FC Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 20 February 2011
Result
FC Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 20 February 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
FC Barcelona won against Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 20 February 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.
David Villa opened the scoring in the 4th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from David Villa (4') and Lionel Messi (78'). Athletic Club scored through Andoni Iraola (50', penalty).
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 62 points from 23 and Athletic Club 5th on 38 points from 23. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 96 points, and Athletic Club 7th with 58.
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 7 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 1 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Athletic Club's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · David Villa
- 24'Yellow card · Koikili
- 32'Yellow card · Andoni Iraola
- 36'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 50'Penalty goal · Andoni Iraola
- 50'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 51'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 78'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 90'Yellow card · Carlos Gurpegi
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Puyol, Eric Abidal, Deco, Ludovic Giuly, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Samuel Eto'o
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Koikili, Fernando Amorebieta, Ekiza, Iturraspe, Gabilondo, Susaeta, Gurpegi, Javi Martínez, Fernando Llorente, Andoni Iraola