BARCELONA. FC Barcelona destroys Racing Santander 7-2 with goals of João Cancelo (8′), Raphinha (25′ pen), Asier Villalibre (36′ own), Raphinha (42′), Raphinha (67′ pen), Gabriel Jesus (79′) and Lamine Yamal (89′). On the opposite side, Racing Santander scored with Maguette Gueye (30′), Yassir Zabiri (65′). FC Barcelona was definitely better in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Lamine Yamal missed a penalty (45′) for FC Barcelona.
The match was played at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on Wednesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. In front of 50,568 spectators. The referee was José Luis Munuera Montero with the support of Adrián Díaz González and Antonio Ramón Martínez Moreno. The 4th official was F. Sáiz Villares. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- ! 69 Ball Possession 31
Shots
- 30 Total 5
- 9 On Target 3
- 15 Off Target 2
- 6 Shots blocked 0
- 135 Attack 45
- 85 Dangerous attack 9
- 65 Ball safe 87
- 10 Free Kicks 10
- 3 Penalties 0
- 18 Corners 0
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
FC Barcelona had a strong ball possession 69% while Racing Santander was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
FC Barcelona was more aggressive with 85 dangerous attacks and 30 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Barcelona won the match.
FC Barcelona shot 30 times, 9 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Racing Santander shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards (Karim Adeyemi, João Cancelo and Lamine Yamal). On the other side, Racing Santander received 3 yellow cards (Pedro Felipe, Yassir Zabiri and Pedro Felipe).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, FC Barcelona has 18 points to occupy the 1st place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Racing Santander stays with 7 points (10th).
Next matches
In the next match in the La Liga, FC Barcelona will play away with Sevilla on the 19th of September with a 0-0 head to head record.
Racing Santander will play away against Celta de Vigo on the 19th of September with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
FC Barcelona – Formation
FC Barcelona
46'
69'
8'
FC Barcelona started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Hans-Dieter Flick decided to play with the following team: Joan García , Eric García , Andreas Christensen , Gerard Martín , João Cancelo , Dani Olmo , Rodri , Pedri , Lamine Yamal , Raphinha and Karim Adeyemi .
The home team had on the bench: Pau Cubarsí, Fermín López, Xavi Espart, Anthony Gordon, Marc Bernal , Alejandro Balde , Gavi , Gabriel Jesus , Wojciech Szczesny , Jules Koundé, Dominik Livakovic and Hamza Abdelkarim.
FC Barcelona could not rely on the presence of Wojciech Szczesny (injured).
Substitutions
FC Barcelona made 5 changes: Joan García for Wojciech Szczesny (46′), Rodri for Marc Bernal (61′), Pedri for Gavi (61′), Raphinha for Gabriel Jesus (69′) and João Cancelo for Alejandro Balde (78′).
Player of the match: Raphinha
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Barcelona was Raphinha.
His rating is with 3 goals, 19 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.
Racing Santander – Formation
Racing Santander
Racing Santander started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).
José Alberto López Menéndez played with: Julen Agirrezabala , Manu Hernando , Pedro Felipe , Facundo González , Aarón Martín , Matteo Prati , Sergio Canales , Maguette Gueye , Íñigo Sainz-Maza , Asier Villalibre and Juan Carlos Arana .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Álvaro Mantilla, Pablo Ramón, Iñigo Vicente , Pablo García, Jorge Salinas, Yassir Zabiri , Iván Martín, Jeanuël Belocian, Giorgi Guliashvili , Iker Luque and Laro Gómez.
Racing Santander could not rely on the presence of Iker Luque (injured).
Substitutions
Racing Santander made 5 changes: Pedro Felipe for Iker Luque (59′), Asier Villalibre for Iñigo Vicente (59′), Juan Carlos Arana for Yassir Zabiri (59′), Íñigo Sainz-Maza for Giorgi Guliashvili (78′) and Facundo González for Jorge Salinas (86′).
Player of the match: Yassir Zabiri
The player that probably impressed the most for Racing Santander was Yassir Zabiri.
His rating is with 1 goal, 5 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4.
His performance was extraordinary also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 59′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the La Liga.
