Alavés vs Barcelona, ​​La Liga: Match thread, live updates

HALF-TIME, Alavés 0-3 Barcelona: Barça go into the break with a deserved three-goal lead after a great first-half performance with almost complete control from start to finish and an inspired half from Lewandowski and Raphinha. Victory is all but certain, but Alavés will not get away quietly at home and there is still a lot to do to finish the job in the second half.

45 +1' GOAL DISALLOWED: Toni Martínez scores a header for Alavés just before half-time, but the goal is canceled for offside at the start of the match.

32' GOAL!!!!! Alavés 0-3 Barcelona (Lewandowski): IT'S THREE!!!! Eric García plays a fantastic through ball to find Lewandowski in the box and the Pole completes a first half hat-trick to triple Barça's lead!!!

22' GOAL!!!! Alavés 0-2 Barcelona (Lewandowski): THERE ARE TWO!!! Raphinha launches a one-man counterattack after an amazing dribble in his own half, allowing Lewandowski the easiest effort to double Barça's lead!!!

7' GOAL!!! Alavés 0-1 Barcelona (Lewandowski): BARÇA TAKES THE LEAD!!! Raphinha sends a free kick into the penalty area and Robert Lewandowski heads it into the goal from close range!!!

6' SUBSTITUTION: Barça lose Ferran Torres to an early injury as the striker is ruled out with an apparent thigh problem and is replaced by Eric García.

4' GOAL DISALLOWED: Barça takes an early lead through Raphinha, but the goal is ruled out in advance due to Lamine Yamal being offside.

START! Alaves 0-0 Barcelona: And we are on our way to Vitoria-Gasteiz!

WELCOME TO THE MENDIZORROTZA STADIUM!!! The tiny home of Deportivo Alavés in the Basque Country is the site of a large one LaLiga Match between the hosts and Barcelona, ​​who go into this game looking to recover from their first league defeat of the season last week and retain their place at the top of the table. But it won't be easy against an Alavés team that has made a good start to this season and is always a very difficult affair at home. This should be fun and you are welcome to join us to follow and comment on the whole thing. Vamos!

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SETUPS

BARCELONA

Starting XI: Pena; Fort, Cubarsí, Iñigo, Balde; Casadó, Pedri; Yamal, Raphinha, Ferran; Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)

Substitute: Astralaga (TW), Yaakobishvili (TW), Domínguez, Kounde, Eric, Martín, De Jong, Torre, Fati, Víctor

ALAVES

Starting XI: Sivera; Tenaglia, Abqar, Mouriño, Sanchez; Blanco, Guevara; Vicente, Stoichkov, Rebbach; Martinez (4-2-3-1)

Substitute: Owono (TW), Rodríguez (TW), Diarra, Pica, Conechny, Benavídez, Jordán, Villalibre, Martín, Novoa, García, Romero

GAME INFO

Competition/round: 2024-25 LaLigaMatchday 9

Date/time: Sunday, October 6, 2024, 4:15 p.m. CET, 3:15 p.m. BST/WAT (UK and Nigeria), 10:15 a.m. ET, 7:15 a.m. PT (US), 7:45 p.m. IST (India)

Venue: Estadio de MendizorrotzaVitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain

referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz arias

VAR: José Luis Munuera Montero

HOW TO WATCH

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On-line: ESPN+ (USA), LaLigaTV (UK), GXR World (India), DAZN (Spain), others

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