Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, September 13, 2014
Athletic Club DDLWW 0
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Barcelona DDWWW 2
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Match Report

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Late Neymar double downs Athletic Bilbao to keep Barcelona top of La Liga

The Brazil captain scored twice late on for the Primera Division leaders as they cemented their fine early season form with a hard-fought win.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
1
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
2
39.1
Possession
60.9
3
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
8
0.7
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
312
Accurate Passes
568
423
Passes
673
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
7
10
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.4
67
Long Balls
66
29
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
1
15
Effective Tackles
21
22
Tackles
23
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
11
19
Clearances
11

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 24Jérémy MathieuCD-L
  3. 14Javier MascheranoCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Martín MontoyaRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 7PedroLF
  11. 31Munir El HaddadiRF

Substitutes

  1. 6XaviSUB
  2. 29SandroSUB
  3. 21AdrianoSUB
  4. 20Sergi RobertoSUB
  5. 11NeymarSUB
  6. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  7. 3Gerard PiquéSUB

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gorka IraizozG
  2. 4Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 18Carlos GurpegiCD-R
  4. 24Mikel BalenziagaLB
  5. 10Óscar de MarcosRB
  6. 7Beñat AM
  7. 17Mikel RicoLM
  8. 8Ander IturraspeRM
  9. 20Aritz AdurizF
  10. 19Iker MuniainAM-L
  11. 14Markel SusaetaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Ibai GómezSUB
  2. 16Xabier EtxeitaSUB
  3. 13Iago HerrerínSUB
  4. 21Borja VigueraSUB
  5. 6Mikel San JoséSUB
  6. 15Andoni IraolaSUB
  7. 29Unai LópezSUB

Timeline

  1. 30' Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Gerard Piqué replaces Javier Mascherano because of an injury.
  3. 62' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 63' Substitution, Barcelona. Neymar replaces Munir El Haddadi.
  5. 63' Substitution, Athletic Club. Ibai Gómez replaces Markel Susaeta.
  6. 63' Substitution, Athletic Club. Unai López replaces Beñat.
  7. 78' Substitution, Barcelona. Sandro Ramírez replaces Pedro.
  8. 79' Goal! Barcelona 1, Athletic Club 0. Neymar (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi following a fast break.
  9. 83' Substitution, Athletic Club. Borja Viguera replaces Mikel Rico.
  10. 84' Goal! Barcelona 2, Athletic Club 0. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.

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