
Counter-Attacking Masterclass: Madrid Edges Clásico Thriller
The away side absorbed sustained possession and delivered two lethal counter-attacks to secure a decisive 2–1 rivalry victory.
Ludistat
Referee
Adrian Cordero Vega
La Liga: Barcelona beat Alaves 6–1. Goals: Raphael Dias Belloli 8', Fermín López 23', Raphael Dias Belloli 41', Lamine Yamal 45+1', Lamine Yamal 64', Anthony Gordon 81', Mariano Díaz 84'.
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
| When | FCB | Alaves |
|---|---|---|
| 8′ · Raphael Dias Belloli | 1 | 0 |
| 23′ · Fermín López | 2 | 0 |
| 41′ · Raphael Dias Belloli | 3 | 0 |
| 45+1′ · Lamine Yamal | 4 | 0 |
| 64′ · Lamine Yamal | 5 | 0 |
| 81′ · Anthony Gordon | 6 | 0 |
| 84′ · Mariano Díaz | 6 | 1 |
| 90′ | 6 | 1 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| FCB | Alaves | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 6 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 3.24 | 0.64 |
| xG per shot | 0.249 | 0.091 |
| Goals minus xG | +2.76 | +0.36 |
| FCB win | 87% | |
| Draw | 9% | |
| Alaves win | 4% |
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Alaves | 0 | 1 | 1 |
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 30 | |
| 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 | |
| 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| FCB | Alaves | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 6 | 1 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 3.24 | 0.64 |
| xG per shot | 0.249 | 0.091 |
| Goals minus xG | +2.76 | +0.36 |
| FCB win | 87% | |
| Draw | 9% | |
| Alaves win | 4% |
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
| FCB | Alaves | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| Off target | 3 | 1 |
| Blocked | 3 | 3 |
| Inside the box | 10 | 6 |
| Outside the box | 3 | 1 |
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
| FCB | Alaves | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 77% | 23% |
| Passes | 833 | 242 |
| Completed | 771 | 182 |
| Pass accuracy | 93% | 75% |
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
| FCB | Alaves | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 14 | 11 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 1 | 5 |
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fermín | FCB | 9.5 | 90 |
| Lamine Yamal | FCB | 9.2 | 74 |
| Raphinha | FCB | 8.7 | 62 |
| Rodri | FCB | 7.7 | 90 |
| A. Gordon | FCB | 7.5 | 16 |
| M. Díaz | Alaves | 7.1 | 16 |
| Pau Cubarsí Paredes | FCB | 7.0 | 90 |
| Gabriel Jesus | FCB | 7.0 | 28 |
| Joan García | FCB | 6.9 | 90 |
| B. Farinas | FCB | 6.8 | 90 |
| F. de Jong | FCB | 6.7 | 82 |
| Hugo Novoa | Alaves | 6.6 | 16 |
| Marc Bernal | FCB | 6.6 | 45 |
| Aitor Mañas | Alaves | 6.5 | 35 |
| João Cancelo | FCB | 6.5 | 62 |
| Alejandro Balde | FCB | 6.5 | 28 |
| Pedri | FCB | 6.4 | 45 |
| K. Adeyemi | FCB | 6.4 | 90 |
| Guevara | Alaves | 6.4 | 90 |
| Gerard Martín | FCB | 6.3 | 8 |
| Denis Suárez | Alaves | 6.3 | 55 |
| Toni Martínez | Alaves | 6.3 | 45 |
| Angel Pérez | Alaves | 6.2 | 74 |
| L. Boyé | Alaves | 6.2 | 74 |
| Pablo Ibáñez | Alaves | 5.9 | 35 |
| V. Koski | Alaves | 5.7 | 90 |
| C. Benavídez | Alaves | 5.7 | 45 |
| A. Rebbach | Alaves | 5.6 | 55 |
| N. Tenaglia | Alaves | 5.6 | 90 |
| Yusi | Alaves | 5.5 | 90 |
| Jonny | Alaves | 5.4 | 90 |
| Sivera | Alaves | 5.3 | 90 |
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
Joan García
Sivera| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Alaves | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Coach: H. Flick
Bench
Coach: Quique Sánchez Flores
Bench
| 3Alejandro BaldeD | 28 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14K. AdeyemiF | 90 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2João CanceloD | 62 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5Pau Cubarsí ParedesD | 90 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 1 | 116 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21F. de JongD | 82 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4B. FarinasD | 90 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7FermínM | 90 | 9.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 4 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10Lamine YamalF | 74 | 9.2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8PedriM | 45 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11RaphinhaF | 62 | 8.7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16RodriM | 90 | 7.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 1 | 123 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29H. AbdelkarimF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1Joan GarcíaG | 90 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22Marc BernalM | 45 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41A. CamposD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9Gabriel JesusF | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6GaviM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17A. GordonF | 16 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25D. LivakovićG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18Gerard MartínD | 8 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13W. SzczęsnyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30E. TunkaraM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40Guillem VíctorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 30 | |
| 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 | |
| 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 |

The away side absorbed sustained possession and delivered two lethal counter-attacks to secure a decisive 2–1 rivalry victory.
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Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain will meet at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 at 9 PM CEST for a UEFA Champions League encounter that feels bigger than a routine league-phase fixture.
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