moreno (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+1' Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+3' Goal! Barcelona 2, Girona 1. Ronald Araujo (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.
  17. 90'+4' Ronald Araujo (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

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