Levante vs Barcelona

16 December 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee González González

Full time 0 – 5

Half-time: 0–2

  • Luis Suárez 35’
  • Lionel Messi 43’, 47’, 60’
  • Gerard Piqué 88’

Match summary

Barcelona won comfortably, 5-0 away at Levante. Barcelona led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Luis Suárez put Barcelona ahead in the 35th minute, set up by Lionel Messi and Lionel Messi made it 0-2 in the 43rd minute, set up by Sergio Busquets. In the second half, Messi made it 0-3 in the 47th minute, Messi made it 0-4 in the 60th minute, set up by Arturo Vidal, and Gerard Piqué made it 0-5 in the 88th minute, set up by Lionel Messi.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 3.96 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Levante's 0.83 from 20. Levante had a player sent off.

Match stats

Levante Barcelona
20 Shots 16
6 Shots on Target 9
15 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 3
1 Red Cards 0
0.83 xG 3.96
0.83 Non-penalty xG 3.96
6 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Levante Barcelona
Kick-off
35’
Luis Suárez
Assist: Lionel Messi0-1 (Barcelona)
43’
Lionel Messi
Assist: Sergio Busquets0-2 (Barcelona)
Half-time0-2
47’
Lionel Messi0-3 (Barcelona)
60’
Lionel Messi
Assist: Arturo Vidal0-4 (Barcelona)
88’
Gerard Piqué
Assist: Lionel Messi0-5 (Barcelona)
Full-time0-5

Bookings

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

Levante
  • Erick Cabaco
  • Rober
  • Jason
Barcelona
  • Ousmane Dembélé
  • Jordi Alba
  • Ivan Rakitic

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.83 3.96 35’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), 0-1 35’ 43’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 0-2 43’ 47’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 0-3 47’ 60’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 0-4 60’ 88’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), 0-5 88’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.83 3.96 35’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), 0-1 Suárez 35’ 43’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 0-2 Messi 43’ 47’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 0-3 Messi 47’ 60’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 0-4 Messi 60’ 88’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), 0-5 Piqué 88’
Levante 0.83 xGBarcelona 3.96 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Barcelona attacking Levante attacking 
60’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.77 xG, goal 43’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 35’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 88’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 55’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 86’ Denis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 80’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 33’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 33’ Emmanuel Boateng (Levante), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 47’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 55’ José Campaña (Levante), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 85’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 57’ Enis Bardhi (Levante), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 82’ Borja Mayoral (Levante), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 26’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 28’ Rubén Rochina (Levante), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 38’ Morales (Levante), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 38’ Erick Cabaco (Levante), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 78’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 5’ Emmanuel Boateng (Levante), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 33’ José Campaña (Levante), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 49’ Toño (Levante), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 66’ Erick Cabaco (Levante), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 82’ Jason (Levante), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 69’ Arthur (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 10’ Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Enis Bardhi (Levante), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 10’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Sanjin Prcic (Levante), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Sanjin Prcic (Levante), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 79’ Sanjin Prcic (Levante), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Rubén Rochina (Levante), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Enis Bardhi (Levante), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Sanjin Prcic (Levante), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ José Campaña (Levante), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.77 xG, goal 43’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 35’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 88’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 55’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 86’ Denis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 80’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 33’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 47’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 33’ Emmanuel Boateng (Levante), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 55’ José Campaña (Levante), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 85’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 57’ Enis Bardhi (Levante), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 82’ Borja Mayoral (Levante), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 26’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 28’ Rubén Rochina (Levante), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 38’ Morales (Levante), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 38’ Erick Cabaco (Levante), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 78’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 5’ Emmanuel Boateng (Levante), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 33’ José Campaña (Levante), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 49’ Toño (Levante), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 66’ Erick Cabaco (Levante), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 82’ Jason (Levante), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 69’ Arthur (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 10’ Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 10’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Enis Bardhi (Levante), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Sanjin Prcic (Levante), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Sanjin Prcic (Levante), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 79’ Sanjin Prcic (Levante), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Enis Bardhi (Levante), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Rubén Rochina (Levante), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Sanjin Prcic (Levante), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ José Campaña (Levante), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Oier GK900 0.000.000
Rober DEF900 0.000.052
Erick Cabaco DEF762 0.090.000
Sergio Postigo DEF700 0.000.000
Jason MID901 0.040.072
Toño MID901 0.040.142
Enis Bardhi MID903 0.100.051
José Campaña MID903 0.150.072
Rubén Rochina MID692 0.070.041
Morales FWD901 0.050.000
Emmanuel Boateng FWD622 0.140.000
Borja Mayoral Sub281 0.060.000
Coke Sub210 0.000.061
Sanjin Prcic Sub204 0.090.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Levante win 10% Bet365 odds 9.00
Draw 15% Bet365 odds 6.50
Barcelona win 75% Bet365 odds 1.25

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

Form going into the game

Levante DLDWD
Barcelona WLDWW

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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.