Athletic Club 1-3 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 30 September 2006
Result
Athletic Club 1-3 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 30 September 2006, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Athletic Club 1-3 FC Barcelona: match report
Athletic Club lost to FC Barcelona 1-3 in La Liga on Saturday 30 September 2006. The half-time score was 1-1.
Francisco Yeste opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Athletic Club's goal came from Francisco Yeste (12'). FC Barcelona scored through Puyol (45'), E. Guðjohnsen (61') and Javier Saviola (77').
Discipline: Athletic Club received no yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 18th on 2 points from 4 and FC Barcelona 1st on 10 points from 4. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 76.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Athletic Club win, 0 draws and 1 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read D-L-L-D and FC Barcelona's D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Francisco Yeste
- 20'Red card · Javier Casas
- 45'Goal · Puyol
- 61'Goal · E. Guðjohnsen
- 69'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
- 77'Goal · Javier Saviola
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club line-up
Iñaki Lafuente, Javier Casas, Ustaritz, Josu Sarriegi, Joseba Garmendia, Orbaiz, Javi Martínez, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola, Joseba Etxeberria
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Puyol, Andrés Iniesta, Deco, Ludovic Giuly, Samuel Eto'o, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Mark van Bommel, Henrik Larsson, Thiago Motta