Barcelona vs Alaves

18 August 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee José María Sánchez Martínez

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Lionel Messi 64’, 90+2’
  • Philippe Coutinho 83’

Match summary

Barcelona won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Alaves. It was goalless at half-time.

Lionel Messi put Barcelona ahead with a direct free kick in the 64th minute, Philippe Coutinho made it 2-0 in the 83rd minute, set up by Arthur, and Messi made it 3-0 in stoppage time, set up by Luis Suárez.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 3.27 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Alaves's 0.25 from 3.

Match stats

Barcelona Alaves
25 Shots 3
9 Shots on Target 0
7 Corners 1
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3.27 xG 0.25
3.27 Non-penalty xG 0.25
20 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Barcelona Alaves
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Lionel Messi1-0 (Barcelona)
64’
Philippe Coutinho
Assist: Arthur2-0 (Barcelona)
83’
Lionel Messi
Assist: Luis Suárez3-0 (Barcelona)
90+2’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Alaves
  • Guillermo Maripán
  • Daniel Torres

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.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.27 0.25 64’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 1-0 64’ 83’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), 2-0 83’ 90+2’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 3-0 90+2’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.27 0.25 64’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 1-0 Messi 64’ 83’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), 2-0 Coutinho 83’ 90+2’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 3-0 Messi 90+2’
Barcelona 3.27 xGAlaves 0.25 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Alaves attacking Barcelona attacking 
90+2’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 82’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 73’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 39’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 48’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 41’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 17’ Rubén Sobrino (Alaves), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 36’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 44’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 64’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, goal 66’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 90’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 83’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 79’ Adrián Marín (Alaves), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 38’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 3’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 56’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 6’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 54’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 61’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 19’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 52’ Mubarak Wakaso (Alaves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 58’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 69’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 16’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 55’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+2’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 82’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 73’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 39’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 48’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 41’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 17’ Rubén Sobrino (Alaves), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 36’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 44’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 66’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 90’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 64’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, goal 83’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 79’ Adrián Marín (Alaves), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 38’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 3’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 56’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 6’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 38’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 61’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 19’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 54’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 52’ Mubarak Wakaso (Alaves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 58’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 69’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 16’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 55’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marc-André ter Stegen GK900 0.000.000
Nélson Semedo DEF460 0.000.000
Samuel Umtiti DEF900 0.000.000
Gerard Piqué DEF901 0.040.000
Jordi Alba DEF903 0.440.393
Sergi Roberto MID900 0.000.101
Ivan Rakitic MID902 0.130.061
Sergio Busquets MID850 0.000.021
Ousmane Dembélé MID773 0.480.392
Lionel Messi FWD9028 0.910.885
Luis Suárez FWD9014 0.720.583
Philippe Coutinho Sub4414 0.540.031
Arthur Sub1310 0.000.091
Arturo Vidal Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 86% Bet365 odds 1.11
Draw 9% Bet365 odds 10.00
Alaves win 5% Bet365 odds 21.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Alaves 0-2 Barcelona, 23 Apr 19  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.