FC Barcelona 5-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 1 December 2012
Result
FC Barcelona 5-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 1 December 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
FC Barcelona 5-1 Athletic Club: match report
FC Barcelona beat Athletic Club 5-1 in La Liga on Saturday 1 December 2012. The half-time score was 3-0.
Gerard Piqué opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Gerard Piqué (23'), Lionel Messi (25'), Adriano (45'), Cesc Fàbregas (57') and Lionel Messi (70'). Athletic Club scored through Ibai Gómez (66').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 37 points from 13 and Athletic Club 14th on 15 points from 13. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 102 points, and Athletic Club 13th with 43.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 0 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Athletic Club's D-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Gerard Piqué
- 25'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 25'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 26'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 34'Yellow card · Óscar de Marcos
- 45'Goal · Adriano
- 55'Yellow card · Iturraspe
- 57'Goal · Cesc Fàbregas
- 66'Goal · Ibai Gómez
- 70'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 90+2'Yellow card · Ander Herrera
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Adriano, Víctor Valdés, Gerard Piqué, Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Pedro
Athletic Club line-up (4-3-3)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Jon Aurtenetxe, Fernando Amorebieta, Óscar de Marcos, Ekiza, Jonas Ramalho, Iturraspe, Ibai Gómez Pérez, Susaeta, Ander Herrera, Aritz Aduriz