FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 31 March 2012
Result
FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Club
La Liga · Saturday 31 March 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Club: match report
FC Barcelona beat Athletic Club 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 31 March 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Andrés Iniesta opened the scoring in the 40th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Andrés Iniesta (40') and Lionel Messi (58', penalty). Athletic Club did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 69 points from 29 and Athletic Club 11th on 38 points from 29. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Athletic Club 10th with 49.
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-L-L-W.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Andrés Iniesta
- 52'Yellow card · Toquero
- 56'Yellow card · Iturraspe
- 57'Yellow card · Javi Martínez
- 58'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 66'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
Head-to-head
Team news
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FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Javier Mascherano, Eric Abidal, Puyol, Dani Alves, Adriano, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fàbregas, Seydou Keita, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés
Athletic Club line-up (4-3-3)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Jon Aurtenetxe, Óscar de Marcos, Ekiza, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Javi Martínez, Ibai Gómez Pérez, Toquero, Andoni Iraola, Iñigo Pérez