Barcelona vs Leganes

20 January 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Ousmane Dembélé 32’
  • Luis Suárez 71’
  • Lionel Messi 90+2’
  • Martin Braithwaite 57’

Match summary

Barcelona beat Leganes 3-1. Barcelona led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ousmane Dembélé put Barcelona ahead in the 32nd minute, set up by Jordi Alba. In the second half, Martin Braithwaite equalised in the 57th minute, set up by Youssef En-Nesyri, Luis Suárez put Barcelona back in front in the 71st minute, and Lionel Messi made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Jordi Alba.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 2.05 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Leganes's 0.82 from 5.

Match stats

Barcelona Leganes
15 Shots 5
7 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 1
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.04 xG 0.82
2.04 Non-penalty xG 0.82
12 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Barcelona Leganes
Kick-off
Ousmane Dembélé
Assist: Jordi Alba1-0 (Barcelona)
32’
Half-time1-0
57’
Martin Braithwaite
Assist: Youssef En-Nesyri1-1 (Leganes)
Luis Suárez2-1 (Barcelona)
71’
Lionel Messi
Assist: Jordi Alba3-1 (Barcelona)
90+2’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Barcelona
  • Sergi Roberto
  • Carles Aleñá
  • Sergio Busquets
Leganes
  • Kenneth Omeruo
  • Rodrigo Tarín
  • Martin Braithwaite

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.05 0.82 32’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), 1-0 32’ 57’ Martin Braithwaite (Leganes), 1-1 57’ 71’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), 2-1 71’ 90+2’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 3-1 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.05 0.82 32’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), 1-0 Dembélé 32’ 57’ Martin Braithwaite (Leganes), 1-1 Braithwaite 57’ 71’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), 2-1 Suárez 71’ 90+2’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 3-1 Messi 90+2’
Barcelona 2.05 xGLeganes 0.82 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leganes attacking Barcelona attacking 
57’ Martin Braithwaite (Leganes), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 71’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.65 xG, goal 79’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 90+7’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90+2’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 32’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 45’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 9’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 48’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 59’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 24’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 31’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 61’ Óscar Rodríguez (Leganes), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 27’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 62’ Youssef En-Nesyri (Leganes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+5’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 68’ Martin Braithwaite (Leganes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 30’ Óscar Rodríguez (Leganes), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 57’ Martin Braithwaite (Leganes), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 71’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.65 xG, goal 79’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 90+7’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90+2’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 32’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 45’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 9’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 48’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 59’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 24’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 31’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 61’ Óscar Rodríguez (Leganes), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 27’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 62’ Youssef En-Nesyri (Leganes), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+5’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 68’ Martin Braithwaite (Leganes), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Óscar Rodríguez (Leganes), 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
Sergi Roberto DEF900 0.000.000
Thomas Vermaelen DEF900 0.000.000
Gerard Piqué DEF900 0.000.000
Jordi Alba DEF9020 0.000.804
Sergio Busquets MID900 0.000.000
Arthur MID650 0.000.000
Carles Aleñá MID650 0.000.122
Ousmane Dembélé FWD7012 0.190.162
Luis Suárez FWD9017 1.460.000
Philippe Coutinho FWD903 0.250.000
Lionel Messi Sub2512 0.130.000
Ivan Rakitic Sub251 0.020.000
Malcom Sub200 0.000.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 85% Bet365 odds 1.12
Draw 11% Bet365 odds 9.00
Leganes win 4% Bet365 odds 21.00

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

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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.