Spanish LALIGA

FT Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Barcelona WDWDW 3
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Athletic Club LWDLW 2
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ATH112
San Mamés

Match Report

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Messi brace lifts Barcelona to win over Athletic Bilbao

Lionel Messi scored two goals as Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 3-2 in La Liga action on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
6
57.4
Possession
42.6
13
SHOTS
8
9
ON GOAL
3
0.7
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
574
Accurate Passes
396
643
Passes
466
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.1
41
Long Balls
56
27
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.7
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
6
21
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
20
Interceptions
10
10
Effective Clearances
17
10
Clearances
17

Head to Head

ATH leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ATH · 4-4-2

  1. 1Unai SimónG
  2. 4Iñigo MartínezCD-L
  3. 3Unai NúñezCD-R
  4. 17Yuri BerchicheLB
  5. 21Ander CapaRB
  6. 6Mikel VesgaCM-L
  7. 27Unai VencedorCM-R
  8. 10Iker MuniainLM
  9. 18Óscar de MarcosRM
  10. 9Iñaki WilliamsCF-L
  11. 22Raúl GarcíaCF-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 4Ronald AraujoCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Sergiño DestRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 16PedriLM
  8. 21Frenkie de JongRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 7Antoine GriezmannLF
  11. 11Ousmane DembéléRF

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Athletic Club 1, Barcelona 0. Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Raúl García with a through ball following a fast break.
  2. 14' Goal! Athletic Club 1, Barcelona 1. Pedri (Barcelona) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.
  3. 27' Mikel Vesga (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 31' Substitution, Athletic Club. Mikel Balenziaga replaces Yuri Berchiche because of an injury.
  5. 38' Goal! Athletic Club 1, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedri.
  6. 57' Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 62' Goal! Athletic Club 1, Barcelona 3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  8. 65' Substitution, Athletic Club. Dani García replaces Mikel Vesga.
  9. 65' Substitution, Athletic Club. Alex Berenguer replaces Óscar De Marcos.
  10. 70' Dani García (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 75' Substitution, Barcelona. Óscar Mingueza replaces Sergiño Dest.
  12. 75' Substitution, Barcelona. Martin Braithwaite replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  13. 80' Substitution, Athletic Club. Jon Morcillo replaces Raúl García.
  14. 90' Goal! Athletic Club 2, Barcelona 3. Iker Muniain (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alex Berenguer.

LALIGA News

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