Spanish LALIGA

FT Thursday, August 27, 2026
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Barcelona LLWWW 2
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Match Report

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Rodri debuts as Barcelona beat Athletic to continue hot start

Rodri made a winning return to LaLiga as Barcelona beat Athletic Club 2-0 at Camp Nou on Thursday thanks to goals from Raphinha and Fermín López.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
8
5
Corner Kicks
12
8
Saves
0
29.8
Possession
70.2
5
SHOTS
22
0
ON GOAL
10
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
184
Accurate Passes
560
253
Passes
622
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
8
12
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.5
52
Long Balls
40
24
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
12
15
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
19
Interceptions
7
17
Effective Clearances
24
17
Clearances
24

Highlights

01:08 Barcelona vs. Athletic Club - Game Highlights Watch on ESPN 01:08 Raphinha finishes off slick Barca move to make it 1-0 Watch on ESPN 00:25 Unai Simón with a nice save vs. Barcelona Watch on ESPN 00:34 Fermín López scores goal for Barcelona Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Joan GarcíaG
  2. 18Gerard MartínCD-L
  3. 5Pau CubarsíCD-R
  4. 12Xavi EspartLB
  5. 24Eric GarcíaRB
  6. 22Marc BernalCM
  7. 8PedriLM
  8. 7Fermín LópezRM
  9. 11RaphinhaF
  10. 17Anthony GordonLF
  11. 10Lamine YamalRF

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Unai SimónG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 5YerayCD-R
  4. 31Johaneko Louis JeanLB
  5. 15Hugo RincónRB
  6. 8Oihan SancetAM
  7. 28Peio CanalesLM
  8. 18Mikel JauregizarRM
  9. 11Gorka GuruzetaF
  10. 10Nico WilliamsAM-L
  11. 9Iñaki WilliamsAM-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Delay in match because of an injury Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club).
  2. 11'
  3. 13' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  4. 13'
  5. 27' Xavi Espart (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 37' Goal! Barcelona 1, Athletic Club 0. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedri with a through ball.
  7. 45'+3' Delay in match because of an injury Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club).
  8. 45'+3'
  9. 45'+4' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  10. 45'+4'
  11. 48' Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 60' Substitution, Athletic Club. Robert Navarro replaces Nico Williams.
  13. 60' Substitution, Athletic Club. Alex Berenguer replaces Iñaki Williams.
  14. 61' Johaneko Louis-Jean (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 63' Substitution, Barcelona. Rodri replaces Raphinha.
  16. 63' Substitution, Barcelona. Dani Olmo replaces Marc Bernal.
  17. 68' Delay in match because of an injury Johaneko Louis-Jean (Athletic Club).
  18. 68'
  19. 70' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  20. 70'
  21. 70' Substitution, Athletic Club. Adama Boiro replaces Johaneko Louis-Jean because of an injury.
  22. 70' Substitution, Athletic Club. Beñat Gerenabarrena replaces Mikel Jauregizar.
  23. 80' Substitution, Barcelona. Jules Koundé replaces Eric García.
  24. 80' Substitution, Barcelona. Karim Adeyemi replaces Anthony Gordon.
  25. 81'
  26. 81'
  27. 81' Substitution, Athletic Club. Álvaro Djaló replaces Gorka Guruzeta.
  28. 82' Goal! Barcelona 2, Athletic Club 0. Fermín López (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  29. 85' Substitution, Barcelona. João Cancelo replaces Pedri.

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