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

Live Reporting

Emlyn Begley

  1. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Barcelona do an Elche (win a corner). Ferran Torres plays it short and when he eventually crosses it's easily cleared.

  2. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Robert Lewandowski heads over from about two yards out! A sitter. Ferran Torres' cross made it almost harder to miss.

  3. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Some 58 points separate these teams as things stand.

  4. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    A heavy Robert Lewandowski touch lets him down after a defensive error. He was almost in on goal there.

  5. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Gavi makes a mess of clearing Elche's sixth corner but Robert Lewandowski gets it away.

  6. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Fidel swings in a cross-shot from the corner of the box which is held by Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

  7. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    This corner is headed clear.

  8. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Dangerous Elche free-kick which Marcos Alonso heads over his own bar. Fifth home corner.

  9. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Fourth Elche corner, this one is punched away by Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

  10. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Barcelona defender Eric Garcia slices a clearance into touch and looks at his boots.

  11. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Elche win their third corner of the game. They've been half-decent tonight.

    Fidel can't control the corner and Robert Lewandowski clears.

  12. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Elche defender Pedro Bigas is down holding his face after being caught by a stray Robert Lewandowski arm. No further punishment.

  13. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Robert Lewandowski can't quite take Jordi Alba's cross down and it's cleared.

  14. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Barcelona have avoided defeat in their last 44 matches when scoring the opening goal in La Liga dating back to 16 May 2021 against Celta Vigo.

    Elche have failed to win in their last 18 matches when conceding the opening goal in La Liga dating back to 22 May 2022 against Getafe.

    So might as well pack up now.

  15. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Elche push for an instant equaliser but the offside flag goes up.

  16. Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    That is Robert Lewandowski's 22nd goal for Barcelona since his summer move from Bayern Munich.

    Their next top scorer, Raphinha, has seven goals.

    The Pole is the top scorer in La Liga with 16.

  17. goal

    GOAL - Elche 0-1 Barcelona

    Robert Lewandowski

    Barcelona's first proper chance = a goal.

    Ronald Araujo heads down from Jordi Alba's free-kick and Robert Lewandowski scuffs a shot into the far corner.

  18. Elche 0-0 Barcelona

    Gavi is back wearing number 30, having worn the number six for a bit.

    It is based on a complicated legal spat with La Liga. Basically he's still registered as a Barcelona B player and the league won't recognise his new contract - that comes with a new number - for the usual financial reasons surrounding Barca.

  19. Elche 0-0 Barcelona

    Gavi can't get onto a ball into the box and the Elche keeper smothers it. The visitors have not got going at all.

  20. Elche 0-0 Barcelona

    That's not including anybody who hasn't scored. They'd have a conversion rate of 0%...