Elche
Barcelona
Match summary
Barcelona won comfortably, 5-0 away at Elche. Barcelona led 2-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Raphinha put Barcelona ahead from the penalty spot in the 14th minute and Karim Adeyemi made it 0-2 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Raphinha. In the second half, Raphinha made it 0-3 in the 67th minute, set up by Anthony Gordon, Fermín López made it 0-4 in the 71st minute, set up by Anthony Gordon, and López made it 0-5 in the 79th minute, set up by Xavi Espart.
The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 4.25 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Elche's 1.18 from 7.
Elche hosted Barcelona in La Liga matchday two, with the visitors securing a comprehensive five-goal victory despite a competitive overall territorial contest. Barcelona controlled fifty-four percent of possession, completing five hundred and thirty-three passes with an eighty-seven percent accuracy rate compared to Elche's four hundred and thirty-six passes at eighty percent. The away side registered eleven total shots with seven on target, generating an expected goals figure of four point two five. Elche managed seven shots with two on target and an expected goals tally of one point one eight, while also winning three corners to Barcelona's one and committing thirteen fouls against twelve by the visitors.
The chronological events began with a crucial breakthrough when Barcelona opened the scoring through a penalty goal from Raphinha in the fourteenth minute. Elche received the match's first yellow card in the thirty-3rd minute when Ali Houary was penalised for a foul. Barcelona made a forced substitution at the forty-fifth minute as Gavi replaced the injured Pedri. Just before half-time, Karim Adeyemi scored with a right-footed shot in the forty-third minute of added time to make it two-nil at the interval. Following multiple substitutions for both sides in the second half, Raphinha added his second goal with a left-footed shot in the sixty-seventh minute. Fermín López then scored twice in quick succession, first with a right-footed shot in the seventy-first minute and subsequently with a left-footed effort in the seventy-ninth minute, rounding off the five-nil scoreline.
