Barcelona vs Alaves

13 February 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Trincão 29’, 74’
Lionel Messi 45+1’, 75’
Júnior Firpo 80’

Luis Rioja 57’

Match summary

Barcelona won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Alaves. Barcelona led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Trincão put Barcelona ahead in the 29th minute, set up by Ilaix Moriba and Lionel Messi made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Sergio Busquets. In the second half, Luis Rioja pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 57th minute, Trincão made it 3-1 in the 74th minute, set up by Lionel Messi, Messi made it 4-1 in the 75th minute, set up by Antoine Griezmann, and Júnior Firpo made it 5-1 in the 80th minute, set up by Antoine Griezmann.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 2.86 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Alaves's 0.71 from 6.

Match stats

17 Shots 6

9 Shots on Target 2

5 Corners 4

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.86 xG 0.71

2.86 Non-penalty xG 0.71

6 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Barcelona Alaves

Kick-off

Trincão
Assist: Ilaix Moriba

1-0

29’

Lionel Messi
Assist: Sergio Busquets

2-0

45+1’

Half-time2-0

57’

Luis Rioja

2-1

Trincão
Assist: Lionel Messi

3-1

74’

Lionel Messi
Assist: Antoine Griezmann

4-1

75’

Júnior Firpo
Assist: Antoine Griezmann

5-1

80’

Full-time5-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Alaves

Martín Aguirregabiria
Alberto Rodríguez

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Barcelona 2.86 xGAlaves 0.71 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Alaves attacking Barcelona attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Óscar Mingueza	DEF	74			0	0.00	0.03	1
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			1	0.11	0.00	0
Frenkie de Jong	DEF	74			0	0.00	0.00	0
Júnior Firpo	DEF	90	1		1	0.79	0.43	1
Riqui Puig	MID	90			1	0.06	0.12	2
Ilaix Moriba	MID	66		1	1	0.05	0.12	1
Sergio Busquets	MID	48		1	0	0.00	0.03	1
Trincão	FWD	90	2		4	0.95	0.10	1
Lionel Messi	FWD	90	2	1	7	0.38	0.47	2
Antoine Griezmann	FWD	83		2	2	0.53	1.41	5
Samuel Umtiti	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedri	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Miralem Pjanic	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergiño Dest	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ousmane Dembélé	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Fernando Pacheco	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Martín Aguirregabiria	DEF	48		0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Lejeune	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Alberto Rodríguez	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Rubén Duarte	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Edgar Méndez	MID	90		0	0.00	0.07	2
Rodrigo Battaglia	MID	90		1	0.04	0.00	0
Tomás Pina	MID	74		0	0.00	0.00	0
Iñigo Córdoba	MID	48		0	0.00	0.00	0
Joselu	FWD	83		0	0.00	0.22	1
Lucas Pérez	FWD	83		4	0.34	0.00	0
Víctor Laguardia	Sub	42		0	0.00	0.00	0
Luis Rioja	Sub	42	1	1	0.34	0.00	0
Pere Pons	Sub	16		0	0.00	0.00	0
Deyverson	Sub	7		0	0.00	0.00	0
Borja Sainz	Sub	7		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 74% Avg odds 1.29

Draw 16% Avg odds 5.99

Alaves win 10% Avg odds 9.50

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Barcelona W W W W W

Alaves L L L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Alaves 1-1 Barcelona, 31 Oct 20 Next meeting: Barcelona 1-1 Alaves, 30 Oct 21 All Barcelona vs Alaves meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.