Barcelona vs Alaves

21 December 2019 · La Liga · 2019/20 · Referee Mario Melero López

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Antoine Griezmann 14’
Arturo Vidal 45’
Lionel Messi 69’
Luis Suárez 75’ (pen)

Pere Pons 56’

Match summary

Barcelona won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Alaves. Barcelona led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Antoine Griezmann put Barcelona ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Luis Suárez and Arturo Vidal made it 2-0 in the 45th minute, set up by Luis Suárez. In the second half, Pere Pons pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 56th minute, set up by Rubén Duarte, Lionel Messi made it 3-1 in the 69th minute, set up by Luis Suárez, and Luis Suárez made it 4-1 from the penalty spot in the 75th minute.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 1.43 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Alaves's 0.43 from 5.

Match stats

8 Shots 5

4 Shots on Target 3

3 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

1.43 xG 0.43

0.69 Non-penalty xG 0.43

12 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Barcelona Alaves

Kick-off

Antoine Griezmann
Assist: Luis Suárez

1-0

14’

Arturo Vidal
Assist: Luis Suárez

2-0

45’

Half-time2-0

56’

Pere Pons
Assist: Rubén Duarte

2-1

Lionel Messi
Assist: Luis Suárez

3-1

69’

Luis Suárez
Penalty

4-1

75’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Barcelona

Samuel Umtiti
Jordi Alba

Alaves

Martín Aguirregabiria
Rodrigo Ely
Aleix Vidal
Mubarak Wakaso

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 1.43 xGAlaves 0.43 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
Sergi Roberto	DEF	86			0	0.00	0.00	0
Samuel Umtiti	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arturo Vidal	MID	90	1		1	0.08	0.17	2
Carles Aleñá	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Busquets	MID	80			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lionel Messi	FWD	90	1		4	0.36	0.00	0
Luis Suárez	FWD	86	1	3	2	0.89	0.22	3
Antoine Griezmann	FWD	90	1		1	0.10	0.25	1
Frenkie de Jong	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nélson Semedo	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carles Pérez	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Fernando Pacheco	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Martín Aguirregabiria	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rodrigo Ely	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ximo Navarro	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rubén Duarte	DEF	90		1	1	0.03	0.12	2
Aleix Vidal	MID	87			1	0.01	0.03	1
Manu García	MID	90			1	0.28	0.00	0
Pere Pons	MID	90	1		1	0.05	0.00	0
Mubarak Wakaso	MID	71			1	0.07	0.00	0
Javi Muñoz	MID	54			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Pérez	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.28	1
Luis Rioja	Sub	36			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joselu	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oliver Burke	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 85% Avg odds 1.12

Draw 11% Avg odds 9.21

Alaves win 4% Avg odds 22.05

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona W W W D D

Alaves W W L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Alaves 0-2 Barcelona, 23 Apr 19 Next meeting: Alaves 0-5 Barcelona, 19 Jul 20 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.