Barcelona vs Levante

27 April 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

Lionel Messi 62’

Match summary

Barcelona won 1-0 at home to Levante. It was goalless at half-time.

Lionel Messi put Barcelona ahead in the 62nd minute, set up by Arturo Vidal.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 2.39 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Levante's 0.84 from 7.

Match stats

23 Shots 7

12 Shots on Target 2

6 Corners 3

4 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.39 xG 0.84

2.39 Non-penalty xG 0.84

14 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Barcelona Levante

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

Lionel Messi
Assist: Arturo Vidal

1-0

62’

Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Barcelona

Nélson Semedo
Gerard Piqué
Ivan Rakitic
Sergio Busquets

Levante

Coke
Rúben Vezo
Rubén Rochina

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 2.39 xGLevante 0.84 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Levante 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			1	0.07	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			1	0.43	0.00	0
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.10	2
Jordi Alba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.42	3
Arturo Vidal	MID	90		1	3	0.17	0.24	2
Ivan Rakitic	MID	90			2	0.14	0.04	1
Arthur	MID	73			0	0.00	0.18	3
Ousmane Dembélé	FWD	84			1	0.05	0.13	2
Luis Suárez	FWD	90			5	0.62	0.03	1
Philippe Coutinho	FWD	46			6	0.59	0.82	2
Lionel Messi	Sub	44	1		4	0.32	0.21	3
Sergio Busquets	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.07	1
Sergi Roberto	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aitor Fernández	GK	90	0	0.00	0.14	1
Coke	DEF	90	1	0.03	0.00	0
Rúben Vezo	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Rober	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Antonio Luna	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Nikola Vukcevic	MID	65	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jason	MID	90	1	0.07	0.00	0
José Campaña	MID	90	0	0.00	0.13	2
Rubén Rochina	MID	84	1	0.04	0.00	0
Moses Simon	MID	46	0	0.00	0.00	0
Borja Mayoral	FWD	90	1	0.38	0.00	0
Morales	Sub	44	1	0.14	0.38	1
Enis Bardhi	Sub	25	2	0.17	0.00	0
Roger	Sub	6	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 77% Bet365 odds 1.20

Draw 14% Bet365 odds 6.50

Levante win 9% Bet365 odds 11.00

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona D W D W W

Levante L D L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Levante 0-5 Barcelona, 16 Dec 18 Next meeting: Levante 3-1 Barcelona, 02 Nov 19 All Barcelona vs Levante 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.