FC Barcelona 3-0 Levante: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 7 January 2018
Result
FC Barcelona 3-0 Levante
La Liga · Sunday 7 January 2018, 15:15 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 3-0 Levante: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Levante 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday 7 January 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 12th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (12'), Luis Suárez (38') and Paulinho (90+3'). Levante did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Levante received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 45 points from 17 and Levante 16th on 18 points from 17. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Levante 15th with 46.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-4-2 and Levante in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (9.7), ahead of Javier Mascherano (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 0 for Levante.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Levante's D-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · J. Lerma
- 12'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 31'Yellow card · Sergio Postigo
- 38'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 70'Yellow card · Emmanuel Boateng
- 84'Yellow card · Rober Pier
- 90+3'Goal · Paulinho
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-4-2)
Marc ter Stegen, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Thomas Vermaelen, Ivan Rakitić, Andrés Iniesta, Ousmane Dembélé, Paulinho, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi
Levante line-up (4-5-1)
Oier Olazábal, Sergio Postigo, Erick Cabaco, Antonio Luna, Shaq Moore, Cheick Doukouré, Jefferson Lerma, Ivi López, Saša Lukić, Jason, Emmanuel Boateng