Barcelona vs Girona

23 September 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Lionel Messi 19’
Gerard Piqué 63’

Cristhian Stuani 45’, 51’

Match summary

Barcelona and Girona shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Lionel Messi put Barcelona ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Arturo Vidal and Cristhian Stuani equalised in the 45th minute, set up by Aday Benítez. In the second half, Stuani put Girona in front in the 51st minute and Gerard Piqué equalised with a header in the 63rd minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Barcelona created 1.68 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots, Girona 1.55 from 7. Barcelona had a player sent off.

Match stats

22 Shots 7

11 Shots on Target 6

8 Corners 2

3 Yellow Cards 5

1 Red Cards 0

1.68 xG 1.55

1.68 Non-penalty xG 1.55

9 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Barcelona Girona

Kick-off

Lionel Messi
Assist: Arturo Vidal

1-0

19’

45’

Cristhian Stuani
Assist: Aday Benítez

1-1

Half-time1-1

51’

Cristhian Stuani

1-2

Gerard Piqué

2-2

63’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Barcelona

Clement Lenglet
Nélson Semedo
Gerard Piqué
Arthur

Girona

Bernardo
Juanpe
Pedro Alcalá
Portu
Cristhian Stuani

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 1.68 xGGirona 1.55 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Girona 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
Nélson Semedo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90	1		1	0.30	0.08	1
Clement Lenglet	DEF	34			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	2
Sergio Busquets	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Arthur	MID	60			2	0.07	0.00	0
Arturo Vidal	MID	60		1	0	0.00	0.48	2
Lionel Messi	FWD	90	1		6	0.73	0.26	6
Luis Suárez	FWD	90			6	0.34	0.03	1
Ousmane Dembélé	FWD	48			1	0.03	0.08	2
Samuel Umtiti	Sub	42			1	0.08	0.00	0
Philippe Coutinho	Sub	30			4	0.09	0.02	1
Ivan Rakitic	Sub	30			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bono	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aday Benítez	DEF	90		1	1	0.05	0.50	2
Bernardo	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Juanpe	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedro Alcalá	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Muniesa	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Pere Pons	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Granell	MID	74			0	0.00	0.53	1
Aleix García	MID	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristhian Stuani	FWD	90	2		2	0.48	0.00	0
Portu	FWD	87			2	0.91	0.00	0
Borja	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.39	1
Douglas Luiz	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Seydou Doumbia	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 87% Bet365 odds 1.08

Draw 9% Bet365 odds 11.00

Girona win 4% Bet365 odds 21.00

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona W W W W

Girona D L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Girona 0-2 Barcelona, 27 Jan 19 All Barcelona vs Girona 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.