Barcelona vs Huesca

2 September 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Mario Melero López

Full time 8 – 2

Half-time: 3–2

Lionel Messi 16’, 61’
Jorge Pulido 24’ (og)
Luis Suárez 39’, 90+3’ (pen)
Ousmane Dembélé 48’
Ivan Rakitic 52’
Jordi Alba 81’

Juan Camilo Hernández 3’
Álex Gallar 42’

Match summary

Barcelona came from behind to win 8-2 at home to Huesca. Barcelona led 3-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Juan Camilo Hernández put Huesca ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Samuele Longo, Lionel Messi equalised in the 16th minute, set up by Ivan Rakitic, Pulido's own goal put Barcelona in front in the 24th minute, Luis Suárez made it 3-1 in the 39th minute, set up by Jordi Alba, and Álex Gallar pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 42nd minute, set up by Moi Gómez. In the second half, Ousmane Dembélé made it 4-2 in the 48th minute, set up by Luis Suárez, Ivan Rakitic made it 5-2 in the 52nd minute, set up by Lionel Messi, Messi made it 6-2 in the 61st minute, set up by Philippe Coutinho, Jordi Alba made it 7-2 in the 81st minute, set up by Lionel Messi, and Suárez made it 8-2 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 6.04 expected goals (xG) from 31 shots to Huesca's 1.69 from 7.

Match stats

31 Shots 7

15 Shots on Target 3

9 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

6.04 xG 1.64

5.30 Non-penalty xG 1.64

22 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Barcelona Huesca

Kick-off

3’

Juan Camilo Hernández
Assist: Samuele Longo0-1

Lionel Messi
Assist: Ivan Rakitic

1-1

16’

Jorge Pulido
Own goal

2-1

24’

Luis Suárez
Assist: Jordi Alba

3-1

39’

42’

Álex Gallar
Assist: Moi Gómez3-2

Half-time3-2

Ousmane Dembélé
Assist: Luis Suárez

4-2

48’

Ivan Rakitic
Assist: Lionel Messi

5-2

52’

Lionel Messi
Assist: Philippe Coutinho

6-2

61’

Jordi Alba
Assist: Lionel Messi

7-2

81’

Luis Suárez
Penalty

8-2

90+3’

Full-time8-2

Bookings

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

Barcelona

Arturo Vidal

Huesca

Luisinho
Damián Musto

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 6.04 xGHuesca 1.69 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Huesca 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	90			2	0.63	0.08	1
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90			3	0.74	0.00	0
Samuel Umtiti	DEF	65			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90	1	1	2	0.61	0.74	2
Philippe Coutinho	MID	90		1	5	0.68	0.79	3
Sergio Busquets	MID	76			0	0.00	0.49	3
Ivan Rakitic	MID	71	1	1	3	0.14	0.10	1
Lionel Messi	FWD	90	2	2	7	1.10	1.14	9
Luis Suárez	FWD	90	2	1	4	1.85	0.57	3
Ousmane Dembélé	FWD	90	1		3	0.14	0.49	3
Clement Lenglet	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arturo Vidal	Sub	19			2	0.16	0.03	1
Arthur	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Axel Werner	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jorge Miramón	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Etxeita	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jorge Pulido	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luisinho	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Álex Gallar	MID	65	1		1	0.83	0.02	1
Damián Musto	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gonzalo Melero	MID	90			1	0.05	0.04	1
Moi Gómez	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.83	1
Juan Camilo Hernández	FWD	72	1		2	0.69	0.00	0
Samuele Longo	FWD	58		1	1	0.08	0.65	1
Serdar Gurler	Sub	32			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rúben Semedo	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezequiel Ávila	Sub	18			1	0.02	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 88% Bet365 odds 1.08

Draw 9% Bet365 odds 11.00

Huesca win 3% Bet365 odds 29.00

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona W W

Huesca W D

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Previous and next meeting

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