Leganés 2-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 26 September 2018
Result
Leganés 2-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Wednesday 26 September 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Leganés 2-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Leganés defeated FC Barcelona 2-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 26 September 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Leganés's goals came from N. El Zhar (52') and Óscar Rodríguez (53'). FC Barcelona scored through Philippe Coutinho (12').
Discipline: Leganés received 4 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leganés were 20th on 1 point from 5 and FC Barcelona 1st on 13 points from 5. Leganés went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.
Leganés lined up in a 5-4-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nabil El Zhar of Leganés (7.8), ahead of Philippe Coutinho (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Leganés wins, 0 draws and 4 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Leganés's last five read L-L-L-D-L and FC Barcelona's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Philippe Coutinho
- 40'Yellow card · Rubén Pérez
- 49'Yellow card · Unai Bustinza
- 52'Goal · N. El Zhar
- 53'Goal · Óscar Rodríguez
- 60'Yellow card · Samuel Umtiti
- 64'Yellow card · Thomas Vermaelen
- 88'Yellow card · Allan Nyom
- 90+2'Yellow card · Youssef En-Nesyri
Head-to-head
Team news
Leganés line-up (5-4-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Juanfran, Rodri Tarín, Unai Bustinza, Raúl Carnero, Jonathan Silva, Nabil El Zhar, Mikel Vesga, Rubén Pérez, Óscar Rodríguez, Youssef En-Nesyri
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Thomas Vermaelen, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Philippe Coutinho, Lionel Messi, Munir El Haddadi, Ousmane Dembélé