Spanish LALIGA

Barcelona vs Elche 2021-22 LaLiga

  • 16': Ferran Jutglà
  • 19': Gavi
  • 85': Nico González
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3 - 2
  • 62': José Antonio Morente
  • 63': Pere Milla

Barcelona's Nico Gonzalez scores late to clinch dramatic win against Elche

Youngster Nico Gonzalez came off the bench to score an 85th-minute winner as Barcelona beat Elche 3-2 at Camp Nou on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 16': Goal! Barcelona 1, Elche 0. Ferrán Jutglà (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross following a corner.
  • 19': Goal! Barcelona 2, Elche 0. Gavi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Clément Lenglet.
  • 45': Substitution, Elche. Tete Morente replaces Josan.
  • 45': Substitution, Elche. Gerard Gumbau replaces Iván Marcone.
  • 59': Substitution, Elche. Raúl Guti replaces Omar Mascarell.
  • 60': Substitution, Elche. Pere Milla replaces Fidel.
  • 62': Goal! Barcelona 2, Elche 1. Tete Morente (Elche) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lucas Boyé.
  • 63': Goal! Barcelona 2, Elche 2. Pere Milla (Elche) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tete Morente with a cross.
  • 71': Pere Milla (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Substitution, Barcelona. Nicolás González Iglesias replaces Ferrán Jutglà.
  • 76': Substitution, Barcelona. Riqui Puig replaces Frenkie de Jong.
  • 77': Gerard Gumbau (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 79': Eric García (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 82': Substitution, Elche. Josema replaces Johan Mojica because of an injury.
  • 85': Goal! Barcelona 3, Elche 2. Nicolás González Iglesias (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Gavi.
  • 86': Enzo Roco (Elche) is shown the yellow card.
  • 89': Substitution, Barcelona. Balde replaces Abdessamad Ezzalzouli.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Barcelona 3, Elche 2.

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Spotify Camp Nou
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 41,664

Spanish LALIGA Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+63 Barcelona 38 88 6
+40 Real Madrid 38 84 6
+38 Atlético Madrid 38 76 6
+25 Athletic Club 38 70 6
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Statistics

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17 Fouls 13
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 3
0 Corner Kicks 5
4 Saves 1
26.6 Possession 73.4
5 SHOTS 19
3 ON GOAL 8
0.6 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
177 Accurate Passes 643
253 Passes 713
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 2
7 Crosses 16
0.3 Cross % 0.1
51 Long Balls 48
23 Accurate Long Balls 36
0.5 Long Balls % 0.8
0 Blocked Shots 5
10 Effective Tackles 9
17 Tackles 14
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
7 Interceptions 9
22 Effective Clearances 5
22 Clearances 5

Line-Ups

BAR Barcelona (3-4-3-d)

No. Name
1 Marc-André ter Stegen (GK)
24 Eric García Yellow Card
15 Clément Lenglet
4 Ronald Araújo
5 Sergio Busquets
30 Gavi
18 Jordi Alba
21 Frenkie de Jong
29 Ferran Jutglà
33 Abde Ezzalzouli
7 Ousmane Dembélé

ELC Elche (4-4-2)

No. Name
13 Edgar Badía (GK)
4 Diego González
3 Enzo Roco Yellow Card
22 Johan Mojica
14 Helibelton Palacios
21 Omar Mascarell
23 Iván Marcone
16 Fidel
17 Josan
9 Lucas Boyé
12 Lucas Pérez

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