Barca 2-0 Leganes: Messi is one goal away from 700 career goals as Fati scores

Barcelona are not yet firing on all cylinders but won once again against Leganes at Camp Nou on Tuesday.

Match Report

Goals from Ansu Fati and Lionel Messi proved decisive as Barcelona made hard work of a 2-0 home win over Leganes to further boost their LaLiga title hopes.

The Blaugrana had not been as convincing as the scoreline suggested when they thrashed 4-0 Real Mallorca away at the weekend, and they toiled against another struggling outfit on Tuesday

But Quique Setien's side secured another three points after Fati - Barca's standout star - broke the deadlock three minutes before half-time. 

Messi then scored his 699th goal for club and country from the penalty spot as Barca extended their advantage at the top of the table to five points, at least until Real Madrid host Valencia on Thursday.

Match Events

42' GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Leganes (Fati)

BARCELONA LEAD! They've finally managed to break through Leganes' defence and Fati puts them ahead. Firpo touches the ball onto him on the edge of the box. He takes a touch before driving his low shot past Cuellar and into the bottom-right corner. 1-0 Barca!

64' OFFSIDE! Griezmann's goal disallowed

GRIEZMANN SCORES! It's great build-up play from Barcelona as Semedo puts the cross into the middle of the box. Greizmann gets in behind Awaziem and Cuellar quickly comes off his line to close him down but the Frenchman coolly slots it into the bottom-right corner, but this could be ruled out for an offside...

69' Penalty Goal! Barcelona 2-0 Leganes (Messi)

MESSI SCORES! The penalty stands and Messi places the ball onto the spot. It's a good spot-kick from the captain as he sends Cuellar the wrong way and finds the bottom-right corner to double Barca's lead. 2-0 Barcelona!

Line-ups

Barcelona XI: Messi, Pique, Rakitic, Busquets, Griezmann, Ter Stegen, Roberto, Lenglet, Arthur, Firpo, Fati

Subs: Suarez, Vidal, Neto, Braithwaite, Umtiti, Semedo, Pena, De Jong, R. Araújo, Monchu, Riqui Puig, Álex Collado

Leganes XI: Cuellar, Perez, Guerrero, Eraso, Recio, Silva, Bustinza, Mesa, Tarin, Ruibal, Awaziem

Subs: Rosales, Omeruo, Amadou, Carrillo, Rodrigues, R. Assalé, Soriano, Navarro, Iván Amores, Aviles, Pablo Lombo, Gil