Athletic Club 2-3 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 8 February 2015
Result
Athletic Club 2-3 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 8 February 2015, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Athletic Club 2-3 FC Barcelona: match report
Athletic Club lost to FC Barcelona 2-3 in La Liga on Sunday 8 February 2015. The half-time score was 0-2.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Mikel Rico (59') and Aduriz (66'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (15'), Luis Suárez (26'), an own goal by Óscar de Marcos (62'), Neymar (64') and Pedro (86').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 14th on 22 points from 21 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 50 points from 21. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 93.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Athletic Club win, 1 draw and 8 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 26'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 40'Yellow card · Mikel Balenziaga
- 45'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 59'Goal · Mikel Rico
- 62'Own goal · Óscar de Marcos
- 64'Goal · Neymar
- 66'Goal · Aduriz
- 69'Yellow card · Unai López
- 75'Red card · Xabi Etxeita
- 86'Goal · Pedro
- 90+1'Yellow card · Gurpegi
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Aymeric Laporte, Óscar de Marcos, Xabier Etxeita, Mikel Balenziaga, Mikel San José, Susaeta, Mikel Rico, Muniain, Unai López, Aritz Aduriz
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Claudio Bravo, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Dani Alves, Jérémy Mathieu, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Xavi, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi, Neymar