Granada vs Barcelona

9 January 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

Full time 0 – 4

Half-time: 0–3

  • Antoine Griezmann 12’, 63’
  • Lionel Messi 35’, 42’

Match summary

Barcelona won comfortably, 4-0 away at Granada. Barcelona led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Antoine Griezmann put Barcelona ahead from a corner in the 12th minute, Lionel Messi made it 0-2 in the 35th minute, set up by Antoine Griezmann, and Messi made it 0-3 with a direct free kick in the 42nd minute. In the second half, Griezmann made it 0-4 in the 63rd minute, set up by Ousmane Dembélé.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 1.65 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Granada's 0.49 from 8. Granada had a player sent off.

Match stats

Granada Barcelona
8 Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 3
1 Red Cards 0
0.49 xG 1.65
0.49 Non-penalty xG 1.65
2 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Granada Barcelona
Kick-off
12’
Antoine Griezmann0-1 (Barcelona)
35’
Lionel Messi
Assist: Antoine Griezmann0-2 (Barcelona)
42’
Lionel Messi0-3 (Barcelona)
Half-time0-3
63’
Antoine Griezmann
Assist: Ousmane Dembélé0-4 (Barcelona)
Full-time0-4

Bookings

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

Granada
  • Jesús Vallejo
  • Roberto Soldado
  • Luis Suárez
Barcelona
  • Óscar Mingueza
  • Jordi Alba
  • Sergio Busquets

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.49 1.65 12’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), 0-1 12’ 35’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 0-2 35’ 42’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 0-3 42’ 63’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), 0-4 63’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.49 1.65 12’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), 0-1 Griezmann 12’ 35’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 0-2 Messi 35’ 42’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 0-3 Messi 42’ 63’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), 0-4 Griezmann 63’
Granada 0.49 xGBarcelona 1.65 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Barcelona attacking Granada attacking 
12’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.48 xG, goal 60’ Darwin Machís (Granada), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 11’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.19 xG, blocked 42’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.16 xG, goal 80’ Miralem Pjanic (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.14 xG, blocked 35’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 63’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 67’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 50’ Antonio Puertas (Granada), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 56’ Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 39’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 30’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 16’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 85’ Luis Suárez (Granada), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 80’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Roberto Soldado (Granada), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Darwin Machís (Granada), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 2’ Antonio Puertas (Granada), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 81’ Kenedy (Granada), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 17’ Antonio Puertas (Granada), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 12’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.48 xG, goal 60’ Darwin Machís (Granada), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 11’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.19 xG, blocked 42’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.16 xG, goal 80’ Miralem Pjanic (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.14 xG, blocked 35’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 63’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 67’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 50’ Antonio Puertas (Granada), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 56’ Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 30’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 39’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 75’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 16’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 85’ Luis Suárez (Granada), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 80’ Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Roberto Soldado (Granada), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Darwin Machís (Granada), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 2’ Antonio Puertas (Granada), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 81’ Kenedy (Granada), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 17’ Antonio Puertas (Granada), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Rui Silva GK900 0.000.000
Dimitri Foulquier DEF900 0.000.000
Domingos Duarte DEF900 0.000.021
Germán Sánchez DEF900 0.000.000
Carlos Neva DEF470 0.000.000
Yan Eteki MID900 0.000.000
Yangel Herrera MID680 0.000.000
Antonio Puertas MID903 0.120.031
Montoro MID470 0.000.031
Darwin Machís MID662 0.270.000
Roberto Soldado FWD471 0.030.031
Luis Suárez Sub431 0.040.000
Luis Milla Sub430 0.000.251
Jesús Vallejo Sub320 0.000.081
Kenedy Sub241 0.020.000
Alberto Soro Sub220 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Granada win 13% Avg odds 7.09
Draw 18% Avg odds 5.28
Barcelona win 69% Avg odds 1.39

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Granada WWLWL
Barcelona DWDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Barcelona 1-0 Granada, 19 Jan 20 Next meeting: Barcelona 1-2 Granada, 29 Apr 21  All Granada vs Barcelona 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.