FC Barcelona 4-1 Deportivo Alavés: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 21 December 2019

Result

FC Barcelona 4-1 Deportivo Alavés

La Liga · Saturday 21 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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FC Barcelona 4-1 Deportivo Alavés: match report

FC Barcelona beat Deportivo Alavés 4-1 in La Liga on Saturday 21 December 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring in the 14th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Antoine Griezmann (14'), A. Vidal (45'), Lionel Messi (69') and Luis Suárez (75', penalty). Deportivo Alavés scored through Pere Pons (56').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Deportivo Alavés received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 36 points from 17 and Deportivo Alavés 14th on 19 points from 17. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Deportivo Alavés 16th with 39.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Deportivo Alavés in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Suárez of FC Barcelona (8.7), ahead of Lionel Messi (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 1 for Deportivo Alavés.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Antoine GriezmannFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · A. VidalFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 56'Goal · Pere PonsDeportivo Alavés · 2-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Aleix VidalDeportivo Alavés
  • 67'Yellow card · Samuel UmtitiFC Barcelona
  • 67'Yellow card · Mubarak WakasoDeportivo Alavés
  • 69'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 3-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Martín AguirregabiriaDeportivo Alavés
  • 75'Penalty goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 4-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Rodrigo ElyDeportivo Alavés
  • 88'Yellow card · Jordi AlbaFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

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

Team news

FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Marc ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Arturo Vidal, Sergio Busquets, Carles Aleñá, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Antoine Griezmann

Deportivo Alavés line-up (4-4-1-1)

Fernando Pacheco, Martín Aguirregabiria, Rodrigo Ely, Ximo Navarro, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Aleix Vidal, Pere Pons, Manu García, Mubarak Wakaso, Javi Muñoz, Lucas Pérez