FC Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 17 January 2016
Result
FC Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 17 January 2016, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 4-0 Athletic Club: match report
FC Barcelona won against Athletic Club 4-0 in La Liga on Sunday 17 January 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 7th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (7', penalty), Neymar (31'), Luis Suárez (47'), Ivan Rakitic (62'), Luis Suárez (68') and Luis Suárez (82'). Athletic Club did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 3rd on 39 points from 18 and Athletic Club 10th on 25 points from 19. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 88 points, and Athletic Club 4th with 61.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Suárez of FC Barcelona (10.0), ahead of Neymar (9.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 1 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 4'Red card · Gorka Iraizoz
- 7'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 31'Goal · Neymar
- 47'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 51'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
- 62'Goal · Ivan Rakitic
- 68'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 69'Yellow card · Óscar de Marcos
- 82'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 85'Yellow card · Eraso
- 87'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Claudio Bravo, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Aleix Vidal, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi, Neymar
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Bóveda, Aymeric Laporte, Xabier Etxeita, Mikel Balenziaga, Javier Eraso, Mikel San José, Beñat, Óscar de Marcos, Muniain, Iñaki Williams