Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, December 1, 2012
Athletic Club LWLDW 1
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Barcelona WWWWW 5
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ATH011
BAR325
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Match Report

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
1
44.1
Possession
55.9
6
SHOTS
19
2
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
421
Accurate Passes
585
514
Passes
660
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
1
8
Crosses
7
0.3
Cross %
0.1
40
Long Balls
43
21
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
1
22
Effective Tackles
14
30
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
8
Effective Clearances
3
16
Clearances
4

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Víctor ValdésG
  2. 14Javier MascheranoCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 21AdrianoRB
  6. 16Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 4Cesc FàbregasLM
  8. 6XaviRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 8Andrés IniestaLF
  11. 17PedroRF

ATH · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gorka IraizozG
  2. 5Fernando AmorebietaCD-L
  3. 23Borja EkizaCD-R
  4. 3Jon AurtenetxeLB
  5. 28Jonás RamalhoRB
  6. 8Ander IturraspeCM
  7. 21Ander HerreraLM
  8. 10Óscar de MarcosRM
  9. 20Aritz AdurizF
  10. 11Ibai GómezLF
  11. 14Markel SusaetaRF

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Barcelona 1, Athletic Bilbao 0. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  2. 25' Goal! Barcelona 2, Athletic Bilbao 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Xavi with a through ball.
  3. 26' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 33' Óscar De Marcos (Athletic Bilbao) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+1' Goal! Barcelona 3, Athletic Bilbao 0. Adriano (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Francesc Fábregas with a through ball.
  6. 45' Second Half begins Barcelona 3, Athletic Bilbao 0.
  7. 55' Foul by Ander Iturraspe (Athletic Bilbao).
  8. 57' Ander Iturraspe (Athletic Bilbao) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 64' Attempt missed. Ander (Athletic Bilbao) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Óscar De Marcos.
  10. 65' Jonás Ramalho (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  11. 70' Attempt saved. Pedro (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  12. 73' Goal! Barcelona 5, Athletic Bilbao 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  13. 73' Attempt missed. Ander (Athletic Bilbao) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Óscar De Marcos.
  14. 74' Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Mikel San José replaces Jonás Ramalho.
  15. 75' Foul by Ander Iturraspe (Athletic Bilbao).
  16. 90'+2' Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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