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FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao - March 18, 2018 / La Liga Santander 2017/2018

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La Liga Santander 2017/2018 - Round 29

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

March 18, 2018 - 16:15

84 053

FC Barcelona

2 - 0

Athletic Bilbao

Assist by Jordi Alba (right foot) Paco Alcácer

Assist by Ousmane Dembélé (left foot) Lionel Messi

30'

logo FC Barcelona FCB

8' - Goal Paco Alcácer8

17' - Yellow card Samuel Umtiti17

30' - Goal Lionel Messi30

31' - Yellow card Raúl García

39' - Yellow card Ousmane Dembélé39

40' - Yellow card Iñigo Lekue

logo FC Barcelona FCB

46' - Substitution Beñatis substituted by Ander Iturraspe

63' - Substitution Markel Susaetais substituted by Iñaki Williams

64' - Substitution Ousmane Dembéléis substituted by Andrés Iniesta64

71' - Substitution Sabin Merinois substituted by Aritz Aduriz

74' - Substitution Paco Alcáceris substituted by Aleix Vidal74

85' - Substitution Philippe Coutinhois substituted by André Gomes85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

2 - 0

Athletic Bilbao

FC Barcelona Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

17Alcácer874

Paco Alcácer

Spain

B.date30/08/1993

Age24 years

H1m74

positionCentre forward

10Messi30

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age30 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

14Coutinho85

Philippe Coutinho

Brazil

B.date12/06/1992

Age25 years

H1m71

positionPlaymaker

11Dembélé6439

Ousmane Dembélé

France

B.date15/05/1997

Age20 years

H1m77

positionRight Winger

4Rakitic

Ivan Rakitic

Croatia

B.date10/03/1988

Age30 years

H1m84

positionPlaymaker

15Paulinho

Paulinho

Brazil

B.date25/07/1988

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

18Alba

Jordi Alba

Spain

B.date21/03/1989

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

23Umtiti17

Samuel Umtiti

France

B.date14/11/1993

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft central defender

3Piqué

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age31 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

20Sergi Roberto

Sergi Roberto

Spain

B.date07/02/1992

Age26 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

1ter Stegen

Marc-André ter Stegen

Germany

B.date30/04/1992

Age25 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Marc-André ter Stegen		25	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Samuel Umtiti	17	24	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gerard Piqué		31	435	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jordi Alba		28	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Sergi Roberto		26	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Paulinho		29	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Philippe Coutinho	85	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ivan Rakitic		30	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ousmane Dembélé	6439	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Paco Alcácer	874	24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi	30	30	626	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

183

Athletic Bilbao

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Merino71

Sabin Merino

Spain

B.date04/01/1992

Age26 years

H1m87

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

15Lekue40

Iñigo Lekue

Spain

B.date04/05/1993

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

22Raúl García31

Raúl García

Spain

B.date11/07/1986

Age31 years

H1m84

positionPlaymaker

14Susaeta63

Markel Susaeta

Spain

B.date14/12/1987

Age30 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

7Beñat46

Beñat

Spain

B.date19/02/1987

Age31 years

H1m75

positionLeft central midfielder

6San José

Mikel San José

Spain

B.date30/05/1989

Age28 years

H1m86

positionRight central midfielder

3Saborit

Enric Saborit

Spain

B.date27/04/1992

Age25 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

4Martínez

Íñigo Martínez

Spain

B.date17/05/1991

Age26 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

12Nuñez

Unai Nuñez

Spain

B.date30/01/1997

Age21 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

18de Marcos

Óscar de Marcos

Spain

B.date14/04/1989

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Arrizabalaga

Kepa Arrizabalaga

Spain

B.date03/10/1994

Age23 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Kepa Arrizabalaga		23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Unai Nuñez		21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Íñigo Martínez		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Enric Saborit		25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Iñigo Lekue	40	24	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Óscar de Marcos		28	343	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Beñat	46	31	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Mikel San José		28	341	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Sabin Merino	71	26	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Markel Susaeta	63	30	474	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Raúl García	31	31	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

162

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Jasper Cillessen		28
24	D	Yerry Mina		23
19	D	Lucas Digne		24
8	M	Andrés Iniesta	64	33	661	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	André Gomes	85	24	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Carles Aleñá		20
22	M	Aleix Vidal	74	28	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Iago Herrerín		30
16	D	Xabier Etxeita		30
8	M	Ander Iturraspe	46	29	307	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Mikel Vesga		24
28	M	Iñigo Córdoba		21
20	F	Aritz Aduriz	71	37	361	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Iñaki Williams	63	23	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Philippe Coutinho

Andrés Iniesta

OUT

Paco Alcácer

Luis Suárez

OUT

Paulinho

Sergio Busquets

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sabin Merino

Aritz Aduriz

OUT

Raúl García

Mikel Rico

OUT

Mikel San José

Ander Iturraspe

OUT

Íñigo Martínez

Xabier Etxeita

OUT

Kepa Arrizabalaga

Iago Herrerín

OUT

Markel Susaeta

Iñaki Williams

OUT

Unai Nuñez

Yeray

OUT

Enric Saborit

Iñigo Córdoba

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernesto Valverde

Success rate in this team:

72 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Valverde vs Athletic Bilbao

4 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 2018

Valverde vs Ziganda

4 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

José Ángel Ziganda

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Ziganda vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 2018

Ziganda vs Valverde

2 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on March 18, 2018

Referee

Santiago Jaime Latre

11 victories	3 draws	1 loss	FC Barcelona15 matches	General total	Athletic Bilbao14 matches	2 victories	7 draws	5 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona2 matches	Season total	Athletic Bilbao1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 18, 2022					Latest figure on January 09, 2022

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Key figures

No FC Barcelona manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Ernesto Valverde has done less than 0.47 goals conceded per game .

Markel Susaeta played his game number 350 in La Liga

Lionel Messi scored 24 goals vs Athletic Bilbao in his professional career

Read the next 24 key stats

General ranking

	1	FC Barcelona	75 pts	29 rd
	2	Atlético Madrid	64 pts	29 rd
+1	3	Real Madrid	60 pts	29 rd
-1	4	Valencia CF	59 pts	29 rd
+1	5	Villarreal	47 pts	29 rd

General ranking

-1	11	Eibar	39 pts	29 rd
+2	12	Leganés	36 pts	29 rd
-1	13	Athletic Bilbao	35 pts	29 rd
-1	14	Espanyol	35 pts	29 rd
	15	Real Sociedad	33 pts	29 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Barcelona 2-1 Alavés28/01/2018

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Valencia CF01/02/2018

DFC Barcelona 0-0 Getafe11/02/2018

VFC Barcelona 6-1 Girona24/02/2018

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Atlético Madrid04/03/2018

VFC Barcelona 3-0 Chelsea14/03/2018

Overall

DChelsea 1-1 FC Barcelona20/02/2018

VFC Barcelona 6-1 Girona24/02/2018

DLas Palmas 1-1 FC Barcelona01/03/2018

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Atlético Madrid04/03/2018

VMálaga 0-2 FC Barcelona10/03/2018

VFC Barcelona 3-0 Chelsea14/03/2018

Current form

Away

DGetafe 2-2 Athletic Bilbao19/01/2018

LGirona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao04/02/2018

VSpartak Moscow 1-3 Athletic Bilbao15/02/2018

LAtlético Madrid 2-0 Athletic Bilbao18/02/2018

LSevilla FC 2-0 Athletic Bilbao03/03/2018

LMarseille 3-1 Athletic Bilbao08/03/2018

Overall

VAthletic Bilbao 2-1 Málaga25/02/2018

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 Valencia CF28/02/2018

LSevilla FC 2-0 Athletic Bilbao03/03/2018

LMarseille 3-1 Athletic Bilbao08/03/2018

VAthletic Bilbao 2-0 Leganés11/03/2018

LAthletic Bilbao 1-2 Marseille15/03/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	21	14
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	3	7
Invincibility streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	1
Winless streak	3	1
Drawless streak	5	4
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	7	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	12
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	11
2	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	50
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	7

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	28
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
22	Victories (Competition total)	8
11	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	11
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
0	Losses (Competition total)	9
0	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

72	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
38	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	31
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
2.57	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.04
2.92	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.14
0.46	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.11
0.46	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.64

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
17	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (3 times)

Bookings

47	Yellow cards (Competition total)	61
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	34
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Lionel Messi	24 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Aritz Aduriz
Lionel Messi	15 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Iñaki Williams
Lionel Messi	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Aritz Aduriz
Lionel Messi	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Raúl García
Lionel Messi	12 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Iñaki Williams
Lionel Messi	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Iker Muniain
Luis Suárez	18 goals, 5 assists during the last 17 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Raúl García

Historical head to head

Home

108 matches

75 v

13 d

20 l

252 gf

112 ga

Away

107 matches

33 v

23 d

51 l

152 gf

196 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

5 v

0 d

2 l

15 gf

7 ga

Total

222 matches

113 v

36 d

73 l

419 gf

315 ga

Historical head to head

Home

107 matches

51 v

23 d

33 l

196 gf

152 ga

Away

108 matches

20 v

13 d

75 l

112 gf

252 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

2 v

0 d

5 l

7 gf

15 ga

Total

222 matches

73 v

36 d

113 l

315 gf

419 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	February 03, 2001
Home	7 - 0	February 03, 2001

Largest victory

Overall	12 - 1	February 08, 1931
Away	6 - 0	October 21, 1945

Latest head to head

October 28, 2017 - La Liga Santander 2017/2018

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

February 04, 2017 - La Liga 2016/2017

FC Barcelona

3 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

January 11, 2017 - Copa del Rey 2016/2017

FC Barcelona

3 - 1

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

January 05, 2017 - Copa del Rey 2016/2017

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

August 28, 2016 - La Liga 2016/2017

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Lionel Messi	23 goals	2006 - 2017
Laszlo Kubala	11 goals	1951 - 1960
José María Bakero	10 goals	1988 - 1995
Justo Tejada Martinez	8 goals	1954 - 1961
Hristo Stoichkov	8 goals	1991 - 1994
Neymar	8 goals	2014 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Telmo Zarra	22 goals	1942 - 1953
Agustín Gainza	12 goals	1943 - 1955
Hermenegildo Elices	9 goals	1941 - 1944
José Luis Lopez Panizo	9 goals	1940 - 1951
Aritz Aduriz	8 goals	2014 - 2017
Manu Sarabia	7 goals	1980 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

Xavi	34 matches	1999 - 2015
Lionel Messi	32 matches	2006 - 2017
Migueli	32 matches	1975 - 1987
Andrés Iniesta	30 matches	2004 - 2017
Juan Segarra Iracheta	29 matches	1950 - 1962
Gerard Piqué	29 matches	2008 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Agustín Gainza	39 matches	1940 - 1958
José Luis Lopez Panizo	31 matches	1940 - 1953
Markel Susaeta	29 matches	2007 - 2017
Gorka Iraizoz	29 matches	2007 - 2017
Andoni Iraola	27 matches	2003 - 2015
Telmo Zarra	27 matches	1942 - 1953

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/03/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Andoni Zubizarreta

410 matches

239 matches

1981 - 1994

Alexanco

392 matches

2 matches

1977 - 1993

Julio Salinas

214 matches

95 matches

1982 - 1994

Jon Andoni Goikoetxea

174 matches

106 matches

1990 - 1997

Jesús Garay

123 matches

194 matches

1950 - 1965

Santi Ezquerro

41 matches

256 matches

1998 - 2008

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Santi Ezquerro

41 matches

256 matches

1998 - 2008

Andoni Zubizarreta

410 matches

239 matches

1981 - 1994

Jesús Garay

123 matches

194 matches

1950 - 1965

Ernesto Valverde

28 matches

171 matches

1988 - 1996

Jon Andoni Goikoetxea

174 matches

106 matches

1990 - 1997

Julio Salinas

214 matches

95 matches

1982 - 1994

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1940. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	FC Barcelona	75	29	23	6	0	74	13	+61
2	Atlético Madrid	64	29	19	7	3	49	14	+35
+13	Real Madrid	60	29	18	6	5	73	33	+40
-14	Valencia CF	59	29	18	5	6	57	31	+26
+15	Villarreal	47	29	14	5	10	40	33	+7
-16	Sevilla FC	45	29	14	3	12	37	44	-7
7	Girona	43	29	12	7	10	43	42	+1
8	Real Betis	43	29	13	4	12	49	53	-4
+29	Celta Vigo	39	29	11	6	12	45	42	+3
-110	Getafe	39	29	10	9	10	35	27	+8
-111	Eibar	39	29	11	6	12	36	43	-7
+212	Leganés	36	29	10	6	13	25	35	-10
-113	Athletic Bilbao	35	29	8	11	10	29	33	-4
-114	Espanyol	35	29	8	11	10	26	37	-11
15	Real Sociedad	33	29	9	6	14	51	52	-1
16	Alavés	31	29	10	1	18	26	45	-19
17	Levante	27	29	5	12	12	25	43	-18
18	Las Palmas	21	29	5	6	18	21	58	-37
19	Deportivo La Coruña	20	29	4	8	17	26	60	-34
20	Málaga	14	29	3	5	21	16	45	-29

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FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao - March 18, 2018 / La Liga Santander 2017/2018

FC Barcelona

2 - 0

Athletic Bilbao

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Valverde vs Athletic Bilbao

Valverde vs Ziganda

Manager

Ziganda vs FC Barcelona

Ziganda vs Valverde

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Players with most games played vs Athletic Bilbao

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking