SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 68 mins
Elche 0-3 Barcelona
Barcelona bring on Franck Kessie for Gavi in midfield.
Summary
Barcelona are 12 points clear at top of La Liga
Rock bottom Elche are 14 points from safety
Beccacece takes charge of Elche for first time, their fourth permanent manager of season
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 68 mins
Postpublished at 21:24 British Summer Time 1 April 2023
Elche 0-3 Barcelona
Lautaro Blanco was the other Elche player to come off.
GOAL - Elche 0-3 Barcelonapublished at 66 mins
Robert Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski scores his 17th La Liga goal of the season and this game is done for sure now.
Gavi wins the ball off Nico Fernandez, who just came on, and Lewandowski slots in another scuffed effort really.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 65 mins
Elche 0-2 Barcelona
Elche bring on Josan and Nico Fernandez for Tete Morente and, wait a minute.
Postpublished at 63 mins
Elche 0-2 Barcelona
Barcelona left-back Jordi Alba shoots over from 23 yards.
YELLOW CARDpublished at 61 mins
Elche 0-2 Barcelona
Barcelona's number 30/6/30 Gavi is booked for catching Gumbau in the air.
Postpublished at 21:17 British Summer Time 1 April 2023
Elche 0-2 Barcelona
Barcelona last won an away game in La Liga by more than one goal in September.
Postpublished at 21:15 British Summer Time 1 April 2023
Elche 0-2 Barcelona
That is only Ansu Fati's fourth La Liga goal of the season. It would be lovely to see him rediscover his best form.
One of the greatest teenagers I've ever seen but he's never found his best again after a serious injury.
GOAL - Elche 0-2 Barcelonapublished at 56 mins
Ansu Fati
What a goal from Ansu Fati!
He gets the ball in his own half before racing away from Elche's defence - with one fella backing off him - before slotting the ball into the bottom corner from 20 yards.
Postpublished at 21:12 British Summer Time 1 April 2023
Elche 0-1 Barcelona
Raul Guti sounds like 20% of the Real Madrid outfield players in the 2000s.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 54 mins
Elche 0-1 Barcelona
That is the end of Jose Angel Carmona's day. What an awful time to get injured.
Raul Guti is on.
Postpublished at 53 mins
Elche 0-1 Barcelona
Oh this is desperately unlucky for Elche youngster Jose Angel Carmona.
He runs onto a perfect through ball and is racing into the box - one on one - when he feels his hamstring and loses his footing. The physios are on to treat him.
Postpublished at 52 mins
Elche 0-1 Barcelona
Marcos Alonso controls a ball into the box and his half-volley from a tight angle is saved at the near post.
Postpublished at 51 mins
Elche 0-1 Barcelona
Robert Lewandowski is in but two Elche players slide in to stop him shooting or finding Ansu Fati.
Postpublished at 48 mins
Elche 0-1 Barcelona
Elche pinging the ball round early in the second half. Nice play.
KICK-OFFpublished at 46 mins
Elche 0-1 Barcelona
The second half begins.
Postpublished at 20:55 British Summer Time 1 April 2023
Elche 0-1 Barcelona
Elche's Lautaro Blanco completed one pass in that entire half.
Postpublished at 20:50 British Summer Time 1 April 2023
Elche 0-1 Barcelona
Each of Barcelona's last eight away matches in La Liga were decided by a single goal, since their 3-1 defeat at Real Madrid on 16 October. They recorded five 1-0 wins, two 2-1 victories and a 1-0 defeat at Almería.
HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:46 British Summer Time 1 April 2023
Elche 0-1 Barcelona
Top are beating bottom. But not as comfortably as we might have expected.
Postpublished at 45 mins
Elche 0-1 Barcelona
Lovely football from Barcelona and Jules Kounde's shot beats Eibar keeper Edgar Badia but is stopped from going in by Omar Mascarell.