Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, August 28, 2016
Barcelona WLWWW 1
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Athletic Club WLWDL 0
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BAR101
ATH000
San Mamés · 46,724 att.

Match Report

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Barcelona edge Athletic Bilbao thanks to Ivan Rakitic goal

Ivan Rakitic's firm header steered Barcelona to a 1-0 victory away to Athletic Bilbao as Luis Enrique's champions made it two wins from two in La Liga

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
20
4
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
62.8
Possession
37.2
12
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
507
Accurate Passes
261
600
Passes
341
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
2
9
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.1
77
Long Balls
56
49
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
9
8
Tackles
19
0.9
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
9
25
Clearances
10

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gorka IraizozG
  2. 4Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 2Eneko BóvedaCD-R
  4. 24Mikel BalenziagaLB
  5. 18Óscar de MarcosRB
  6. 5Javier ErasoAM
  7. 7Beñat LM
  8. 8Ander IturraspeRM
  9. 20Aritz AdurizF
  10. 14Markel SusaetaAM-L
  11. 11Iñaki WilliamsAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Iñigo LekueSUB
  2. 19Sabin MerinoSUB
  3. 16Xabier EtxeitaSUB
  4. 26Kepa ArrizabalagaSUB
  5. 12Mikel VesgaSUB
  6. 10Iker MuniainSUB
  7. 22Raúl GarcíaSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 6Denis SuárezLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 7Arda TuranLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Munir El HaddadiSUB
  2. 19Lucas DigneSUB
  3. 21André GomesSUB
  4. 14Javier MascheranoSUB
  5. 12RafinhaSUB
  6. 22Aleix VidalSUB
  7. 25Jordi MasipSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  2. 21' Goal! Athletic Club 0, Barcelona 1. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Arda Turan with a cross.
  3. 37' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 37' Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45'+1' Markel Susaeta (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 56' Iturraspe (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 59' Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 62' Eraso (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 62' Substitution, Athletic Club. Raúl García replaces Eraso.
  10. 62' Substitution, Athletic Club. Mikel Vesga replaces Iturraspe.
  11. 71' Substitution, Barcelona. Javier Mascherano replaces Samuel Umtiti.
  12. 71' Substitution, Barcelona. André Gomes replaces Denis Suárez.
  13. 76' Substitution, Athletic Club. Muniain replaces Markel Susaeta.
  14. 83' Beñat (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 84' Substitution, Barcelona. Rafinha replaces Arda Turan.
  16. 89' Balenziaga (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card.

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