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FC Barcelona 3-1 Arsenal - March 16, 2016 / Champions League 2015/2016

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Champions League 2015/2016 - Round of 16

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

March 16, 2016 - 20:45

3 - 1

Arsenal

England

Assist by Luis Suárez (left foot) Neymar

18'

Assist by Dani Alves (right foot) Luis Suárez

64'

(left foot) Lionel Messi

88'

51'

Mohamed El Neny (right foot) Assist by Alexis Sánchez

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18' - Goal Neymar18

32' - Yellow card Mathieu Flamini

35' - Yellow card Gabriel Paulista

45' - Substitution Mathieu Flaminiis substituted by Francis Coquelin

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51' - Goal Mohamed El Neny photo Alexis Sánchez

51' - Yellow card Alexis Sánchez

64' - Goal Luis Suárez64

72' - Substitution Andrés Iniestais substituted by Sergi Roberto72

73' - Substitution Alex Iwobiis substituted by Olivier Giroud photo Theo Walcott

73' - Substitution Danny Welbeckis substituted by Theo Walcott

77' - Substitution Ivan Rakiticis substituted by Arda Turan77

79' - Yellow card Arda Turan79

85' - Yellow card Olivier Giroud

88' - Goal Lionel Messi88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

3 - 1

Arsenal

FC Barcelona Arsenal

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Neymar18

Neymar

Brazil

B.date05/02/1992

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

9Suárez64

Luis Suárez

Uruguay

B.date24/01/1987

Age29 years

H1m82

positionStriker

10Messi88

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age28 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

8Iniesta72

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age31 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

4Rakitic77

Ivan Rakitic

Croatia

B.date10/03/1988

Age28 years

H1m84

positionPlaymaker

5Busquets

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age27 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Alba

Jordi Alba

Spain

B.date21/03/1989

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

24Mathieu

Jérémy Mathieu

France

B.date29/10/1983

Age32 years

H1m92

positionLeft central defender

14Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age31 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

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	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Jérémy Mathieu		32	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jordi Alba		26	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Dani Alves		32	380	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Javier Mascherano		31	270	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Sergio Busquets		27	372	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Andrés Iniesta	72	31	580	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ivan Rakitic	77	28	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi	88	28	519	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Luis Suárez	64	29	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Neymar	18	24	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

245

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

23Welbeck73

Danny Welbeck

England

B.date26/11/1990

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

17Sánchez51

Alexis Sánchez

Chile

B.date19/12/1988

Age27 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Forward

11Özil

Mesut Özil

Germany

B.date15/10/1988

Age27 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

45Iwobi73

Alex Iwobi

Nigeria

B.date03/05/1996

Age19 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

35El Neny51

Mohamed El Neny

Egypt

B.date11/07/1992

Age23 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

20Flamini4532

Mathieu Flamini

France

B.date07/03/1984

Age32 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

18Monreal

Nacho Monreal

Spain

B.date26/02/1986

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

5Gabriel Paulista35

Gabriel Paulista

Brazil

B.date26/11/1990

Age25 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

6Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age30 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

24Bellerín

Héctor Bellerín

Spain

B.date19/03/1995

Age20 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

13Ospina

David Ospina

Colombia

B.date31/08/1988

Age27 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	David Ospina		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Gabriel Paulista	35	25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny		30	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Héctor Bellerín		20	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Nacho Monreal		30	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	M	Mohamed El Neny	51	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Mathieu Flamini	4532	32	246	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Mesut Özil		27	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	M	Alex Iwobi	73	19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Danny Welbeck	73	25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexis Sánchez	51	27	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Claudio Bravo		32
23	D	Thomas Vermaelen		30
15	D	Marc Bartra		25
20	D	Sergi Roberto	72	24	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Arda Turan	7779	29	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Aleix Vidal		26
17	F	Munir El Haddadi		20

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
49	G	Matt Macey		21
4	D	Per Mertesacker		31
3	D	Kieran Gibbs		26
34	M	Francis Coquelin	45	24	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Theo Walcott	73	27	338	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Olivier Giroud	7385	29	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Joel Campbell		23

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marc-André ter Stegen

Claudio Bravo

OUT

Javier Mascherano

Gerard Piqué

OUT

Ivan Rakitic

Arda Turan

OUT

Dani Alves

Aleix Vidal

OUT

Sergio Busquets

Sergi Roberto

OUT

Luis Suárez

Munir El Haddadi

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Laurent Koscielny

Per Mertesacker

OUT

Danny Welbeck

Olivier Giroud

OUT

Nacho Monreal

Kieran Gibbs

OUT

Alex Iwobi

Joel Campbell

OUT

Héctor Bellerín

Calum Chambers

OUT

Mathieu Flamini

Francis Coquelin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Enrique

110

Success rate in this team:

81 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Luis Enrique vs Arsenal

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 16, 2016

Luis Enrique vs Wenger

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 16, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

1111

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Wenger vs FC Barcelona

1 victory

2 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on March 16, 2016

Wenger vs Luis Enrique

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 16, 2016

Referee

Sergey Karasev

4 victories	1 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona5 matches	General total	Arsenal1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona1 match	Season total	Arsenal1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 24, 2022					Latest figure on March 16, 2016

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Key figures

FC Barcelona keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 30/12/2015). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 29/08/2015-02/12/2015 time period (11 matches).

FC Barcelona keeps its 24 matches with only one goal conceded at most running (since 17/12/2015). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/09/2010-16/01/2011 time period (28 matches).

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Arsène Wenger has done less than 20% of losses .

Read the next 28 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Athletic Bilbao27/01/2016

VFC Barcelona 2-1 Atlético Madrid30/01/2016

VFC Barcelona 7-0 Valencia CF03/02/2016

VFC Barcelona 6-1 Celta Vigo14/02/2016

VFC Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla FC28/02/2016

VFC Barcelona 6-0 Getafe12/03/2016

Overall

VLas Palmas 1-2 FC Barcelona20/02/2016

VArsenal 0-2 FC Barcelona23/02/2016

VFC Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla FC28/02/2016

VRayo Vallecano 1-5 FC Barcelona03/03/2016

VEibar 0-4 FC Barcelona06/03/2016

VFC Barcelona 6-0 Getafe12/03/2016

Current form

Away

DLiverpool 3-3 Arsenal13/01/2016

DStoke City 0-0 Arsenal17/01/2016

VBournemouth 0-2 Arsenal07/02/2016

LManchester United 3-2 Arsenal28/02/2016

DTottenham 2-2 Arsenal05/03/2016

VHull City 0-4 Arsenal08/03/2016

Overall

LArsenal 0-2 FC Barcelona23/02/2016

LManchester United 3-2 Arsenal28/02/2016

LArsenal 1-2 Swansea02/03/2016

DTottenham 2-2 Arsenal05/03/2016

VHull City 0-4 Arsenal08/03/2016

LArsenal 1-2 Watford13/03/2016

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	10	8
Unbeaten streak	34	37
Drawless streak	10	8
Scoring streak	34	19
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	14
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
5	Victories (Competition total)	3
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

17	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	12
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
2.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.71
3.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.67
0.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.71
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Lionel Messi	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Olivier Giroud
Luis Suárez	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Olivier Giroud
Lionel Messi	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Olivier Giroud
Neymar	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Olivier Giroud
Neymar	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Alexis Sánchez
Luis Suárez	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Alexis Sánchez
Lionel Messi	5 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 4 assists during the last 7 matches	Alexis Sánchez

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

3 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

9 gf

6 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

8 matches

5 v

2 d

1 l

19 gf

10 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

6 gf

9 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

8 matches

1 v

2 d

5 l

10 gf

19 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	April 06, 2010
Home	4 - 1	April 06, 2010

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	February 16, 2011
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 23, 2016 - Ligue des Champions 2015/2016

Arsenal

0 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

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

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Lionel Messi	8 goals	2010 - 2016
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	2 goals	2010 - 2010
Luis Enrique	2 goals	1999 - 1999
Xavi	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Luis Figo	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Samuel Eto'o	1 goal	2006 - 2006

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 FC Barcelona

Nicklas Bendtner	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Andrey Arshavin	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Nwankwo Kanu	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Marc Overmars	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Sol Campbell	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Cesc Fàbregas	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.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Lionel Messi	5 matches	2010 - 2016
Andrés Iniesta	5 matches	2006 - 2016
Sergio Busquets	5 matches	2010 - 2016
Víctor Valdés	5 matches	2006 - 2011
Dani Alves	5 matches	2010 - 2016
Maxwell	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 FC Barcelona

Gaël Clichy	4 matches	2010 - 2011
Emmanuel Eboué	4 matches	2006 - 2011
Nicklas Bendtner	4 matches	2010 - 2011
Samir Nasri	4 matches	2010 - 2011
Manuel Almunia	4 matches	2006 - 2011
Theo Walcott	4 matches	2010 - 2016