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Marcus Rashford scores Barcelona's third against Elche Ferran Torres and Lamine Yamal also on target for La Liga leaders Alvaro Rodriguez had levelled for hosts Barca are one point clear of second-placed Real Madrid in table Elche are 12th in La Liga and winless in last four games Marissa Thomas Elche 1-3 Barcelona Barcelona move four points clear of rivals Real Madrid at the top of La Liga. Elche 1-3 Barcelona There will be four minutes added on to the end of this match. Elche 1-3 Barcelona Frenkie de Jong is shown a yellow card for a foul on Rodrigo Mendoza. Seems rather harsh since he did win the ball. Elche 1-3 Barcelona Marcus Rashford takes a Barcelona corner but it doesn't get past the first man. Disappointing. Elche 1-3 Barcelona Barcelona make a double change. On: Ronald Araujo and Marc Casado. Off: Jules Kounde and Fermin Lopez. Elche 1-3 Barcelona Marcus Rashford has scored two goals after coming off the bench this season in La Liga. Elche 1-3 Barcelona Two yellow cards for Elche. Eder Sarabia is booked for dissent and Rodrigo Mendoza goes into the book for a foul on Frenkie de Jong. Elche 1-3 Barcelona After conceding the third goal, Elche make a double change. On: Lucas Cepeda and Leo Petrot. Off: Alvaro Rodriguez and David Affengruber. Marcus Rashford Now Barcelona have a two-goal lead! Marcus Rashford fires home from close range to give Barcelona a bigger advantage. Elche 1-2 Barcelona Barcelona nearly have a two-goal lead. Marcus Rashford runs clear through on goal and tries to curl a shot into the bottom corner but it goes wide instead. Shooting practice is in order for Hansi Flick's side. Elche 1-2 Barcelona I highly doubt this will be the scoreline when the final whistle blows. It has been a rather entertaining game and Elche are still in it. Elche 1-2 Barcelona What a miss. Adam El Mokhtari wastes a golden opportunity to equalise against Barcelona, arrowing his shot high over the bar instead of finding the top corner. Elche 1-2 Barcelona Barcelona make a double change. On: Robert Lewandowski and Marc Bernal. Off: Dani Olmo and Ferran Torres. Elche 1-2 Barcelona Elche make their first change of the match as Federico Redondo replaces Marc Aguado. Elche 1-2 Barcelona Alvaro Rodriguez fires a shot just wide of the post. A warning to Barcelona that Elche are still in this match. Elche 1-2 Barcelona Barcelona have had 18 shots in this match. Just five of them have been on target. Elche 1-2 Barcelona The second half begins. HT: Elche 1-2 Barcelona Barcelona make a change at the break. Marcus Rashford comes on for Raphinha. HT: Elche 1-2 Barcelona Elche's Alvaro Rodriguez is the third player to score against both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in La Liga this season, after Mikel Oyarzabal and Cucho Hernandez. Elche 1-2 Barcelona A very entertaining first half comes to an end. Barcelona have the option to sign Marcus Rashford on a permanent basis for £30. 3m (35m euros) this summer Marcus Rashford was on target once again as Barcelona moved four points clear at the top of the La Liga table with a win at Elche. The reigning champions took a sixth-minute lead when Dani Olmo threaded through Lamine Yamal and the 18-year-old rounded Elche goalkeeper Inaki Pena before passing into an empty net. Elche, who last defeated Barcelona in December 1974, equalised through Alvaro Rodriguez, who beat the visitors' high line and calmly found the far corner after 29 minutes. But Hansi Flick's side restored their lead 11 minutes later when Ferran Torres blasted Frenkie De Jong's cut-back into the roof of the net. Manchester United loanee Rashford came off the bench at half-time and added a third with a tap-in following a low pass across goal from Yamal. It was Rashford's 10th goal of the season and his second in as many games after he netted against Copenhagen in the Champions League on Wednesday. Barcelona were the better side throughout and created a hatful of chances. Dani Olmo hit the woodwork in the early stages and, with the scoreline at 1-1, Torres struck the crossbar first with his boot and then with his head on the rebound. Just before the break, Torres rounded the goalkeeper but his shot was cleared off the line by Elche defender Victor Chust. The victory was Barcelona's 15th win in 16 games in all competitions. It puts pressure on second-placed Real Madrid, who have played one game fewer and could cut the Catalans' lead at the top of the table back to one point when they face local rivals Rayo Vallecano at home on Sunday (13: 00 GMT). Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 31st January 2026 at 21: 58 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. 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