Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, March 18, 2018
Athletic Club DLLWL 0
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Barcelona WDWWW 2
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BAR202
Spotify Camp Nou · 82,312 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
6
7
Saves
3
40.8
Possession
59.2
10
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
307
Accurate Passes
507
403
Passes
600
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
1
17
Crosses
7
0.2
Cross %
0.1
71
Long Balls
52
38
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
8
26
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
19
10
Clearances
19

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 4Ivan RakitićCM-L
  7. 15PaulinhoCM-R
  8. 14Philippe CoutinhoLM
  9. 11Ousmane DembéléRM
  10. 17Paco AlcácerCF-L
  11. 10Lionel MessiCF-R

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 4Iñigo MartínezCD-L
  3. 12Unai NúñezCD-R
  4. 3Enric SaboritLB
  5. 18Óscar de MarcosRB
  6. 22Raúl GarcíaAM
  7. 7Beñat LM
  8. 6Mikel San JoséRM
  9. 19Sabin MerinoF
  10. 15Iñigo LekueAM-L
  11. 14Markel SusaetaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Barcelona 1, Athletic Club 0. Paco Alcácer (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  2. 17' Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 30' Goal! Barcelona 2, Athletic Club 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
  4. 31' Raul García (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 39' Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 40' Íñigo Lekue (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, Athletic Club. Ander Iturraspe replaces Beñat Etxebarria.
  8. 63' Substitution, Athletic Club. Iñaki Williams replaces Markel Susaeta.
  9. 64' Substitution, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  10. 71' Substitution, Athletic Club. Aritz Aduriz replaces Sabin Merino.
  11. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Aleix Vidal replaces Paco Alcácer.
  12. 85' Substitution, Barcelona. André Gomes replaces Philippe Coutinho.

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