Athletic Club 0-2 FC Barcelona: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 28 October 2017

Result

Athletic Club 0-2 FC Barcelona

La Liga · Saturday 28 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Athletic Club 0-2 FC Barcelona: match report

Athletic Club lost to FC Barcelona 0-2 in La Liga on Saturday 28 October 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Athletic Club did not score. FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (36') and Paulinho (90+2').

Discipline: Athletic Club received 1 yellow card; FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Athletic Club were 11th on 11 points from 9 and FC Barcelona 1st on 25 points from 9. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 16th with 43 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 93.

Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marc ter Stegen of FC Barcelona (8.3), ahead of Lionel Messi (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Athletic Club win, 0 draws and 9 for FC Barcelona.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · IturraspeAthletic Club
  • 47'Yellow card · Sergio BusquetsFC Barcelona
  • 63'Yellow card · Eric GuéritFC Barcelona
  • 75'Yellow card · PaulinhoFC Barcelona
  • 81'Yellow card · Samuel UmtitiFC Barcelona
  • 90+2'Goal · PaulinhoFC Barcelona · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Athletic Club 1, draws 0, FC Barcelona 9.

Team news

Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kepa Arrizabalaga, Bóveda, Aymeric Laporte, Iñigo Lekue, Unai Núñez, Mikel San José, Iturraspe, Iñaki Williams, Raúl García, Iñigo Córdoba, Aritz Aduriz

FC Barcelona line-up (4-4-2)

Marc ter Stegen, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Samuel Umtiti, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Paulinho, André Gomes, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi