BARCELONA. FC Barcelona and Deportivo Alavés draw 1-1. M. Depay scored the first goal (49′) for FC Barcelona. L. Rioja settled the score 1-1 (52′). FC Barcelona was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (80%)​

The match was played at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. In front of 37,278 spectators.​ The referee was Jorge Figueroa Vázquez with the help of Guadalupe Porras Ayuso and Álvaro Yeray Carreño Cabrera. The 4th official was Sergio Escriche Guzmán. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.2 degrees Celsius or 64.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Barcelona was in firm control of the ball 80% while Deportivo Alavés was struggling with a 20% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Barcelona was more aggressive with 106 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough FC Barcelona to win the match​.

FC Barcelona shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Deportivo Alavés shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

FC Barcelona didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Deportivo Alavés received 2 yellow cards (R. Duarte and A. Sivera).

Standings

After this match, FC Barcelona will have 16 points like Valencia to stay in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Deportivo Alavés will have 10 points like Celta de Vigo and Elche to stay in the 16th place.

Next matches

FC Barcelona – Formation

FC Barcelona adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Sergi Barjuán i Esclusa decided to play with the following team: Marc-André ter Stegen (6.1), Óscar Mingueza (6.8), Gerard Piqué (6.2), Eric García (6.8), Jordi Alba (7.2), Nicolás González (7.2), Sergio Busquets (7.6), Gavi (6.9), Sergiño Dest (7.2), Sergio Agüero (6.8) and Memphis Depay (8.0).

The home team had on the bench: Neto, Y. Demir, Álvaro Sanz, Clément Lenglet (6.6), Alejandro Balde (6.8), S. Umtiti, Riqui Puig (6.4), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (6.8), Philippe Coutinho (7.0), Iñaki Peña and L. de Jong.

FC Barcelona could not rely on the presence of Coutinho (injured) and C. Lenglet (injured).

Substitutions

FC Barcelona made 5 changes: S. Aguero for Coutinho (41′), G. Pique for C. Lenglet (70′), Gavi for R. Puig (70′), Nico for A. Balde (81′) and O. Mingueza for A. Ezzalzouli (81′).

Best player: Memphis Depay​

The player that probably impressed the most for FC Barcelona was Memphis Depay.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 69 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 11 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Deportivo Alavés – Formation

Also Deportivo Alavés adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Regarding the opposition, Javier Calleja Revilla played with: Antonio Sivera (6.8), Ximo Navarro (6.1), Víctor Laguardia (7.2), Florian Lejeune (7.4), Rubén Duarte (6.1), Mamadou Loum (6.3), Pere Pons (6.5), Toni Moya (6.4), Edgar Méndez (6.5), Joselu (7.4) and Luis Rioja (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Jesús Owono, M. Miazga, Saúl García, Iván Martín, Martín Aguirregabiria (6.4), J. Guidetti, Javi López, Manu García (6.8), Tomás Pina (6.5), Facundo Pellistri (6.3), Alberto Rodríguez and Mamadou Sylla (6.8).

Deportivo Alavés could not rely on the presence of M. Aguirregabiria (injured).

Substitutions

Deportivo Alavés made 5 changes: X. Navarro for M. Aguirregabiria (20′), E. Mendez for F. Pellistri (62′), P. Pons for T. Pina (62′), Joselu for M. Sylla (80′) and T. Moya for M. Garcia (80′).

Best player: Luis Rioja​

The player that probably impressed the most for Deportivo Alavés was Luis Rioja.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 18 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​

• FC Barcelona – Deportivo Alavés – 1-1
• Sevilla – Osasuna – 2-0
• Valencia – Villarreal – 2-0
• Elche – Real Madrid – 1-2