Barcelona vs Almeria

20 December 2023 · La Liga · 2023/24 · Referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Raphinha 33’
Sergi Roberto 60’, 83’

Leo Baptistao 41’
Edgar González 71’

Match summary

Barcelona won 3-2 at home to Almeria. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Raphinha put Barcelona ahead from a corner in the 33rd minute and Leo Baptistao equalised in the 41st minute, set up by Sergio Arribas. In the second half, Sergi Roberto put Barcelona back in front with a header in the 60th minute, set up by Raphinha, Edgar González equalised in the 71st minute, and Roberto won it in the 83rd minute, set up by Robert Lewandowski.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 4.31 expected goals (xG) from 30 shots to Almeria's 1.41 from 10.

Match stats

30 Shots 10

11 Shots on Target 5

12 Corners 0

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

4.05 xG 1.40

4.05 Non-penalty xG 1.40

13 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Barcelona Almeria

Kick-off

Raphinha

1-0

33’

41’

Leo Baptistao
Assist: Sergio Arribas1-1

Half-time1-1

Sergi Roberto
Assist: Raphinha

2-1

60’

71’

Edgar González2-2

Sergi Roberto
Assist: Robert Lewandowski

3-2

83’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Barcelona

Andreas Christensen
Ronald Araújo
Raphinha

Almeria

Alejandro Pozo
Iddrisu Baba
Dion Lopy

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 4.31 xGAlmeria 1.41 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Almeria 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
Iñaki Peña	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
João Cancelo	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.30	1
Ronald Araújo	DEF	90			4	0.24	0.00	0
Andreas Christensen	DEF	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Balde	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.17	3
Ilkay Gündogan	MID	90			1	0.66	0.41	7
Sergi Roberto	MID	90	2		5	1.08	0.18	3
Fermín López	MID	70			1	0.07	0.00	0
Raphinha	FWD	79	1	1	2	0.81	0.89	7
Robert Lewandowski	FWD	90		1	8	0.84	1.22	4
João Félix	FWD	49			4	0.26	0.00	0
Jules Koundé	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ferrán Torres	Sub	41			3	0.25	0.00	0
Oriol Romeu	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lamine Yamal	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Luís Maximiano	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alejandro Pozo	DEF	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
César Montes	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Edgar González	DEF	90	1		1	0.50	0.00	0
Chumi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Akieme	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Iddrisu Baba	MID	90			2	0.16	0.00	0
Dion Lopy	MID	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Largie Ramazani	MID	80			1	0.08	0.09	2
Sergio Arribas	FWD	90		1	2	0.14	0.49	2
Leo Baptistao	FWD	80	1		2	0.41	0.06	1
Houboulang Mendes	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lázaro	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adrián Embarba	Sub	10			1	0.09	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 83% Avg odds 1.15

Draw 11% Avg odds 8.76

Almeria win 6% Avg odds 16.19

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona W D W L D

Almeria L L D L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Almeria 1-0 Barcelona, 26 Feb 23 Next meeting: Almeria 0-2 Barcelona, 16 May 24 All Barcelona vs Almeria 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.

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