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FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao - March 07, 2009 / Liga BBVA 2008/2009

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Liga BBVA 2008/2009 - Round 26

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

March 07, 2009

2 - 0

Athletic Bilbao

Assist by Xavi (header) Sergio Busquets

17'

(penalty) Lionel Messi

31'

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17' - Goal Sergio Busquets17

31' - Goal Lionel Messi31

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46' - Substitution Javi Martínezis substituted by Gaizka Toquero

59' - Substitution Fernando Llorenteis substituted by Joseba Garmendia

74' - Substitution Pablo Orbaizis substituted by Iñaki Muñoz

81' - Substitution Andrés Iniestais substituted by Eidur Gudjohnsen81

90' - Substitution Carles Puyolis substituted by Víctor Sánchez90

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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

Henry

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o

Cameroon

B.date10/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Messi31

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age21 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

Iniesta81

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

Xavi

Spain

B.date25/01/1980

Age29 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Busquets17

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age20 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

Sylvinho

Brazil

B.date12/04/1974

Age34 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Márquez

Rafa Márquez

Mexico

B.date13/02/1979

Age30 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Piqué

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age22 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

Puyol90

Carles Puyol

Spain

B.date13/04/1978

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age27 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Víctor Valdés		27	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carles Puyol	90	30	430	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerard Piqué		22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rafa Márquez		30	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sylvinho		34	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sergio Busquets	17	20	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrés Iniesta	81	24	252	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xavi		29	457	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Lionel Messi	31	21	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thierry Henry		31	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Samuel Eto'o		27	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

202

Athletic Bilbao

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Llorente59

Fernando Llorente

Spain

B.date26/02/1985

Age24 years

H1m95

positionStriker

Gabilondo

Igor Gabilondo

Spain

B.date10/02/1979

Age30 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Yeste

Francisco Yeste

Spain

B.date06/12/1979

Age29 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

Susaeta

Markel Susaeta

Spain

B.date14/12/1987

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Javi Martínez46

Javi Martínez

Spain

B.date02/09/1988

Age20 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

Orbaiz74

Pablo Orbaiz

Spain

B.date06/02/1979

Age30 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Koikili

Spain

B.date23/12/1980

Age28 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Amorebieta

Fernando Amorebieta

Venezuela

B.date29/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m92

positionLeft central defender

Gurpegui

Carlos Gurpegui

Spain

B.date19/08/1980

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Iraola

Andoni Iraola

Spain

B.date22/06/1982

Age26 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Iraizoz

Gorka Iraizoz

Spain

B.date06/03/1981

Age28 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gorka Iraizoz		28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos Gurpegui		28	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Amorebieta		23	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andoni Iraola		26	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Koikili		28	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pablo Orbaiz	74	30	246	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javi Martínez	46	20	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Francisco Yeste		29	308	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Igor Gabilondo		30	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Markel Susaeta		21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Llorente	59	24	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

139

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Eidur Gudjohnsen	81	30	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Víctor Sánchez	90	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Joseba Garmendia	59	23	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Iñaki Muñoz	74	30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gaizka Toquero	46	24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Xavi

Seydou Keita

OUT

Sylvinho

Dani Alves

OUT

Víctor Valdés

José Manuel Pinto

OUT

Rafa Márquez

Martín Cáceres

OUT

Lionel Messi

Bojan Krkic

OUT

Thierry Henry

Alexander Hleb

OUT

Samuel Eto'o

Yaya Touré

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carlos Gurpegui

Aitor Ocio

OUT

Igor Gabilondo

David López

OUT

Markel Susaeta

Gaizka Toquero

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Josep Guardiola

Success rate in this team:

72 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

72 %

Guardiola vs Athletic Bilbao

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 07, 2009

Guardiola vs Caparrós

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 07, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Joaquín Caparrós

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Caparrós vs FC Barcelona

1 victory

5 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on March 07, 2009

Caparrós vs Guardiola

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 07, 2009

Referee

Alberto Undiano Mallenco

34 victories	12 draws	9 losses	FC Barcelona55 matches	General total	Athletic Bilbao35 matches	7 victories	9 draws	19 losses
4 victories	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona4 matches	Season total	Athletic Bilbao2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on May 25, 2019					Latest figure on January 20, 2019

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Key figures

Carlos Gurpegui played his game number 10 vs FC Barcelona in La Liga with Athletic Bilbao

FC Barcelona keeps its 25 matches with at least one goal scored in La Liga running (since 13/09/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 09/03/1997-09/11/1997 time period (25 matches).

End of streak for FC Barcelona after 6 matches with at least one goal conceded in La Liga (since 24/01/2009).

Read the next 10 key stats

General ranking

	1	FC Barcelona	63 pts	26 rd
	2	Real Madrid	57 pts	26 rd
	3	Sevilla FC	47 pts	25 rd
	4	Villarreal	45 pts	26 rd
+1	5	Atlético Madrid	40 pts	26 rd

General ranking

9	Valladolid	33 pts	25 rd
10	Almería	31 pts	25 rd
11	Athletic Bilbao	31 pts	26 rd
12	Racing Santander	30 pts	25 rd
13	Recreativo Huelva	29 pts	25 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Barcelona 5-0 Deportivo La Coruña17/01/2009

VFC Barcelona 4-1 Numancia24/01/2009

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Espanyol29/01/2009

VFC Barcelona 2-0 Mallorca05/02/2009

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Sporting Gijón08/02/2009

LFC Barcelona 1-2 Espanyol21/02/2009

Overall

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Sporting Gijón08/02/2009

DReal Betis 2-2 FC Barcelona14/02/2009

LFC Barcelona 1-2 Espanyol21/02/2009

DLyon 1-1 FC Barcelona24/02/2009

LAtlético Madrid 4-3 FC Barcelona01/03/2009

DMallorca 1-1 FC Barcelona04/03/2009

Current form

Away

VAtlético Madrid 2-3 Athletic Bilbao11/01/2009

LAlmería 2-1 Athletic Bilbao25/01/2009

VSporting Gijón 1-2 Athletic Bilbao28/01/2009

LSevilla FC 2-1 Athletic Bilbao04/02/2009

LValladolid 2-1 Athletic Bilbao08/02/2009

DGetafe 1-1 Athletic Bilbao22/02/2009

Overall

LSevilla FC 2-1 Athletic Bilbao04/02/2009

LValladolid 2-1 Athletic Bilbao08/02/2009

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 Recreativo Huelva15/02/2009

DGetafe 1-1 Athletic Bilbao22/02/2009

LAthletic Bilbao 1-2 Sevilla FC28/02/2009

VAthletic Bilbao 3-0 Sevilla FC04/03/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	5
Drawless streak	11	0
Scoring streak	23	10
Conceding streak	2	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	13	9
Conceding streak	7	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	11
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	15
4	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	68
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	11

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
19	Victories (Competition total)	8
10	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	7
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
3	Losses (Competition total)	10
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

74	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
44	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
24	Goals conceded (Competition total)	39
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
2.96	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.4
3.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
0.96	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.56
0.77	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.83

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
16	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

53	Yellow cards (Competition total)	69
24	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	32
4	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Samuel Eto'o	23 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Fernando Llorente
Samuel Eto'o	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Fernando Llorente
Samuel Eto'o	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Andoni Iraola
Samuel Eto'o	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Andoni Iraola
Xavi	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	David López
Xavi	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Ion Vélez
Thierry Henry	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	9 goals during the last 16 matches	Fernando Llorente

Historical head to head

Home

93 matches

62 v

11 d

20 l

211 gf

104 ga

Away

93 matches

26 v

19 d

48 l

129 gf

178 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

8 gf

6 ga

Total

191 matches

91 v

30 d

70 l

348 gf

288 ga

Historical head to head

Home

93 matches

48 v

19 d

26 l

178 gf

129 ga

Away

93 matches

20 v

11 d

62 l

104 gf

211 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

6 gf

8 ga

Total

191 matches

70 v

30 d

91 l

288 gf

348 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 19, 2008 - Liga BBVA 2008/2009

Athletic Bilbao

0 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

January 27, 2008 - Primera Division 2007/2008

Athletic Bilbao

1 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

September 02, 2007 - Primera Division 2007/2008

FC Barcelona

3 - 1

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

February 25, 2007 - Primera Division 2006/2007

FC Barcelona

3 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

September 30, 2006 - Primera Division 2006/2007

Athletic Bilbao

1 - 3

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

Best historical scorers against Athletic Bilbao

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
Estanilao Basora	7 goals	1948 - 1958
Philip Cocu	7 goals	1999 - 2003

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
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	7 goals	1940 - 1950
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

Migueli	32 matches	1975 - 1987
Juan Segarra Iracheta	29 matches	1950 - 1962
Alexanco	26 matches	1980 - 1992
Sánchez	25 matches	1977 - 1986
Antonio Ramallets	23 matches	1951 - 1961
Sigfrido Gracia Royo	21 matches	1953 - 1964

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
Telmo Zarra	27 matches	1942 - 1953
Canito	25 matches	1949 - 1960
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	25 matches	1940 - 1953
Jesús Garay	22 matches	1950 - 1960

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

The other matches

March 07, 2009

Real Madrid

1 1

Atlético Madrid

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Villarreal

1 0

Espanyol

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	FC Barcelona	63	26	20	3	3	76	24	+52
2	Real Madrid	57	26	18	3	5	58	29	+29
3	Sevilla FC	47	25	14	5	6	34	22	+12
4	Villarreal	45	26	12	9	5	41	34	+7
+15	Atlético Madrid	40	26	11	7	8	53	39	+14
-16	Valencia CF	39	25	11	6	8	45	37	+8
7	Deportivo La Coruña	39	25	11	6	8	29	30	-1
8	Málaga	39	25	11	6	8	41	37	+4
9	Valladolid	33	25	10	3	12	37	40	-3
10	Almería	31	25	8	7	10	32	39	-7
11	Athletic Bilbao	31	26	8	7	11	35	41	-6
12	Racing Santander	30	25	7	9	9	26	29	-3
13	Recreativo Huelva	29	25	7	8	10	23	34	-11
14	Getafe	28	25	6	10	9	35	38	-3
15	Real Betis	27	25	7	6	12	34	40	-6
16	Sporting Gijón	27	25	9	0	16	30	54	-24
17	Mallorca	27	25	7	6	12	25	40	-15
18	Osasuna	25	25	5	10	10	26	31	-5
19	Espanyol	21	26	4	9	13	22	41	-19
20	Numancia	20	25	6	2	17	26	49	-23

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FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao - March 07, 2009 / Liga BBVA 2008/2009

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

Guardiola vs Athletic Bilbao

Guardiola vs Caparrós

Manager

Caparrós vs FC Barcelona

Caparrós vs Guardiola

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