FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 March 2018
Result
FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 18 March 2018, 15:15 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Club: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Athletic Club 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 18 March 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.
Paco Alcácer opened the scoring in the 8th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Paco Alcácer (8') and Lionel Messi (30'). Athletic Club did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 72 points from 28 and Athletic Club 13th on 35 points from 28. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Athletic Club 16th with 43.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-4-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (8.6), ahead of Jordi Alba (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 FC Barcelona wins, 0 draws and 1 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Paco Alcácer
- 17'Yellow card · Samuel Umtiti
- 30'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 31'Yellow card · Raúl García
- 39'Yellow card · Ousmane Dembélé
- 40'Yellow card · Iñigo Lekue
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-4-2)
Marc ter Stegen, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Samuel Umtiti, Ivan Rakitić, Ousmane Dembélé, Philippe Coutinho, Paulinho, Lionel Messi, Paco Alcácer
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kepa Arrizabalaga, Enric Saborit, Iñigo Martínez, Unai Núñez, Óscar de Marcos, Mikel San José, Beñat, Susaeta, Iñigo Lekue, Raúl García, Sabin Merino