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Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Man United - March 15, 2012 / (C3) Europa League 2011/2012

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

San Mamés - Bilbao - Spain

March 15, 2012

2 - 1

Man United

England

Assist by Fernando Amorebieta (right foot) Fernando Llorente

23'

(left foot) Óscar de Marcos

65'

80'

Wayne Rooney (right foot)

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23' - Goal Fernando Llorente23

40' - Substitution Fernando Llorenteis substituted by Gaizka Toquero40

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63' - Substitution Rio Ferdinandis substituted by Chris Smalling

64' - Substitution Michael Carrickis substituted by Paul Pogba

65' - Goal Óscar de Marcos65

68' - Substitution Ryan Giggsis substituted by Danny Welbeck

80' - Goal Wayne Rooney

82' - Substitution Ander Herrerais substituted by Íñigo Pérez82

88' - Substitution Iker Muniainis substituted by Mikel San José88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 1

Man United

Athletic Bilbao Man United

Team line-ups

Athletic Bilbao

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Llorente2340

Fernando Llorente

Spain

B.date26/02/1985

Age27 years

H1m95

positionStriker

19Muniain88

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

10de Marcos65

Óscar de Marcos

Spain

B.date14/04/1989

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

21Ander Herrera82

Ander Herrera

Spain

B.date14/08/1989

Age22 years

H1m82

positionBox-to-box midfielder

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

5Amorebieta

Fernando Amorebieta

Venezuela

B.date29/03/1985

Age26 years

H1m92

positionLeft 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	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Javi Martínez		23	237	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Fernando Amorebieta		26	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Óscar de Marcos	65	22	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jon Aurtenetxe		20	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Andoni Iraola		29	371	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Ander Herrera	82	22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ander Iturraspe		23	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Iker Muniain	88	19	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Markel Susaeta		24	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Fernando Llorente	2340	27	281	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

170

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Rooney80

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age26 years

H1m76

positionStriker

11Giggs68

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age38 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

18Young

Ashley Young

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

13Park

Ji-sung Park

South Korea

B.date25/02/1981

Age31 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

23Cleverley

Tom Cleverley

England

B.date12/08/1989

Age22 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

16Carrick64

Michael Carrick

England

B.date28/07/1981

Age30 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Evra

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age30 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

5Ferdinand63

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age33 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

6Evans

Jonny Evans

Northern Ireland

B.date03/01/1988

Age24 years

H1m87

positionLeft 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	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand	63	33	388	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jonny Evans		24	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Rafael		21	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrice Evra		30	282	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Michael Carrick	64	30	262	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ryan Giggs	68	38	903	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Tom Cleverley		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Ji-sung Park		31	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Ashley Young		26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Wayne Rooney	80	26	355	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

242

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
6	D	Mikel San José	88	22	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Íñigo Pérez	82	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	F	Gaizka Toquero	40	27	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	D	Chris Smalling	63	22	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	M	Paul Pogba	64	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Danny Welbeck	68	21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fernando Llorente

Gaizka Toquero

OUT

Javi Martínez

Mikel San José

OUT

Ander Herrera

Íñigo Pérez

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tom Cleverley

Paul Scholes

OUT

Rafael

Phil Jones

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Javier Hernández

OUT

Ji-sung Park

Danny Welbeck

OUT

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

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 2012

Bielsa vs Ferguson

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1439

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Ferguson vs Athletic Bilbao

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 15, 2012

Ferguson vs Bielsa

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 15, 2012

Referee

Cuneyt Cakir

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Athletic Bilbao2 matches	General total	Man United3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Athletic Bilbao1 match	Season total	Man United1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 27, 2014					Latest figure on March 05, 2013

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Key figures

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

Athletic Bilbao keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Man United running (since 16/01/1957). It's a record streak. The first of history

Athletic Bilbao keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw in Europa League running (since 03/11/2011). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/11/1997-16/12/2004 time period (7 matches).

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAthletic Bilbao 2-0 Mallorca18/01/2012

DAthletic Bilbao 3-3 Espanyol04/02/2012

VAthletic Bilbao 6-2 Mirandés07/02/2012

VAthletic Bilbao 3-0 Málaga19/02/2012

VAthletic Bilbao 1-0 Lokomotiv Moscow23/02/2012

VAthletic Bilbao 2-0 Real Sociedad04/03/2012

Overall

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

VManchester United 2-3 Athletic Bilbao08/03/2012

LOsasuna 2-1 Athletic Bilbao11/03/2012

Current form

Away

VArsenal 1-2 Manchester United22/01/2012

LLiverpool 2-1 Manchester United28/01/2012

DChelsea 3-3 Manchester United05/02/2012

VAjax Amsterdam 0-2 Manchester United16/02/2012

VNorwich City 1-2 Manchester United26/02/2012

VTottenham 1-3 Manchester United04/03/2012

Overall

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

LManchester United 2-3 Athletic Bilbao08/03/2012

VManchester United 2-0 West Bromwich Albion11/03/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	12	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	3
Scoring streak	12	17
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	7	13
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

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

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	3
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
6	Victories (Competition total)	1
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
2	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
12	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.67
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

24	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Iker Muniain	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Wayne Rooney
Fernando Llorente	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ashley Young
Fernando Llorente	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Wayne Rooney
Fernando Llorente	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Markel Susaeta	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Dimitar Berbatov
Fernando Llorente	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Iker Muniain	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Wayne Rooney

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

3 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

8 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

8 gf

8 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 3	January 16, 1957
Home	5 - 3	January 16, 1957

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 06, 1957
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

March 08, 2012 - (C3) Europa League 2011/2012

Man United

2 - 3

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

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 Man United

Ignacio Uribe	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Iker Muniain	1 goal	2012 - 2012
José Luis Artetxe	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Fernando Llorente	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Óscar de Marcos	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Félix Marcaida	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 Athletic Bilbao

Tommy Taylor	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Wayne Rooney	2 goals	2012 - 2012
Dennis Viollet	2 goals	1957 - 1957
Johnny Berry	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Liam Whelan	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 Man United

Canito	2 matches	1957 - 1957
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

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

Eddie Colman	2 matches	1957 - 1957
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