FC Barcelona vs Tottenham Hotspur FC, 2018-19 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Barcelona vs Tottenham Hotspur FC — Champions League .
- FC Barcelona 8 games · 16 pts (2025/26)
- Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 games · 17 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Danilo Grujic
- Referee Milorad Mazic
- Referee Milovan Ristic
- Referee Dalibor Durdevic
- Referee Nenad Djokic
- Referee Nemanja Petrovic
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern Munchen 8 21 3 Liverpool FC 8 18 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17 5 FC Barcelona 8 16 6 Chelsea FC 8 16 7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16 8 Manchester City FC 8 16 9 Real Madrid CF 8 15 10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15 11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14 12 Newcastle United FC 8 14 13 Juventus FC 8 13 14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13 15 Atalanta BC 8 13 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12 17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11 18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11 19 Club Brugge KV 8 10 20 Galatasaray SK 8 10 21 AS Monaco FC 8 10 22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10 23 FK Bodo/Glimt 8 9 24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9 25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9 26 Paphos FC 8 9 27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9 28 PSV 8 8 29 Athletic Club 8 8 30 SSC Napoli 8 8 31 FC Kobenhavn 8 8 32 AFC Ajax 8 6 33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4 34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 35 Villarreal CF 8 1 36 FK Kairat 8 1 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 Dec Tottenham Hotspur FC H 1–1 D 08 Dec RCD Espanyol de Barcelona A 4–0 W 02 Dec Villarreal CF H 2–0 W 28 Nov PSV A 2–1 W 24 Nov Club Atletico de Madrid A 1–1 D 11 Nov Real Betis Balompie H 3–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 Dec FC Barcelona A 1–1 D 08 Dec Leicester City FC A 2–0 W 05 Dec Southampton FC H 3–1 W 02 Dec Arsenal FC A 2–4 L 28 Nov FC Internazionale Milano H 1–0 W 24 Nov Chelsea FC H 3–1 W Season Stats
FC Barcelona Tottenham Hotspur FC #5 Position #4 16 Points 17 8 Played 8 5 / 1 / 2 W / D / L 5 / 2 / 1 22 Scored 17 14 Conceded 7 +8 GD +10 2.00 PPG 2.13 63% Win % 63% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
FC Barcelona this season60% Clean Sheets
Tottenham Hotspur FC this seasonFC Barcelona are 5th (16 pts). Tottenham Hotspur FC are 4th (17 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Barcelona0-151/–16-301/–31-45–/246-60–/–61-75–/176+–/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for FC Barcelona to score. At the same time, Tottenham Hotspur FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' It’s high time Ernesto Valverde made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 7' Ousmane Dembele puts FC Barcelona on the lead.
- 12' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 15' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Kyle Walker-Peters.
- 20' Munir El Haddadi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 25' It looks surprising FC Barcelona does not make any changes. Harry Winks has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 35' Tottenham Hotspur FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 40' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Erik Lamela suffering a number of foals already.
- 45' The travelling Tottenham Hotspur FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 46' FC Barcelona manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Busquets is hanging Ivan Rakitic on the field on 46 minute.
- 51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 56' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Moussa Sissoko made 372 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 61' Another substitution for Tottenham Hotspur FC to replace Kyle Walker-Peters by Erik Lamela on 61 minute.
- 63' Another substitution for FC Barcelona to replace Munir El Haddadi by Lionel Messi on 63 minute.
- 68' The referee calls foul for Nelsinho. He receives a Yellow card.
- 71' Tottenham Hotspur FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Lucas Moura is hanging Son Heungmin on the field on 71 minute.
- 76' Another change for FC Barcelona made on 76 minute. Ousmane Dembele leaves to be changed by Denis Suarez.
- 81' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Barcelona that had 494 games and scored 579 goals.
- 83' Llorente is replacing Harry Winks for the Tottenham Hotspur FC side.
- 85' What an equalizer from Lucas Moura!
- 90' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
FC Barcelona Lineups
Starting XI
- 15
- 8
- 7
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11
Ousmane Dembele ↓ Denis Suarez 76'
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4
Ivan Rakitic C ↓ Busquets 46'
- 24
- 13
- 2
- 26
- 27
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19
Munir El Haddadi ↓ Lionel Messi 63'
Bench
- 22
- 1
- 3
- 18
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10
Lionel Messi ↑ 63'
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Busquets ↑ 46'
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Denis Suarez ↑ 76'
Coach Ernesto ValverdeTottenham Hotspur FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 3
- 20
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7
Son Heungmin ↓ Lucas Moura 71'
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- 23
- 5
- 4
- 16
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Harry Winks ↓ Llorente 83'
- 17
- 10
Bench
- 15
- 22
- 33
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27
Lucas Moura ↑ 71'
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11
Erik Lamela ↑ 61'
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18
Llorente ↑ 83'
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Coach Mauricio Pochettino -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Lionel Messi 2 Lionel Messi 2 Ivan Rakitic 1 Lucas Moura 1 Harry Kane 1 Ousmane Dembele 1 Erik Lamela 1 Harry Kane 1 Head to Head
FC Barcelona Form
Tottenham Hotspur FC Form
2018-12-11 FC Barcelona 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur FC D 2018-12-08 Leicester City FC 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur FC W 2018-12-05 Tottenham Hotspur FC 3–1 Southampton FC W 2018-12-02 Arsenal FC 4–2 Tottenham Hotspur FC L 2018-11-28 Tottenham Hotspur FC 1–0 FC Internazionale Milano W 2018-11-24 Tottenham Hotspur FC 3–1 Chelsea FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.83 FC Barcelona xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.82 Tottenham Hotspur FC xGI would bet for: FC Barcelona or Tottenham Hotspur FC 76% + Both teams to score 70%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.65Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 88% 12% ± 2.5 69% 31% ± 3.5 49% 51% ± 4.5 30% 70% Double Chance
FC Barcelona or Draw 65%Draw or Tottenham Hotspur FC 59%FC Barcelona or Tottenham Hotspur FC 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Barcelona win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual2 – 1 7.7%1 – 2 7.6%2 – 2 6.9%3 – 1 4.6%1 – 3 4.6%2 – 0 4.4%0 – 2 4.4%3 – 2 4.2%1 – 0 4.2%2 – 3 4.2%0 – 1 4.2%Asian Handicap — FC Barcelona
Handicap FC Barcelona covers Push Tottenham Hotspur FC covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 12% 79% -1.5 21% — 79% -1 21% 18% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 62% — 38% +1 62% 18% 21% +1.5 79% — 21% +2 79% 11% 9% +2.5 91% — 9% Clean Sheet
FC Barcelona keeps clean sheet 17% ✓Tottenham Hotspur FC keeps clean sheet 17% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.