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FT Sunday, February 27, 2022
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Barcelona WDDWW 4
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Match Report

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Barcelona stay hot in win over Athletic Club to keep Champions League qualification hopes alive

Barcelona beat Athletic Club 4-0 in LaLiga action keep the Catalans' Champions League qualification hopes alive.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
0
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
3
28.2
Possession
71.8
6
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
225
Accurate Passes
718
305
Passes
787
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
8
9
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.3
63
Long Balls
59
30
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
10
27
Effective Clearances
9
27
Clearances
9

Highlights

00:42 Aubameyang's volley gives Barcelona the lead Watch on ESPN 00:50 Ousmane Dembele doubles Barca's lead with superb strike Watch on ESPN 00:45 Luuk de Jong's glancing header makes it 3-0 Barca Watch on ESPN 00:47 Memphis Depay wraps up the points with Barca's fourth Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 3Gerard PiquéCD-L
  3. 4Ronald AraujoCD-R
  4. 2Sergiño DestLB
  5. 8Dani AlvesRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 16PedriLM
  8. 30GaviRM
  9. 25Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 19Ferran TorresLF
  11. 11Adama TraoréRF

ATH · 4-4-2

  1. 1Unai SimónG
  2. 5YerayCD-L
  3. 12Dani VivianCD-R
  4. 24Mikel BalenziagaLB
  5. 15Iñigo LekueRB
  6. 6Mikel VesgaCM-L
  7. 16Unai VencedorCM-R
  8. 33Nico SerranoLM
  9. 19Oier ZarragaRM
  10. 20Asier VillalibreCF-L
  11. 22Raúl GarcíaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 37' Goal! Barcelona 1, Athletic Bilbao 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Íñigo Martínez replaces Yeray Álvarez because of an injury.
  3. 45' Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Oihan Sancet replaces Raúl García.
  4. 48' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 54' Mikel Balenziaga (Athletic Bilbao) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 67' Substitution, Barcelona. Frenkie de Jong replaces Gavi.
  7. 67' Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Ferran Torres.
  8. 67' Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Dani García replaces Mikel Vesga.
  9. 67' Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Nico Williams replaces Oier Zarraga.
  10. 70' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 73' Goal! Barcelona 2, Athletic Bilbao 0. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.
  12. 77' Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Iñaki Williams replaces Asier Villalibre.
  13. 82' Substitution, Barcelona. Memphis Depay replaces Adama Traoré.
  14. 87' Substitution, Barcelona. Luuk de Jong replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  15. 87' Substitution, Barcelona. Nico González replaces Sergio Busquets.
  16. 90' Goal! Barcelona 3, Athletic Bilbao 0. Luuk de Jong (Barcelona) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross.
  17. 90'+4' Goal! Barcelona 4, Athletic Bilbao 0. Memphis Depay (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross.

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