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Man United 2-3 Athletic Bilbao - March 08, 2012 / (C3) Europa League 2011/2012

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(C3) Europa League 2011/2012 - Round of 16

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

March 08, 2012

2 - 3

Athletic Bilbao

Spain

Wayne Rooney

22'

(penalty) Wayne Rooney

90+2'

44'

Fernando LlorenteAssist by Markel Susaeta

72'

Óscar de MarcosAssist by Ander Herrera

90'

Iker Muniain

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22' - Goal Wayne Rooney22

44' - Goal Fernando Llorente

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55' - Substitution Chris Smallingis substituted by Michael Carrick55

61' - Substitution Ji-sung Parkis substituted by Anderson61

72' - Goal Óscar de Marcos

75' - Substitution Ryan Giggsis substituted by Nani75

81' - Substitution Fernando Llorenteis substituted by Gaizka Toquero

84' - Substitution Ander Herrerais substituted by Íñigo Pérez

90' - Goal Iker Muniain

92' - Goal Wayne Rooney92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 3

Athletic Bilbao

Man United Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Rooney9222

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age26 years

H1m76

positionStriker

14Hernández

Javier Hernández

Mexico

B.date01/06/1988

Age23 years

H1m75

positionStriker

18Young

Ashley Young

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

13Park61

Ji-sung Park

South Korea

B.date25/02/1981

Age31 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

11Giggs75

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age38 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

4Jones

Phil Jones

England

B.date21/02/1992

Age20 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

3Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

6Evans

Jonny Evans

Northern Ireland

B.date03/01/1988

Age24 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

12Smalling55

Chris Smalling

England

B.date22/11/1989

Age22 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

21Rafael

Rafael

Brazil

B.date09/07/1990

Age21 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

1De Gea

David De Gea

Spain

B.date07/11/1990

Age21 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David De Gea		21	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Chris Smalling	55	22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jonny Evans		24	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Phil Jones		20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Rafael		21	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrice Evra		30	280	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs	75	38	902	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Ji-sung Park	61	31	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Ashley Young		26	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Wayne Rooney	9222	26	353	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Javier Hernández		23	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

195

Athletic Bilbao

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Llorente4481

Fernando Llorente

Spain

B.date26/02/1985

Age27 years

H1m95

positionStriker

19Muniain90

Iker Muniain

Spain

B.date19/12/1992

Age19 years

H1m69

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

14Susaeta

Markel Susaeta

Spain

B.date14/12/1987

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

21Ander Herrera84

Ander Herrera

Spain

B.date14/08/1989

Age22 years

H1m82

positionBox-to-box midfielder

10de Marcos72

Óscar de Marcos

Spain

B.date14/04/1989

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

8Iturraspe

Ander Iturraspe

Spain

B.date08/03/1989

Age23 years

H1m87

positionRight central midfielder

3Aurtenetxe

Jon Aurtenetxe

Spain

B.date03/01/1992

Age20 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

6San José

Mikel San José

Spain

B.date30/05/1989

Age22 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

24Javi Martínez

Javi Martínez

Spain

B.date02/09/1988

Age23 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

15Iraola

Andoni Iraola

Spain

B.date22/06/1982

Age29 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

1Iraizoz

Gorka Iraizoz

Spain

B.date06/03/1981

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Gorka Iraizoz		31	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Javi Martínez		23	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Mikel San José		22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Andoni Iraola		29	369	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jon Aurtenetxe		20	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Óscar de Marcos	72	22	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Ander Herrera	84	22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ander Iturraspe		23	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Markel Susaeta		24	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Iker Muniain	90	19	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Fernando Llorente	4481	27	279	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

157

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	M	Michael Carrick	55	30	260	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Anderson	61	23	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Nani	75	25	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
17	M		Íñigo Pérez	84	24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	F		Gaizka Toquero	81	27	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ryan Giggs

Paul Scholes

OUT

Javier Hernández

Danny Welbeck

OUT

Chris Smalling

Rio Ferdinand

OUT

Rafael

Michael Carrick

OUT

Ji-sung Park

Nani

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ander Iturraspe

Fernando Amorebieta

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1437

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Ferguson vs Athletic Bilbao

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 08, 2012

Ferguson vs Bielsa

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 08, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Marcelo Bielsa

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Bielsa vs Man United

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 08, 2012

Bielsa vs Ferguson

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 08, 2012

Referee

Florian Meyer

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Man United1 match	General total	Athletic Bilbao2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Man United1 match	Season total	Athletic Bilbao1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 08, 2012					Latest figure on March 08, 2012

Videos

March 09, 2012

Comments

Key figures

Man United keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 23/02/2012).

No Manchester United manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Sir Alex Ferguson has done less than 18% of losses .

Athletic Bilbao keeps its 16 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 12/01/2012). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 02/05/2010-28/11/2010 time period (19 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 5-0 Wigan26/12/2011

LManchester United 2-3 Blackburn31/12/2011

VManchester United 3-0 Bolton Wanderers14/01/2012

VManchester United 2-0 Stoke City31/01/2012

VManchester United 2-1 Liverpool11/02/2012

LManchester United 1-2 Ajax Amsterdam23/02/2012

Overall

DChelsea 3-3 Manchester United05/02/2012

VManchester United 2-1 Liverpool11/02/2012

VAjax Amsterdam 0-2 Manchester United16/02/2012

LManchester United 1-2 Ajax Amsterdam23/02/2012

VNorwich City 1-2 Manchester United26/02/2012

VTottenham 1-3 Manchester United04/03/2012

Current form

Away

VMallorca 0-1 Athletic Bilbao25/01/2012

VRayo Vallecano 2-3 Athletic Bilbao28/01/2012

VMirandés 1-2 Athletic Bilbao31/01/2012

LReal Betis 2-1 Athletic Bilbao11/02/2012

LLokomotiv Moscow 2-1 Athletic Bilbao16/02/2012

DVillarreal 2-2 Athletic Bilbao26/02/2012

Overall

LReal Betis 2-1 Athletic Bilbao11/02/2012

LLokomotiv Moscow 2-1 Athletic Bilbao16/02/2012

VAthletic Bilbao 3-0 Málaga19/02/2012

VAthletic Bilbao 1-0 Lokomotiv Moscow23/02/2012

DVillarreal 2-2 Athletic Bilbao26/02/2012

VAthletic Bilbao 2-0 Real Sociedad04/03/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	8	5
Scoring streak	44	11
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	7	15
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	22
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	9
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
1	Victories (Competition total)	5
0	Victories (Home / Away)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.44
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.11
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	23
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Javier Hernández	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Markel Susaeta
Javier Hernández	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Iker Muniain
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Fernando Llorente
Dimitar Berbatov	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	David López
Dimitar Berbatov	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	David López
Javier Hernández	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Iker Muniain

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

6 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 06, 1957
Home	3 - 0	February 06, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 3	January 16, 1957
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 06, 1957 - (C1) Ligue des Champions 1956/1957

Man United

3 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

January 16, 1957 - (C1) Ligue des Champions 1956/1957

Athletic Bilbao

5 - 3

Man United

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Tommy Taylor	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Dennis Viollet	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Liam Whelan	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Johnny Berry	1 goal	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/01/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ignacio Uribe	2 goals	1957 - 1957
José Luis Artetxe	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Félix Marcaida	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Armando Merodio	1 goal	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/01/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

Tommy Taylor	2 matches	1957 - 1957
Johnny Berry	2 matches	1957 - 1957
Mark Jones	2 matches	1957 - 1957
Roger Byrne	2 matches	1957 - 1957
Duncan Edwards	2 matches	1957 - 1957
Dennis Viollet	2 matches	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/01/1957. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Félix Marcaida	2 matches	1957 - 1957
Manuel Etura	2 matches	1957 - 1957
Agustín Gainza	2 matches	1957 - 1957
José Luis Artetxe	2 matches	1957 - 1957
José Maria Orúe	2 matches	1957 - 1957
Mauri	2 matches	1957 - 1957