FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 7 March 2009
Result
FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 7 March 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Club: match report
FC Barcelona beat Athletic Club 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 7 March 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Sergio Busquets opened the scoring in the 16th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Sergio Busquets (16') and Lionel Messi (31', penalty). Athletic Club did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 60 points from 25 and Athletic Club 10th on 31 points from 25. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Athletic Club 13th with 44.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 1 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-L-D-W-W and Athletic Club's L-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Sergio Busquets
- 21'Yellow card · Javi Martínez
- 31'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 47'Yellow card · Orbaiz
- 50'Yellow card · Samuel Eto'o
- 58'Yellow card · Andrés Iniesta
- 59'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 69'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 85'Yellow card · Toquero
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Gianluca Zambrotta
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Koikili, Fernando Amorebieta, Gabilondo, Susaeta, Orbaiz, Gurpegi, Javi Martínez, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola