Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, February 4, 2017
Athletic Club DLDDW 0
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Barcelona WWWDW 3
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BAR213
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi's free kick helps Barcelona cruise to victory

Barcelona moved within a point of Real Madrid with a straightforward 3-0 win at home over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
6
46.1
Possession
53.9
11
SHOTS
16
6
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
347
Accurate Passes
413
420
Passes
507
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
1
20
Crosses
6
0.1
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
81
36
Accurate Long Balls
52
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
3
21
Effective Tackles
15
30
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
18
9
Clearances
18

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 24Jérémy MathieuLB
  5. 22Aleix VidalRB
  6. 21André GomesCM
  7. 7Arda TuranLM
  8. 12RafinhaRM
  9. 17Paco AlcácerF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 6Denis SuárezSUB
  2. 4Ivan RakitićSUB
  3. 18Jordi AlbaSUB
  4. 14Javier MascheranoSUB
  5. 9Luis SuárezSUB
  6. 13Jasper CillessenSUB
  7. 20Sergi RobertoSUB

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gorka IraizozG
  2. 4Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 27YerayCD-R
  4. 24Mikel BalenziagaLB
  5. 18Óscar de MarcosRB
  6. 22Raúl GarcíaAM
  7. 8Ander IturraspeLM
  8. 6Mikel San JoséRM
  9. 11Iñaki WilliamsF
  10. 10Iker MuniainAM-L
  11. 15Iñigo LekueAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Beñat SUB
  2. 2Eneko BóvedaSUB
  3. 20Aritz AdurizSUB
  4. 14Markel SusaetaSUB
  5. 29Álex RemiroSUB
  6. 25Enric SaboritSUB
  7. 5Javier ErasoSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Barcelona 1, Athletic Club 0. Paco Alcácer (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Neymar.
  2. 22' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 27' Iturraspe (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 34' De Marcos (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 40' Goal! Barcelona 2, Athletic Club 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  6. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Javier Mascherano replaces Gerard Piqué.
  7. 52' Substitution, Athletic Club. Aduriz replaces Íñigo Lekue.
  8. 54' Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Rafinha because of an injury.
  9. 59' Substitution, Athletic Club. Beñat Etxebarria replaces Mikel San José.
  10. 64' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Lionel Messi.
  11. 67' Goal! Barcelona 3, Athletic Club 0. Aleix Vidal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  12. 70' Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 74' Substitution, Athletic Club. Eraso replaces Raul García.

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