Barcelona vs Almería Wednesday 20 december

Barcelona and Almería play on Wednesday, december 20, 2023 in Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys of Barcelona and starting at 18:00 UTC. Played

Barcelona

Played

3 - 2

2023/12/20

Almería

Summary

90'

R. Araújo (Yellow card)

(Yellow card) I. Mohammed

84'

83'

Sergi Roberto (R. Lewandowski)

(Substitution) Léo Baptistão

Lazaro

77'

(Substitution) L. Ramazani

Adri Embarba

77'

76' Lamine Yamal

Raphinha

(Substitution)

() Édgar González

71'

67' Oriol Romeu

Fermin Lopez

(Substitution)

(Substitution) Alejandro Pozo

H. Mendes

64'

60'

Sergi Roberto (Raphinha)

(Yellow card) D. Lopy

57'

45' J. Koundé

A. Christensen

(Substitution)

45' Ferrán Torres

João Félix

(Substitution)

D. Lopy 42'

(Sergio Arribas) Léo Baptistão

41'

33'

Raphinha ()

21'

A. Christensen (Yellow card)

15'

Raphinha (Yellow card)

(Yellow card) Alejandro Pozo

Starting Lineups
13	Iñaki Peña	Luís Maximiano	25
4	R. Araújo	Chumi Brandariz	21
15	A. Christensen	C. Montes	22
2	João Cancelo	Édgar González	3
3	Alejandro Balde Martínez	Alejandro Pozo	17
22	İ. Gündoğan	Sergio Akieme	15
32	Fermin Lopez	I. Mohammed	4
20	Sergi Roberto	D. Lopy	6
11	Raphinha	L. Ramazani	7
14	João Félix	Sergio Arribas	19
9	R. Lewandowski	Léo Baptistão	12
Substitutes
40	Pau Prim	Diego Mariño	1
39	Hector Fort	Kaiky	2
38	Marc Guiu	Arnau Puigmal	8
35	Unai Hernandez	Adri Embarba	10
33	Pau Cubarsí	Fernando Martínez	13
31	D. Kochen	Lazaro	14
27	Lamine Yamal	Álex Centelles	20
26	Ander Astralaga	H. Mendes	24
23	J. Koundé	Marcos Peña	26
18	Oriol Romeu	R. Fettal	28
7	Ferrán Torres	Marciano Tchami	34
30	Marc Casadó
Coaches
	Xavi	Gaizka Garitano

Head to head matches

2023-02-26

Almería

1 - 0

Barcelona

2022-11-05

Barcelona

2 - 0

Almería

2015-04-08

Barcelona

4 - 0

Almería

2014-11-08

Almería

1 - 2

Barcelona

2014-03-02

Barcelona

4 - 1

Almería

Barcelona has 4 matches ended in victory in 5 recent encounters , for his part Almería won fewer victories, 1 in total and in 0 matches were paired.

Stats

65%

Possession

35%

Shots

Corners

Fouls

Blocked shots

Big chances missed

Free kicks

Throw in

582

Passes

313

Yellow cards

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2023-12-16

Valencia

1 - 1

Barcelona

2023-12-13

Antwerp

3 - 2

Barcelona

2023-12-10

Barcelona

2 - 4

Girona

2023-12-03

Barcelona

1 - 0

Atlético Madrid

2023-11-28

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2 - 1

Porto

Last matches Almería

2023-12-17

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0 - 0

Mallorca

2023-12-10

Atlético Madrid

2 - 1

Almería

2023-12-06

Barbastro

1 - 0

Almería

2023-12-03

Almería

0 - 0

Real Betis

2023-11-25

Getafe

2 - 1

Almería

Table
		PTS	PJ	PG	PP	PE
1	Real Madrid	45	18	14	1	3
2	Girona	45	18	14	1	3
3	Atlético Madrid	38	18	12	4	2
4	Barcelona	38	18	11	2	5
5	Athletic Club	35	18	10	3	5
6	Real Sociedad	31	18	8	3	7
7	Real Betis	28	18	6	2	10
8	Getafe	26	18	6	4	8
9	Las Palmas	25	18	7	7	4
10	Valencia	23	18	6	7	5
11	Rayo Vallecano	20	18	4	6	8
12	Osasuna	19	18	5	9	4
13	Villarreal	19	18	5	9	4
14	Mallorca	18	18	3	6	9
15	Sevilla	16	18	3	8	7
16	Deportivo Alavés	16	18	4	10	4
17	Cádiz	15	18	2	7	9
18	Celta de Vigo	13	18	2	9	7
19	Granada	8	18	1	12	5
20	Almería	5	18	0	13	5

Barcelona and Almería on Wednesday, december 20, 2023 at 18:00, this event it is played in Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys of Barcelona, the meeting It is part of La Liga.

Barcelona defeated Almería by 3 goals to 2. The goals for Barcelona were scored by Sergi Roberto at 83 minutes, Sergi Roberto at 60 minutes, Raphinha at 33 minutes while for Almería they scored Édgar González at 71 minutes, Léo Baptistão at 41 minutes.

Commentaries

Barcelona secure the three points with a 3-2 victory after a thrilling encounter against Almeria. Xavi's side opened the scoring through Raphinha in the first half, but they were pegged back when Leo Baptistao calmly finished to level the scoring. After the break, the home side dominated the possession and were constantly testing Maximiano between the sticks, before they eventually took the lead once again through Roberto from a corner. However, Almeria equaliser shortly after as Gonzalez pounced in the box after a mix-up in defence to fire in their second. Barcelona kept pushing and found a winner late on as Roberto grabbed his second goal of the game. Garitano’s men are still winless in La Liga, but they certainly gave it a good effort in today's match, and they'll be looking to find their first victory next time out against Osasuna. Xavi's men will travel to Las Palmas after the new year as they hope to gain ground on Girona at the top of the table. That's all for today, goodbye!

89'

Araujo goes into the book for a foul on Arribas, and Almeria have a chance from a free-kick once again.

84'

Baba goes into the book for a reckless challenge in the middle of the park.

82'

GOOOAAAAALLL!! 3-2 BARCELONA!! Gundogan feeds the ball into the feet of Lewandowski, who turns and floats a pass behind the Almeria defensive line. Roberto has burst forward from midfield and controls superbly, before slotting the ball underneath Maximiano to give Xavi's side the lead once again. Can they hold on this time?

77'

Embarba comes off the bench for Almeria, with Ramazani's game over as he makes his way to the bench.

77'

Leo Baptistao is the latest player to make way for Almeria, with Lazaro coming on to replace him.

76'

Xavi makes another alteration as they search for a winner, with Yamal coming on in his place.

71'

GOOOAAAAALLLL!! 2-2!! ALMERIA EQUALISE!! Arribas' quick feet wins his side a free-kick, and he takes the resulting set-piece, delivering towards the back post. Araujo and Pena both go for it and bump into each other, with the Barcelona goalkeeper spilling the ball. It drops straight at the feet of Gonzalez, who taps it into an empty net! It's a sloppy goal to concede, but Garitano won't care!

68'

Xavi makes another change, bringing on Romeu who will offer more defensive solidity in midfield. Fermin is the player to make way.

64'

Almeria make their first change of the game, with Mendes coming on for Pozo at right-back.

60'

GOOOOOAAAAAALLL!! 2-1 BARCELONA!! After Gundogan won the corner, Raphinha delivered towards the front post. Roberto made a bursting run to evade Chumi, and he glances the ball towards the far corner and into the back of the net. It's a superb header from the Spanish midfielder, and Xavi's side make their pressure count!

57'

Barcelona look to break and Lopy brings down Gundogan, with the referee awarding a yellow card.

46'

Barcelona make a change in defence, with Kounde coming on in place of Christensen, who was booked in the first half.

46'

In attack, Torres comes on for Felix at half-time as Xavi shuffles the pack.

41'

GOOOAAAALLLL!!! 1-1! Almeria equalise! Arribas pounces inside the Barcelona half to dispossess his opponent and manages to poke a pass into the space beyond the defensive line. Leo Baptistao bursts towards the goal with Xavi’s defenders struggling to get back, and he stays composed to dink it over Pena. It was originally given as offside, but VAR has intervened and it will count!

33'

GOOOAAAALLLL!! 1-0 BARCELONA! Xavi's side finally break the deadlock. Gundogan stands over a corner and sends an out-swinging delivery towards the centre of the penalty box. Araujo rises above his marker and heads towards goal, but Maximiano makes a superb stop. However, he can only palm it into the path of Raphinha who is in the right place at the right time to fire into the back of the net, scoring his third goal of the season!

20'

Christensen goes into the book for hauling Arribas to ground, with the Almeria forward through on goal.

15'

Raphinha drags Leo Baptistao to the ground as Almeria look to counter, and he goes into the book.

It's an early yellow card for Pozo who clipped the heels of Balde who had burst forward from defence.

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