FC Barcelona 3-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 2 September 2007
Result
FC Barcelona 3-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 2 September 2007, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 3-1 Athletic Club: match report
FC Barcelona won against Athletic Club 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 2 September 2007. The half-time score was 2-0.
Ronaldinho Gaúcho opened the scoring in the 8th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Ronaldinho Gaúcho (8'), Ronaldinho Gaúcho (35', penalty) and Yaya Touré (72'). Athletic Club scored through Susaeta (71').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 3rd with 67 points, and Athletic Club 11th with 50.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Barcelona wins, 0 draws and 1 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Ronaldinho Gaúcho
- 25'Yellow card · Deco
- 35'Penalty goal · Ronaldinho Gaúcho
- 35'Yellow card · Gorka Iraizoz
- 45'Yellow card · Susaeta
- 61'Yellow card · R. Márquez
- 71'Goal · Susaeta
- 72'Goal · Yaya Touré
- 77'Second yellow · R. Márquez
- 77'Yellow card · David López
- 79'Red card · Koikili
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Puyol, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Thiago Motta
Athletic Club line-up (4-4-2)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Ustaritz, Fernando Amorebieta, Koikili, Tiko, Gabilondo, Javi Martínez, David Lopez, Susaeta, Aritz Aduriz, Andoni Iraola