Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, October 28, 2017
Barcelona WDWWW 2
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Athletic Club LWDLD 0
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San Mamés · 43,579 att.

Match Report

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Lionel Messi and Paulinho fire Barcelona past Athletic Bilbao

Lionel Messi and Paulinho hit the target as Barcelona crept past Athletic Bilbao to maintain their four-point lead in La Liga.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
15
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
6
4
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
3
60.6
Possession
39.4
17
SHOTS
17
5
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
458
Accurate Passes
262
557
Passes
336
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
9
7
Crosses
33
0.0
Cross %
0.3
66
Long Balls
61
37
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
7
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
11
20
Clearances
11

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 4Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 30Unai NúñezCD-R
  4. 15Iñigo LekueLB
  5. 2Eneko BóvedaRB
  6. 22Raúl GarcíaAM
  7. 6Mikel San JoséLM
  8. 8Ander IturraspeRM
  9. 20Aritz AdurizF
  10. 28Iñigo CórdobaAM-L
  11. 11Iñaki WilliamsAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Sabin MerinoSUB
  2. 7Beñat SUB
  3. 13Iago HerrerínSUB
  4. 17Mikel RicoSUB
  5. 3Enric SaboritSUB
  6. 16Xabier EtxeitaSUB
  7. 14Markel SusaetaSUB

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. 5Sergio BusquetsCM-R
  8. 21André GomesLM
  9. 15PaulinhoRM
  10. 9Luis SuárezCF-L
  11. 10Lionel MessiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Lucas DigneSUB
  2. 13Jasper CillessenSUB
  3. 6Denis SuárezSUB
  4. 30Oriol BusquetsSUB
  5. 2Nélson SemedoSUB
  6. 16Gerard DeulofeuSUB
  7. 17Paco AlcácerSUB

Timeline

  1. 36' Goal! Athletic Club 0, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  2. 41' Ander Iturraspe (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 47' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 63' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 68' Substitution, Athletic Club. Beñat Etxebarria replaces Mikel San José.
  6. 75' Paulinho (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 81' Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 83' Substitution, Athletic Club. Markel Susaeta replaces Iñaki Williams.
  9. 83' Substitution, Barcelona. Nélson Semedo replaces André Gomes.
  10. 90'+2' Goal! Athletic Club 0, Barcelona 2. Paulinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a fast break.

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