Granada vs Barcelona 2021-22 LaLiga
79': GaviBarcelona draw with Granada on late Antonio Puertas goal
A stunning late goal by Antonio Puertas gave Granada a shock 1-1 draw against Barcelona in LaLiga on Saturday.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 22': Gavi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 31': Maxime Gonalons (Granada CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 54': Substitution, Barcelona. Clément Lenglet replaces Eric García because of an injury.
- 56': Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 57': Goal! Granada CF 0, Barcelona 1. Luuk de Jong (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Dani Alves with a cross.
- 61': Substitution, Barcelona. Abdessamad Ezzalzouli replaces Ferrán Jutglà.
- 61': Substitution, Barcelona. Memphis Depay replaces Luuk de Jong.
- 62': Substitution, Granada CF. Ángel Montoro replaces Maxime Gonalons.
- 68': Substitution, Granada CF. Domingos Duarte replaces Víctor Díaz.
- 68': Substitution, Granada CF. Álex Collado replaces Darwin Machís.
- 69': Memphis Depay (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 79': Second yellow card to Gavi (Barcelona) for a bad foul.
- 82': Substitution, Barcelona. Álvaro Sanz replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
- 83': Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 83': Substitution, Granada CF. Carlos Bacca replaces Quini.
- 84': Substitution, Granada CF. Sergio Escudero replaces Carlos Neva.
- 89': Goal! Granada CF 1, Barcelona 1. Antonio Puertas (Granada CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a corner.
- 90'+3': Carlos Bacca (Granada CF) is shown the yellow card.
Game Information
Venue: Nuevo Los Cármenes
Location: Granada, Spain
Attendance: 14,442
Spanish LaLiga Standings
| POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Barcelona | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 45 | Real Madrid | 20 | 3 | 3 |
| 39 | Real Sociedad | 20 | 3 | 5 |
| 35 | Atletico Madrid | 20 | 5 | 5 |
Statistics
 GRA |
BAR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 21 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 0 | Saves | 3 |
| 35.1 | POSSESSION | 64.9 |
| 14 | SHOTS | 13 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 1 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.1 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 216 | Accurate Passes | 496 |
| 301 | Passes | 581 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 17 | Crosses | 11 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.5 |
| 65 | Long Balls | 50 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 26 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 19 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 9 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 9 | Clearances | 15 |
Granada (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Luís Maximiano (GK) |
| 28 | Raúl Torrente |
| 16 | Víctor Díaz |
| 15 | Carlos Neva |
| 17 | Quini |
| 4 | Maxime Gonalons  |
| 5 | Luis Milla |
| 11 | Darwin Machis |
| 10 | Antonio Puertas |
| 9 | Luis Suárez |
| 23 | Jorge Molina |
Barcelona (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marc-André ter Stegen (GK) |
| 24 | Eric García |
| 3 | Gerard Piqué |
| 18 | Jordi Alba |
| 8 | Dani Alves |
| 5 | Sergio Busquets |
| 30 | Gavi |
| 28 | Nicolas Gonzalez |
| 17 | Luuk de Jong |
| 29 | Ferran Jutglà |
| 7 | Ousmane Dembélé |
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