Spanish LALIGA

Barcelona vs Leganés, 2018-19 Spanish LaLiga

· Spanish LALIGA
  • 32': Ousmane Dembélé
  • 71': Luis Suárez
  • 90'+2': Lionel Messi
FT
3 - 1
  • 57': Martin Braithwaite

Barcelona beat Leganes with super-sub Lionel Messi to extend La Liga lead

Lionel Messi came off the bench to inspire Barcelona to a 3-1 win over a dogged Leganes side on Sunday, creating one goal and scoring another.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 1': Carles Aleñá (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 1': Foul by Recio (Leganés).
  • 1': Foul by Carles Aleñá (Barcelona).
  • 1': Youssef En-Nesyri (Leganés) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 2': Foul by Allan Nyom (Leganés).
  • 2': Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Arthur (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Foul by Óscar Rodríguez (Leganés).
  • 7': Foul by Rodrigo Tarín (Leganés).
  • 7': Luis Suárez (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Foul by Martin Braithwaite (Leganés).
  • 8': Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 8': Martin Braithwaite (Leganés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 9': Coutinho (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Foul by Allan Nyom (Leganés).
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 9': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Óscar Rodríguez.
  • 10': Foul by Carles Aleñá (Barcelona).
  • 10': Recio (Leganés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Foul by Sergio Busquets (Barcelona).
  • 12': Youssef En-Nesyri (Leganés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 15': Foul by Martin Braithwaite (Leganés).
  • 15': Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 22': Coutinho (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Foul by Rodrigo Tarín (Leganés).
  • 22': Rodrigo Tarín (Leganés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 24': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
  • 26': Arthur (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 26': Foul by Martin Braithwaite (Leganés).
  • 27': Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 27': Allan Nyom (Leganés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Foul by Jordi Alba (Barcelona).
  • 30': Attempt blocked. Óscar Rodríguez (Leganés) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssef En-Nesyri.
  • 30': Foul by Kenneth Omeruo (Leganés).
  • 30': Luis Suárez (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Kenneth Omeruo (Leganés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a through ball.
  • 32': Goal! Barcelona 1, Leganés 0. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  • 34': Foul by Coutinho (Barcelona).
  • 34': Mikel Vesga (Leganés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Carles Aleñá (Barcelona).
  • 37': Recio (Leganés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Foul by Coutinho (Barcelona).
  • 42': Recio (Leganés) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 43': Carles Aleñá (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Foul by Recio (Leganés).
  • 45': Attempt missed. Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Barcelona 1, Leganés 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Barcelona 1, Leganés 0.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
  • 49': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Allan Nyom.
  • 50': Foul by Jonathan Silva (Leganés).
  • 50': Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 52': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Rodrigo Tarín.
  • 53': Hand ball by Jordi Alba (Barcelona).
  • 54': Carles Aleñá (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Foul by Mikel Vesga (Leganés).
  • 55': Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 56': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Carles Aleñá.
  • 57': Goal! Barcelona 1, Leganés 1. Martin Braithwaite (Leganés) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Youssef En-Nesyri.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Carles Aleñá.
  • 60': Foul by Sergi Roberto (Barcelona).
  • 60': Martin Braithwaite (Leganés) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 60': Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Óscar Rodríguez (Leganés) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 62': Attempt blocked. Youssef En-Nesyri (Leganés) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Óscar Rodríguez.
  • 64': Substitution, Barcelona. Lionel Messi replaces Carles Aleñá.
  • 64': Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Arthur.
  • 66': Delay in match Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) because of an injury.
  • 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Martin Braithwaite (Leganés) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 69': Substitution, Barcelona. Malcom replaces Ousmane Dembélé because of an injury.
  • 71': Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Malcom.
  • 71': Goal! Barcelona 2, Leganés 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  • 72': Delay in match Iván Cuéllar (Leganés) because of an injury.
  • 74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 77': Foul by Luis Suárez (Barcelona).
  • 77': Recio (Leganés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Substitution, Leganés. Michael Santos replaces Martin Braithwaite.
  • 79': Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  • 84': Corner, Leganés. Conceded by Thomas Vermaelen.
  • 86': Foul by Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona).
  • 86': Youssef En-Nesyri (Leganés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Substitution, Leganés. Nabil El Zhar replaces Óscar Rodríguez.
  • 86': Substitution, Leganés. Javier Eraso replaces Mikel Vesga.
  • 88': Foul by Youssef En-Nesyri (Leganés).
  • 88': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Foul by Javier Eraso (Leganés).
  • 90': Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90': Foul by Malcom (Barcelona).
  • 90': Jonathan Silva (Leganés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Offside, Leganés. Jonathan Silva tries a through ball, but Allan Nyom is caught offside.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Kenneth Omeruo (Leganés).
  • 90'+1': Luis Suárez (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+2': Goal! Barcelona 3, Leganés 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  • 90'+4': Coutinho (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Recio (Leganés).
  • 90'+4': Foul by Javier Eraso (Leganés).
  • 90'+4': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Dimitrios Siovas.
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 90'+6': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Rodrigo Tarín.
  • 90'+7': Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Barcelona 3, Leganés 1.
  • 90'+8': Match ends, Barcelona 3, Leganés 1.

Statistics

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18 Fouls 12
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
1 Corner Kicks 5
4 Saves 1
27.8 Possession 72.2
5 SHOTS 15
2 ON GOAL 7
0.4 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
201 Accurate Passes 685
298 Passes 778
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 1
6 Crosses 13
0.2 Cross % 0.1
66 Long Balls 57
22 Accurate Long Balls 45
0.3 Long Balls % 0.8
2 Blocked Shots 1
13 Effective Tackles 8
22 Tackles 13
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
14 Interceptions 9
21 Effective Clearances 6
21 Clearances 6

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Spotify Camp Nou
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 50,670

LALIGA Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Barcelona 14 +28 34
2 Real Madrid 13 +17 30
3 Atlético Madrid 14 +13 29
4 Villarreal 13 +4 25
Full Standings

Line-Ups

BAR Barcelona (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Marc-André ter Stegen (GK)
24 Thomas Vermaelen
3 Gerard Piqué
18 Jordi Alba
20 Sergi Roberto Yellow Card
5 Sergio Busquets Yellow Card
8 Arthur
21 Carles Aleñá Yellow Card
9 Luis Suárez
7 Philippe Coutinho
11 Ousmane Dembélé

LEG Leganés (5-4-1)

No. Name
1 Iván Cuéllar (GK)
24 Kenneth Omeruo Yellow Card
22 Dimitrios Siovas
15 Rodrigo Tarín Yellow Card
5 Jonathan Silva
12 Allan Nyom
23 Mikel Vesga
8 Recio
26 Youssef En-Nesyri
27 Óscar Rodríguez
25 Martin Braithwaite Yellow Card

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