Sergio Cubero enters the game and replaces P. Diop.
De Jong throws himself to the floor rather theatrically but does enough to convince referee Rojas that it is a free-kick. The hosts will send every one forward for this, given it is the last minute of the game.
90' +2
Diop is substituted off for Cubero as Mendilibar looks to see out the remainder of this game.
90' +1
There will be three minutes of added time as Inui leads a counter-attack before his short left-footed pass is intercepted by Busquets to remove the danger on the edge of the hosts' area.
90'
Araujo puts Firpo under some pressure with a loose pass and the left-back is forced to fly into a tackle with Recio. After a bit of stoppage, the referee, in fact, awards the free-kick the other way as he deems Firpo was the one fouled by Recio, who is already on a booking so needs to be careful.
89'
Pedri, who has just missed a great opportunity to give his side the lead, is replaced by Puig.
88'
Riqui Puig enters the game and replaces Pedri.
Mendibilar's men appear content now to camp on the edge of their area, as they invite hosts to chase a winner. Koeman's men duly oblige, throwing every one forward and on this occasion, Trincao's shot gets blocked before it can trouble Dmitrovic.
85'
Diop is sent chasing into the corner and does well to keep it in play before dragging a right-footed cross back towards the edge of the area, where the hosts easily intercept.
83'
Recio gets yellow.
Recio, who has only just been brought on, is booked for hacking through the back of De Jong near the centre circle.
82'
Sergio Busquets enters the game and replaces C. Lenglet.
In another positive change, defender Lenglet is replaced by midfielder Busquets as Koeman continues to chase this game.
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81'
Recio enters the game and replaces D. Kądzior.
Firpo, who has been the hosts' best attacking outlet this game, fires a left-footed cross towards the near post, where Braithwaite volleys wide of the target.
Kadzior, who tested Ter Stegen from range in the first half, is replaced by Recio.
78'
Exposito gets his feet in a tangle when attempting to clear and gives away a corner to the hosts on the left-hand side. Dembele takes it, delivering onto the head of Lenglet, who heads well over Dmitrovic's goal from near the penalty spot.
77'
Pedri thinks he is on the left-hand side after Araujo's searching pass but the long ball is slightly overhit and runs out for a throw-in. Muto then pressures Lenglet on the right and the French defender does well to shepherd the ball out of play.
75'
Sergio Álvarez gets yellow.
Pedri races away from Alvarez through the centre of the park and the visitors' midfielder cynically drags him back to ruin the counter-attack. Referee Rojas has no option to book Alvarez for his tactical foul and rightly does so.
73'
Y. Muto enters the game and replaces Kike García.
Paulo Oliveira enters the game and replaces E. Burgos.
Centre-back Burgos is brought off for Oliveira in a like-for-like change at the back.
Garcia, who opened the scoring for Eibar, is replaced by Muto up top.
72'
The hosts invite pressure onto them as Mingueza and Trincao mess up what should be a simple short pass between the pair. The visitors earn a throw-in deep on the left-hand side because of Mingueza's error but it looks like Mendilibar is going to make some changes first.
69'
Coutinho has had an instant impact, which is what Koeman will have obviously wanted. Every time the Brazilian gets hold of possession, he looks like creating a chance. This time, his pass has just too much on it to find Pedri on the left-hand side.
67'
O. Dembélé has scored a goal for Barcelona! Assist by J. Firpo.
GOALLL!! 1-1! Firpo exchanges a one-two with Coutinho before drilling a left-footed cross across the face of goal. The original ball evades every one but finds Dembele at the back post, where the Frenchman drills a right-footed effort low into the bottom left corner from the right of the area.
Firpo plays passes with Coutinho and Pedri before racing towards the byline and crossing towards Trincao inside the area. The left-back's drilled cross misses the Portuguese youngster but finds Dembele, who equalises with his right foot at the back post.
66'
Philippe Coutinho enters the game and replaces M. Pjanić.
Trincão enters the game and replaces A. Griezmann.
The hosts make another attacking alteration as they introduce Coutinho for midfielder Pjanic.
At the same time as Coutinho's introduction, Koeman also brings on Trincao in place of Griezmann.
65'
Kadzior beats De Jong with ease before crossing towards the front post, where Mingueza heads clear. To perhaps defend the counter-attack, Exposito then wildly shoots over the bar from 30 yards out.
64'
The hosts commit seven men into the visitors' area but Burgos stands firm to clear long. A chance then falls to the feet of Garcia, who opened the scoring, but Araujo does well this time to deflect the Eibar captain's effort behind for a corner.
63'
Koeman's team work the ball from one side of the pitch to the other but lack any real penetration. Firpo then loses possession and Eibar look set to launch another counter-attack before opting to play backwards.
59'
Koeman will be annoyed with that opener, given the chances his side have had in the last ten minutes or so. The best two chances fell to Dembele, who he introduced at half-time, but the Frenchman wasted them and Mendibilar's side have capitalised on the hosts' missed opportunities and punished them.
57'
Kike García has scored a goal for Eibar!
GOALLLLL! 1-0 EIBAR! Captain Garcia opens the scoring for the visitors with an assured left-footed finish into the centre of the goal past Ter Stegen, who had rushed out to close the striker down. Araujo will have to take the blame as he carelessly gave possession away near the centre circle, allowing the visitors' captain to then race away, before making the centre-back pay for his mistake.
56'
Exposito has the chance to cross from the right but he fails to do so as he delivers straight into the hands ot Ter Stegen at the near post. The hosts then look to go long to Braithwaite, who gets dominated in the air by Burgos.
54'
Firpo is far too enthusiastic as he brings down Garcia near the right-hand touchline, offering the visitors a set-piece in a good area and the chance for a quick breather, after Barcelona's quick start to the second half.
53'
Three chances in as many minutes have come for the hosts, with the most recent seeing Dmitrovic save well, as he dives to his left to stop Griezmann's low left-footed effort from the edge of the D.
49'
Lenglet carelessly gives away possession inside his own half but then Kadzior fails to capitalise as his deflected shot loops comfortably into the hands of Ter Stegen.
47'
Firpo fires a ball into the feet of Braithwaite, who has needlessly strayed into an offside position, which gifts the visitors the chance to regain possession.
46'
O. Dembélé enters the game and replaces S. Dest.
Both sets of players are back out for the second half and referee Rojas gets this La Liga fixture back underway!
Dembele comes on at half-time for Dest, which means the hosts will revert back to a four-man defence, with Mingueza at right-back.
45' +4
HALF-TIME: BARCELONA 0-0 EIBAR
45' +2
Garcia and Kadzior are the only men forward for the visitors but the latter still manages to force Mingueza into conceding a throw-in deep inside the hosts' own half. Soares then appears content to take his time wandering over to the ball as half-time approaches.
45' +1
The fourth official announces there will be at least four minutes of added time as Eibar enjoy consecutive corners on the left-hand side. The second of which, Ter Stegen collects with ease before playing out to Dest on the right.
44'
Pozo goes up for an aerial duel with Firpo and then lets out a scream as the left wing-back catches him a little late. Despite De Jong, Pedri and Firpo surrounding referee Rojas, the visitors are still awarded the free-kick on the right of the halfway line.
41'
At the crucial moment, Pjanic's pass out to the right of the area is poor and, instead of finding Dest, finds the feet of Soares. Captain Garcia up top then shows all his experience as he buys a cheap foul off Araujo near the halfway line.
40'
Soares takes an age to get play back underway with a throw-in. When the left-back finally does throw it in, the hosts intercept and Griezmann looks to lead a counter-attack before Diop makes a wonderful sliding tackle wide on the right-hand side.
38'
Diop knocks it around Mingueza before running into the centre-back and throwing himself to the floor. Referee Rojas points for a goal-kick, which frustrates the Eibar players, who rush to get in his face and challenge the decision.
34'
Garcia is slammed to the ground by the arm of De Jong in the centre of the park and, after a bit of commotion between both sets of players, referee Rojas awards the visitors a free-kick.
33'
Dest whips a teasing right-footed cross towards the back post, which Dmitrovic gets a finger to before Pozo turns it away for a corner on the right. Pjanic's corner is then headed wide by Mingueza at the near post.
32'
Inui covers a lot of ground to nick possession back on the left before Diop undoes all of his colleague's good work by needlessy giving the ball away just outside of Barcelona's area.
30'
Braithwaite will be wondering what he has to do to open the scoring here, given he has now missed a penalty and had a goal disallowed. At the other end, Soares and Kadzior exchange a few passes before Dest intercepts and looks to launch a counter-attack.
19'
Koeman cuts a frustrated figure on the touchline so far, which comes as no surprise, given the visitors' relative dominance in the last ten minutes or so. Things do start to look more promising for his team, however, as Pjanic and De Jong have started to get their foot on the ball in the middle of the park in the last minute or so.
18'
Dest is far too casual in possession as he attempts to spin past Soares. Fortunately for the hosts, despite dispossessing the right wing-back, Soares' cross into the area then gets headed away by Firpo, with Exposito ready to pounce behind him.
17'
There is a bit of a scramble inside the area before Barcelona eventually regroup and clear the ball as far as the halfway line. Mendibilar's men then go down the left through Kadzior and look to have created an opening until Ter Stegen collects a high ball to calm things down.
15'
Soares has acres of space to roam on the left and duly obliges before finding Kadzior, whose cross towards the near post gets turned away for another corner by Dest.
13'
SInce the penalty, the away side have grown into the game. This time, Inui spins around Mingueza before winning his side's first corner of the game on the left.
12'
Eibar's free-kick comes to nothing as Garcia collects the loose ball before drilling a left-footed effort well wide of Ter Stegen's goal to the left.
11'
Firpo's first touch lets him down before the left wing-back catches Kadzior with a raised boot, offering the visitors a set-piece in a decent position to the right of the pitch.
10'
The visitors will feel like the penalty miss is justice for a dubious VAR decision in the first place. Down the other end, Mendilibar's side have their first shot on target as Ter Stegen saves Inui's tame effort.
8'
PENALTY MISS! Braithwaite stutters up to the penalty before driving a right-footed effort wide to the left of the goal! Dmitrovic dived the right way too but that does not matter as the hosts' striker puts the penalty wide of the target.
4'
The first corner of the game comes as De Jong and Firpo link-up on the left-hand side, with the latter reaching the byline before his attempted cross gets turned behind.
3'
Dest gets the chance to run at Soares and beats him near the right-hand touchline, however, the hosts' right wing-back then cuts the ball back to no one on the edge of the area, which allows the visitors to regain possession.
2'
Pjanic sends a long ball for Braithwaite to chase but, after Burgos fails to intercept, Bigas clears up the danger and hooks a clearance to the left-hand side.
1'
Referee Javier Alberola Rojas blows his whistle to get this LaLiga fixture underway!
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the LaLiga fixture between Barcelona and Eibar.
After an underwhelming start to the campaign, the hosts have picked up in recent weeks, winning three of their last four to elevate them to fifth in the Spanish top-flight. In contrast, Eibar currently occupy 17th and have only collected 15 points from 15 matches thus far.
BARCELONA (3-4-2-1): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Clement Lenglet, Ronald Araujo, Oscar Mingueza; Sergino Dest, Miralem Pjanic, Frenkie de Jong, Junior Firpo; Pedri, Antoine Griezmann; Martin Braithwaite.
SUBS: Quique Gonzalez, Recio, Pedro Leon, Unai Dufur, Yoel Rodriguez, Paulo Oliveira, Sergi Enrich, Sergio Cubero, Roberto Olabe, Unai Arietaleanizbeaskoa, Yoshinori Muto.
EIBAR (4-2-3-1): Marko Dmitrovic; Pedro Bigas, Esteban Burgos, Rafa Soares, Alejandro Pozo; Pape Diop, Sergio Alvarez; Edu Exposito, Takashi Inui, Damian Kadzior; Kike Garcia.
The players are making their way out of the tunnel and shortly kick-off will be upon us.
Looking ahead to the second half, Koeman needs to inject a spark into his side, who were far from dominant in the first 45 of this game. The Dutch manager may call upon the likes of Trincao, Coutinho or Dembele off the bench to make some thing happen, if scores continue to remain level. Mendibilar will simply be asking for more of the same from his men, who have matched the hosts' every move so far.
That is all from this LaLiga fixture, until next time!
After this disappointing draw, Barcelona sit sixth in LaLiga and next face a trip to Huesca, who are bottom of the Spanish top-flight. Mendilibar's men, who worked hard for their point in this game, jump up one place to 14th and their next fixture will see them host Granada.
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