Barcelona 3-0 Getafe: early goal, then Koundé seals it
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 83% possession, a season high in 8 matches
- 0.08 xG per shot vs a 0.21 season average
- Getafe had 4 shots; 7-match average 11.7
In front almost from the start
Barcelona beat Getafe 3-0 after Anthony Gordon scored in the second minute. From there they spent roughly 88 minutes in front, with the scores level for only a couple of minutes at the start. Getafe never had much room to drag the match back.
Getafe barely saw the ball
Barcelona's 83% possession was their highest of the season across eight matches. Getafe, who added a fifth defender to their line-up, managed only four shots, well short of their seven-match average of 11.7. Starved of the ball, they appear to have had little means of building an attack.
Plenty of shots, ordinary quality
Barcelona's 23 shots were close to their season average. Yet their xG per shot was 0.08, against an eight-match average of 0.21. Against a deep block, many of those efforts evidently did not come from prime positions. Finishing ahead of xG is what turned the pressure into three goals.
The early goal set the terms
Gordon's second-minute opener was worth +0.5 FN xPts, the largest value of the three goals. Barcelona changed seven starters, and two of the newcomers, Gabriel Jesus and Jules Koundé, also scored. Koundé's goal arrived with Barcelona already two clear, so its FN xPts value was close to zero.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Jules Koundé 9.0Dominant
He scored in the 73rd minute, put both his shots on target and completed 82 of 88 passes.
Koundé's points came mainly from attack, but he also won eight of 11 duels, so his work at the back held up too. With Barcelona already two goals clear, his 73rd-minute strike from a Lamine Yamal assist made it 3-0 and ended any hope of a Getafe fightback.
Game state
1-02-03-0
Barcelona ahead 88 min · level 2 min · Getafe ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
2'
Anthony Gordon
Goal · GET −0.3
+0.4
30'
Gabriel Jesus
Goal · GET −0.1
+0.2
73'
Jules Koundé
Goal · assist Lamine Yamal · GET 0.0
0.0
Barcelona
Expected (last two seasons) 2.3Own moments +0.6Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
Getafe
Expected (last two seasons) 0.5Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.4Time effect −0.1→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
BarcelonaGetafe
1.94Expected goals (xG)0.14
Compared with usual
Barcelona
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 3 | 4.5 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | |
| xG | 1.94 | 4.1 | |
| xG against | 0.14 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 23 | 21.8 | |
| On target | 8 | 8.4 | |
| Shots faced | 4 | 6.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.21 | |
| Possession | 83% | 68.9% | high |
| Passes | 861 | 682.3 | high |
| Corners | 9 | 7 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 9.6 | |
Getafe
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0.57 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | |
| xG | 0.14 | 0.69 | |
| xG against | 1.94 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 4 | 11.7 | |
| On target | 1 | 2.7 | |
| Shots faced | 23 | 13.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.04 | 0.06 | |
| Possession | 17% | 40.1% | |
| Passes | 173 | 314.1 | |
| Corners | 3 | 4 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 14.7 | |
Timeline
- 2'
Goal
Anthony Gordon league goal #1
- 30'
Goal
Gabriel Jesus league goal #2
- 34'
Yellow
Kiko Femenía
- 37'
Sub
Zaid Romero → Abdel Abqar
- 45+2'
Yellow
Johan Mojica
- 46'
Yellow
Dani Olmo
- 61'
Sub
Dani Olmo → Pedri
- 61'
Sub
Gavi → Fermín
- 65'
Sub
Johan Mojica → Davinchi
- 65'
Sub
Iván Azón → Martín Satriano
- 65'
Sub
Andrés García → Sebastián Boselli
- 71'
Yellow
Sebastián Boselli
- 71'
Sub
Rodri → Marc Bernal
- 71'
Sub
Anthony Gordon → Karim Adeyemi
- 73'
Goal
Jules Koundé league goal #1 assist Lamine Yamal
- 75'
Yellow
Ramón Terrats
- 82'
Sub
Gabriel Jesus → Hamza Abdelkarim
- 85'
Sub
Kiko Femenía → Saba Sazonov
- 90+1'
Yellow
Fermín
Category leaders
- Key passesKarim Adeyemi3
- Duels wonJules Koundé8/11
- DribblesAndrés García3/4
- Defensive actionsNemanja Gudelj5
- ShotsLamine Yamal6 (on target 0)
- Fouls wonRamón Terrats4
#Barcelona#Getafe#La Liga#Jules Koundé#Anthony Gordon#Matchweek 8
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.