FC Barcelona 2-1 Deportivo Alavés: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 28 January 2018

Result

FC Barcelona 2-1 Deportivo Alavés

La Liga · Sunday 28 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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FC Barcelona 2-1 Deportivo Alavés: match report

FC Barcelona won against Deportivo Alavés 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 28 January 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

John Guidetti opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Luis Suárez (72') and Lionel Messi (84'). Deportivo Alavés scored through John Guidetti (23').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Deportivo Alavés received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 54 points from 20 and Deportivo Alavés 17th on 19 points from 20. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Deportivo Alavés 14th with 47.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-4-2 and Deportivo Alavés in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (9.1), ahead of Andrés Iniesta (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 1 for Deportivo Alavés.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Mubarak WakasoDeportivo Alavés
  • 23'Goal · John GuidettiDeportivo Alavés · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Rubén DuarteDeportivo Alavés
  • 72'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 1-1
  • 84'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: FC Barcelona 3, draws 1, Deportivo Alavés 1.

Team news

FC Barcelona line-up (4-4-2)

Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Lucas Digne, Samuel Umtiti, Ivan Rakitić, Andrés Iniesta, Philippe Coutinho, Paulinho, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi

Deportivo Alavés line-up (4-4-2)

Fernando Pacheco, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Alexis Ruano, Víctor Laguardia, Guillermo Maripán, Ibai Gómez Pérez, Hernán Pérez, Mubarak Wakaso, Álvaro Medrán, Rubén Sobrino, John Guidetti