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Arsenal 0-2 FC Barcelona - February 23, 2016 / Champions League 2015/2016

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Champions League 2015/2016 - Round of 16

Emirates Stadium - London - England

February 23, 2016 - 20:45

59 889

Arsenal

England

0 - 2

FC Barcelona

Spain

71'

Lionel Messi (left foot) Assist by Neymar

83'

Lionel Messi (penalty)

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6' - Yellow card Nacho Monreal6

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50' - Substitution Alex Oxlade-Chamberlainis substituted by Theo Walcott50

71' - Goal Lionel Messi

72' - Substitution Olivier Giroudis substituted by Danny Welbeck72

82' - Substitution Francis Coquelinis substituted by Mathieu Flamini82

83' - Goal Lionel Messi

85' - Yellow card Gerard Piqué

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

0 - 2

FC Barcelona

Arsenal FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

12Giroud72

Olivier Giroud

France

B.date30/09/1986

Age29 years

H1m92

positionCentre forward

17Sánchez

Alexis Sánchez

Chile

B.date19/12/1988

Age27 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Forward

11Özil

Mesut Özil

Germany

B.date15/10/1988

Age27 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

15Oxlade-Chamberlain50

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

England

B.date15/08/1993

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

34Coquelin82

Francis Coquelin

France

B.date13/05/1991

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

16Ramsey

Aaron Ramsey

Wales

B.date26/12/1990

Age25 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

18Monreal6

Nacho Monreal

Spain

B.date26/02/1986

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

6Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age30 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

4Mertesacker

Per Mertesacker

Germany

B.date29/09/1984

Age31 years

H1m98

positionRight central defender

24Bellerín

Héctor Bellerín

Spain

B.date19/03/1995

Age20 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

33Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age33 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Petr Cech		33	34	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny		30	236	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Per Mertesacker		31	200	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Nacho Monreal	6	29	118	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Héctor Bellerín		20	60	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Francis Coquelin	82	24	95	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Aaron Ramsey		25	255	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	50	22	149	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Mesut Özil		27	104	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Olivier Giroud	72	29	172	2You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexis Sánchez		27	79	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

137

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Neymar

Neymar

Brazil

B.date05/02/1992

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

9Suárez

Luis Suárez

Uruguay

B.date24/01/1987

Age29 years

H1m82

positionStriker

10Messi7183

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age28 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

8Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age31 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

5Busquets

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age27 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

4Rakitic

Ivan Rakitic

Croatia

B.date10/03/1988

Age27 years

H1m84

positionPlaymaker

18Alba

Jordi Alba

Spain

B.date21/03/1989

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

14Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age31 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Piqué85

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age29 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

6Alves

Dani Alves

Brazil

B.date06/05/1983

Age32 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1ter Stegen

Marc-André ter Stegen

Germany

B.date30/04/1992

Age23 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Marc-André ter Stegen		23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gerard Piqué	85	29	341	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Dani Alves		32	377	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jordi Alba		26	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Sergio Busquets		27	368	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Javier Mascherano		31	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Andrés Iniesta		31	576	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ivan Rakitic		27	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Neymar		24	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Luis Suárez		29	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi	7183	28	514	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

266

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	David Ospina		27
3	D	Kieran Gibbs		26
21	D	Calum Chambers		21
20	M	Mathieu Flamini	82	31	243	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Theo Walcott	50	26	333	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Danny Welbeck	72	25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Joel Campbell		23

Substitutes			Age
13	G	Claudio Bravo	32
24	D	Jérémy Mathieu	32
23	D	Thomas Vermaelen	30
20	D	Sergi Roberto	24
21	D	Adriano	31
22	M	Aleix Vidal	26
17	F	Munir El Haddadi	20

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Aaron Ramsey

Mathieu Flamini

OUT

Olivier Giroud

Theo Walcott

OUT

Petr Cech

David Ospina

OUT

Nacho Monreal

Kieran Gibbs

OUT

Alexis Sánchez

Danny Welbeck

OUT

Francis Coquelin

Mohamed El Neny

OUT

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Joel Campbell

OUT

Héctor Bellerín

Calum Chambers

OUT

Mesut Özil

Alex Iwobi

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marc-André ter Stegen

Claudio Bravo

OUT

Ivan Rakitic

Arda Turan

OUT

Sergio Busquets

Sergi Roberto

OUT

Gerard Piqué

Jérémy Mathieu

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

1105

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Wenger vs FC Barcelona

1 victory

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on February 23, 2016

Wenger vs Luis Enrique

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Enrique

105

Success rate in this team:

80 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Luis Enrique vs Arsenal

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2016

Luis Enrique vs Wenger

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2016

Referee

Cuneyt Cakir

2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Arsenal4 matches	General total	FC Barcelona10 matches	5 victories	4 draws	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Arsenal2 matches	Season total	FC Barcelona2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 15, 2021					Latest figure on August 08, 2020

Videos

March 23, 2016

Comments

Key figures

Arsenal keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal conceded vs FC Barcelona running (since 29/09/1999). It's a record streak. The first of history

Lionel Messi scored 8 goals vs Arsenal in Champions League with FC Barcelona

No FC Barcelona manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Luis Enrique has done less than 0.72 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 3-1 Sunderland09/01/2016

LArsenal 0-1 Chelsea24/01/2016

VArsenal 2-1 Burnley30/01/2016

DArsenal 0-0 Southampton02/02/2016

VArsenal 2-1 Leicester14/02/2016

DArsenal 0-0 Hull City20/02/2016

Overall

LArsenal 0-1 Chelsea24/01/2016

VArsenal 2-1 Burnley30/01/2016

DArsenal 0-0 Southampton02/02/2016

VBournemouth 0-2 Arsenal07/02/2016

VArsenal 2-1 Leicester14/02/2016

DArsenal 0-0 Hull City20/02/2016

Current form

Away

VAthletic Bilbao 1-2 FC Barcelona20/01/2016

VMálaga 1-2 FC Barcelona23/01/2016

VLevante 0-2 FC Barcelona07/02/2016

DValencia CF 1-1 FC Barcelona10/02/2016

VSporting Gijón 1-3 FC Barcelona17/02/2016

VLas Palmas 1-2 FC Barcelona20/02/2016

Overall

VFC Barcelona 7-0 Valencia CF03/02/2016

VLevante 0-2 FC Barcelona07/02/2016

DValencia CF 1-1 FC Barcelona10/02/2016

VFC Barcelona 6-1 Celta Vigo14/02/2016

VSporting Gijón 1-3 FC Barcelona17/02/2016

VLas Palmas 1-2 FC Barcelona20/02/2016

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	5
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	14	32
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	7	14
Conceding streak	3	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

9	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

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

Bookings

11	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Olivier Giroud	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Luis Suárez
Alexis Sánchez	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Ivan Rakitic
Olivier Giroud	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Neymar
Alexis Sánchez	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Neymar
Alexis Sánchez	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Ivan Rakitic
Alexis Sánchez	3 goals, 4 assists during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	5 goals, 2 assists during the last 6 matches	Luis Suárez

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

6 gf

7 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

8 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

7 matches

1 v

2 d

4 l

10 gf

17 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

3 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

7 gf

6 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

7 matches

4 v

2 d

1 l

17 gf

10 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	February 16, 2011
Home	2 - 1	February 16, 2011

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	April 06, 2010
Away	4 - 2	October 19, 1999

Latest head to head

March 08, 2011 - Ligue des Champions 2010/2011

FC Barcelona

3 - 1

Arsenal

February 16, 2011 - Ligue des Champions 2010/2011

Arsenal

2 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

April 06, 2010 - Ligue des Champions 2009/2010

FC Barcelona

4 - 1

Arsenal

March 31, 2010 - Ligue des Champions 2009/2010

Arsenal

2 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

May 17, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

FC Barcelona

2 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Sol Campbell	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Cesc Fàbregas	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Robin van Persie	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Dennis Bergkamp	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Theo Walcott	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Nicklas Bendtner	1 goal	2010 - 2010

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Lionel Messi	6 goals	2010 - 2011
Luis Enrique	2 goals	1999 - 1999
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	2 goals	2010 - 2010
Samuel Eto'o	1 goal	2006 - 2006
David Villa	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Philip Cocu	1 goal	1999 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Samir Nasri	4 matches	2010 - 2011
Manuel Almunia	4 matches	2006 - 2011
Cesc Fàbregas	4 matches	2006 - 2011
Gaël Clichy	4 matches	2010 - 2011
Emmanuel Eboué	4 matches	2006 - 2011
Nicklas Bendtner	4 matches	2010 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Víctor Valdés	5 matches	2006 - 2011
Seydou Keita	4 matches	2010 - 2011
Pedro	4 matches	2010 - 2011
Dani Alves	4 matches	2010 - 2011
Xavi	4 matches	2010 - 2011
Lionel Messi	4 matches	2010 - 2011