FC Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 31 January 2021
Result
FC Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 31 January 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
FC Barcelona beat Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 31 January 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 20th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (20') and Antoine Griezmann (74'). Athletic Club scored through an own goal by Jordi Alba (49').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 4th on 37 points from 19 and Athletic Club 11th on 24 points from 19. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 3rd with 79 points, and Athletic Club 9th with 46.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Athletic Club in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (8.9), ahead of Antoine Griezmann (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 1 for Athletic Club.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 32'Yellow card · Raúl García
- 33'Yellow card · Marcelino
- 39'Yellow card · Yeray
- 47'Yellow card · Frenkie de Jong
- 49'Own goal · Jordi Alba
- 50'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 74'Goal · Antoine Griezmann
- 77'Yellow card · Ander Capa
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Peru Nolaskoain
- Iñigo Vicente
- Gerard Piqué
- Sergiño Dest
- Philippe Coutinho
- Ansu Fati
- Mikel Balenziaga
- Santiago Ramos Mingo
- Sergio Busquets
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Óscar Mingueza, Ronald Araujo, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Miralem Pjanić, Frenkie de Jong, Ousmane Dembélé, Pedri, Antoine Griezmann, Lionel Messi
Athletic Club line-up (4-4-2)
Unai Simón, Ander Capa, Yeray Álvarez, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri Berchiche, Óscar de Marcos, Dani García, Unai Vencedor, Muniain, Raúl García, Iñaki Williams