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FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao - March 31, 2012 / Liga BBVA 2011/2012

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Liga BBVA 2011/2012 - Round 31

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

March 31, 2012

2 - 0

Athletic Bilbao

Assist by Lionel Messi (right foot) Andrés Iniesta

40'

(penalty) Lionel Messi

58'

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40' - Goal Andrés Iniesta40

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46' - Substitution Íñigo Pérezis substituted by Iker Muniain photo Ander Herrera

46' - Substitution Ibaiis substituted by Ander Herrera

58' - Goal Lionel Messi58

59' - Substitution Gaizka Toquerois substituted by Fernando Llorente

62' - Substitution Cristian Tellois substituted by Pedro62

77' - Substitution Andrés Iniestais substituted by Xavi77

83' - Substitution Alexis Sánchezis substituted by Seydou Keita83

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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

37Tello62

Cristian Tello

Spain

B.date11/08/1991

Age20 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

10Messi58

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age24 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

9Sánchez83

Alexis Sánchez

Chile

B.date19/12/1988

Age23 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Forward

8Iniesta4077

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age27 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

16Busquets

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age23 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

11Thiago Alcántara

Thiago Alcántara

Spain

B.date11/04/1991

Age20 years

H1m74

positionRight central midfielder

21Adriano

Adriano

Brazil

B.date26/10/1984

Age27 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

14Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age27 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Piqué

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age25 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

2Alves

Dani Alves

Brazil

B.date06/05/1983

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age30 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Víctor Valdés		30	449	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gerard Piqué		25	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Adriano		27	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Dani Alves		28	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Javier Mascherano		27	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Sergio Busquets		23	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Andrés Iniesta	4077	27	395	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Thiago Alcántara		20	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	F	Cristian Tello	62	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alexis Sánchez	83	23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi	58	24	317	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

179

Athletic Bilbao

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

28Ibai46

Ibai

Spain

B.date11/11/1989

Age22 years

H1m77

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

2Toquero59

Gaizka Toquero

Spain

B.date09/08/1984

Age27 years

H1m82

positionStriker

14Susaeta

Markel Susaeta

Spain

B.date14/12/1987

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

17Pérez46

Íñigo Pérez

Spain

B.date18/01/1988

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

8Iturraspe

Ander Iturraspe

Spain

B.date08/03/1989

Age23 years

H1m87

positionRight central midfielder

10de Marcos

Óscar de Marcos

Spain

B.date14/04/1989

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

3Aurtenetxe

Jon Aurtenetxe

Spain

B.date03/01/1992

Age20 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

23Ekiza

Borja Ekiza

Spain

B.date06/03/1988

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight 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	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Javi Martínez		23	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Borja Ekiza		24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jon Aurtenetxe		20	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Óscar de Marcos		22	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Andoni Iraola		29	375	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Íñigo Pérez	46	24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ander Iturraspe		23	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Ibai	46	22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Markel Susaeta		24	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	F	Gaizka Toquero	59	27	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

136

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
15	M	Seydou Keita	83	32	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Xavi	77	32	618	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Pedro	62	24	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	M	Ander Herrera	46	22	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Iker Muniain	46	19	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Fernando Llorente	59	27	284	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Adriano

Carles Puyol

OUT

Thiago Alcántara

Xavi

OUT

Cristian Tello

Seydou Keita

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gaizka Toquero

Fernando Llorente

OUT

Borja Ekiza

Fernando Amorebieta

OUT

Íñigo Pérez

Ander Herrera

OUT

Ibai

Iker Muniain

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Josep Guardiola

235

Success rate in this team:

73 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

73 %

Guardiola vs Athletic Bilbao

9 victories

4 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2012

Guardiola vs Bielsa

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Marcelo Bielsa

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Bielsa vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2012

Bielsa vs Guardiola

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2012

Referee

Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

32 victories	11 draws	6 losses	FC Barcelona49 matches	General total	Athletic Bilbao42 matches	9 victories	7 draws	26 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona2 matches	Season total	Athletic Bilbao3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 10, 2023					Latest figure on September 17, 2022

Videos

April 01, 2012

Comments

Key figures

No FC Barcelona manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Josep Guardiola has reached 48% of clean sheets .

Lionel Messi scored 9 goals vs Athletic Bilbao in his professional career with FC Barcelona

Athletic Bilbao keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 28/01/2012). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/02/2011-30/10/2011 time period (15 matches).

Read the next 25 key stats

General ranking

1	Real Madrid	78 pts	30 rd
2	FC Barcelona	72 pts	30 rd
3	Valencia CF	47 pts	29 rd
4	Málaga	47 pts	30 rd
5	Levante	44 pts	29 rd

General ranking

9	Getafe	39 pts	29 rd
10	Atlético Madrid	39 pts	29 rd
11	Athletic Bilbao	38 pts	30 rd
12	Rayo Vallecano	37 pts	29 rd
13	Mallorca	36 pts	29 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad04/02/2012

VFC Barcelona 2-0 Valencia CF08/02/2012

VFC Barcelona 5-1 Valencia CF19/02/2012

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Sporting Gijón03/03/2012

VFC Barcelona 7-1 Bayer Leverkusen07/03/2012

VFC Barcelona 5-3 Granada CF20/03/2012

Overall

VFC Barcelona 7-1 Bayer Leverkusen07/03/2012

VRacing Santander 0-2 FC Barcelona11/03/2012

VSevilla FC 0-2 FC Barcelona17/03/2012

VFC Barcelona 5-3 Granada CF20/03/2012

VMallorca 0-2 FC Barcelona24/03/2012

DAC Milan 0-0 FC Barcelona28/03/2012

Current form

Away

LLokomotiv Moscow 2-1 Athletic Bilbao16/02/2012

DVillarreal 2-2 Athletic Bilbao26/02/2012

VManchester United 2-3 Athletic Bilbao08/03/2012

LOsasuna 2-1 Athletic Bilbao11/03/2012

LAtlético Madrid 2-1 Athletic Bilbao21/03/2012

VSchalke 04 2-4 Athletic Bilbao29/03/2012

Overall

LOsasuna 2-1 Athletic Bilbao11/03/2012

VAthletic Bilbao 2-1 Manchester United15/03/2012

LAthletic Bilbao 0-3 Valencia CF18/03/2012

LAtlético Madrid 2-1 Athletic Bilbao21/03/2012

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 Sporting Gijón25/03/2012

VSchalke 04 2-4 Athletic Bilbao29/03/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	51	10
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	0
Scoring streak	15	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	11	3
Conceding streak	9	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	11
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	11
1	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	23
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	29
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
21	Victories (Competition total)	9
13	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	11
1	Draws (Home / Away)	5
2	Losses (Competition total)	9
0	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

84	Goals scored (Competition total)	44
58	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	40
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
2.9	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.52
4.14	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.21
0.76	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.38
0.57	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.57

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
15	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
5-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (4 times)

Bookings

55	Yellow cards (Competition total)	89
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	45
3	Red cards (Competition total)	7
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Lionel Messi	35 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	13 goals	Fernando Llorente
Lionel Messi	26 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	9 goals	Fernando Llorente
Lionel Messi	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	David López
Lionel Messi	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dani Alves	10 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Markel Susaeta
Dani Alves	8 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Markel Susaeta
Lionel Messi	35 goals, 10 assists during the last 29 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Óscar de Marcos

Historical head to head

Home

98 matches

66 v

12 d

20 l

222 gf

106 ga

Away

98 matches

28 v

22 d

48 l

138 gf

184 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

4 v

0 d

2 l

12 gf

7 ga

Total

202 matches

98 v

34 d

70 l

372 gf

297 ga

Historical head to head

Home

98 matches

48 v

22 d

28 l

184 gf

138 ga

Away

98 matches

20 v

12 d

66 l

106 gf

222 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

2 v

0 d

4 l

7 gf

12 ga

Total

202 matches

70 v

34 d

98 l

297 gf

372 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

November 06, 2011 - Liga BBVA 2011/2012

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

February 20, 2011 - Liga BBVA 2010/2011

FC Barcelona

2 - 1

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

January 05, 2011 - Copa del Rey 2010/2011

Athletic Bilbao

1 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

December 21, 2010 - Copa del Rey 2010/2011

FC Barcelona

0 - 0

Athletic Bilbao logo Athletic Bilbao

September 25, 2010 - Liga BBVA 2010/2011

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
Hristo Stoichkov	8 goals	1991 - 1994
Justo Tejada Martinez	8 goals	1954 - 1961
Lionel Messi	8 goals	2006 - 2011
César	7 goals	1948 - 1954

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
Manu Sarabia	7 goals	1980 - 1985
R. Iriondo Aurtenechea	7 goals	1940 - 1950

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
Xavi	26 matches	1999 - 2011
Sánchez	25 matches	1977 - 1986
Antonio Ramallets	23 matches	1951 - 1961

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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
Joseba Etxeberria	24 matches	1995 - 2009

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They played in both sides

Andoni Zubizarreta

410 matches

239 matches

1981 - 1994

Alexanco

392 matches

2 matches

1977 - 1993

Julio Salinas

214 matches

101 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

29 matches

171 matches

1988 - 1996

Jon Andoni Goikoetxea

174 matches

106 matches

1990 - 1997

Julio Salinas

214 matches

101 matches

1982 - 1994

Total : 13 players

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Competition info

The other matches

March 31, 2012

Racing Santander

0 1

Granada CF

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Málaga

0 2

Real Betis

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April 01, 2012

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Real Sociedad

4 0

Rayo Vallecano

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Villarreal

0 0

Espanyol

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April 02, 2012

Sevilla FC

3 1

Mallorca

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Real Madrid	78	30	25	3	2	100	27	+73
2	FC Barcelona	72	30	22	6	2	86	22	+64
3	Valencia CF	47	29	13	8	8	45	36	+9
4	Málaga	47	30	14	5	11	44	43	+1
5	Levante	44	29	13	5	11	41	40	+1
6	Osasuna	43	30	10	13	7	35	46	-11
7	Espanyol	40	29	11	7	11	37	39	-2
8	Sevilla FC	39	29	10	9	10	33	31	+2
9	Getafe	39	29	10	9	10	31	36	-5
10	Atlético Madrid	39	29	10	9	10	39	35	+4
11	Athletic Bilbao	38	30	9	11	10	44	42	+2
12	Rayo Vallecano	37	29	11	4	14	42	49	-7
13	Mallorca	36	29	9	9	11	31	37	-6
+114	Real Betis	35	30	10	5	15	35	43	-8
+215	Granada CF	34	30	10	4	16	28	46	-18
-216	Real Sociedad	33	29	9	6	14	32	45	-13
-117	Villarreal	31	29	7	10	12	30	42	-12
+218	Real Zaragoza	28	30	7	7	16	27	52	-25
-119	Racing Santander	25	30	4	13	13	23	45	-22
-120	Sporting Gijón	25	30	6	7	17	29	56	-27

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FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao - March 31, 2012 / Liga BBVA 2011/2012

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 Bielsa

Manager

Bielsa vs FC Barcelona

Bielsa 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