FC Barcelona 3-0 Deportivo Alavés: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 18 August 2018

Result

FC Barcelona 3-0 Deportivo Alavés

La Liga · Saturday 18 August 2018, 20:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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FC Barcelona 3-0 Deportivo Alavés: match report

FC Barcelona defeated Deportivo Alavés 3-0 in La Liga on Saturday 18 August 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 64th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (64'), Philippe Coutinho (83') and Lionel Messi (90+2'). Deportivo Alavés did not score.

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

FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Deportivo Alavés 11th with 50.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-4-2 and Deportivo Alavés in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (10.0), ahead of Ivan Rakitić (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 1 for Deportivo Alavés.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Dani TorresDeportivo Alavés
  • 41'Yellow card · G. MaripánDeportivo Alavés
  • 64'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 83'Goal · Philippe CoutinhoFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 90+2'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 3-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: FC Barcelona 4, draws 1, Deportivo Alavés 1.

Team news

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

Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitić, Ousmane Dembélé, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi

Deportivo Alavés line-up (4-5-1)

Fernando Pacheco, Martín Aguirregabiria, Víctor Laguardia, Guillermo Maripán, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Ibai Gómez Pérez, Mubarak Wakaso, Dani Torres, Manu García, Jony, Rubén Sobrino