La Liga

Athletic Club 0-1 Barcelona

Competition La Liga Season 2016/2017 Country Spain Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 28 Aug 2016, 22:15 Venue time 29 Aug 2016, 00:15 CEST

Athletic Club vs Barcelona finished 0-1 in La Liga. Key event: 3' Denis Suárez (assist Ivan Rakitic · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.9%, 55.9%). Head to head: H2H last 4 before 28 Aug 2016: 0 W / 0 D / 4 L for Athletic Club. Home form: L W D W D; Away form: W W W W W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match preview 2 facts

Form before this match (28 Aug 2016): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form L W D W D Matches: 5 · 8 pts, goals 8-6, 1.60 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Away form W W W W W Matches: 5 · 15 pts, goals 22-2, 4.40 scored/match, 0.40 conceded/match

Timeline 53 events

3' shot Denis Suárez BAR assist Ivan Rakitic xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.9%, 55.9%

3' shot Denis Suárez Fernández BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.06

9' Yellow Samuel Yves Umtiti BAR Yellow Card

11' shot Beñat BIL xG 0.34 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.2%, 36.7%

11' shot Beñat Etxebarria Urkiaga BIL Open Play · Saved · xG 0.16

20' shot Ivan Rakitic BAR assist Arda Turan xG 0.42 · Open Play · location 92.6%, 47%

20' Goal Ivan Rakitić 0–1 BAR Open Play · Goal

33' shot Denis Suárez BAR assist Sergi Roberto xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.6%, 41.2%

33' shot Denis Suárez BAR xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.8%, 43.6%

33' shot Denis Suárez Fernández BAR Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.1

35' shot Samuel Umtiti BAR xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 87%, 44.9%

35' shot Samuel Yves Umtiti BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.07

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36' Yellow Sergio Busquets i Burgos BAR Yellow Card

37' Yellow Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz BAR Yellow Card

38' shot Aduriz BIL xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.6%, 52%

38' shot Aritz Aduriz Zubeldia BIL Open Play · Saved · xG 0.05

39' shot Iñaki Williams BIL xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.9%, 64.5%

39' shot Iñaki Williams Arthuer BIL Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.01

40' shot Beñat BIL assist Iturraspe xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.3%, 64.6%

40' shot Beñat Etxebarria Urkiaga BIL Open Play · Saved · xG 0.01

44' shot Arda Turan BAR assist Lionel Messi xG 0.44 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.9%, 59.4%

44' Yellow Markel Susaeta Laskurain BIL Yellow Card

46' shot Aymeric Laporte BIL assist Beñat xG 0.03 · From Corner · location 90.7%, 47.5%

51' shot Gerard Piqué BAR assist Ivan Rakitic xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 91.2%, 59.1%

53' shot Lionel Messi BAR assist Luis Suárez xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 84.9%, 56.7%

53' shot Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.06

55' Yellow Ander Iturraspe Derteano BIL Yellow Card

56' shot Luis Suárez BAR assist Ivan Rakitic xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.3%, 63.1%

56' shot Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.08

58' Yellow Sergi Roberto Carnicer BAR Yellow Card

61' Yellow Javier Eraso Goñi BIL Yellow Card

61' Sub Raúl García Escudero BIL on for Javier Eraso Goñi · Tactical

61' Sub Mikel Vesga Arruti BIL on for Ander Iturraspe Derteano · Tactical

64' shot Raúl García BIL assist Aduriz xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.8%, 47.8%

64' shot Raúl García Escudero BIL Open Play · Off T · xG 0.06

65' shot Iñaki Williams BIL assist Aduriz xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.3%, 51.3%

65' shot Iñaki Williams Arthuer BIL Open Play · Saved · xG 0.09

68' shot Markel Susaeta BIL assist Raúl García xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.6%, 71.1%

68' shot Markel Susaeta Laskurain BIL Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

69' shot Lionel Messi BAR assist Luis Suárez xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85%, 50%

69' shot Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.09

70' Sub Javier Alejandro Mascherano BAR on for Samuel Yves Umtiti · Tactical

70' Sub André Filipe Tavares Gomes BAR on for Denis Suárez Fernández · Tactical

75' Sub Iker Muniain Goñi BIL on for Markel Susaeta Laskurain · Tactical

80' shot Luis Suárez BAR assist Sergi Roberto xG 0.16 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.4%, 40.9%

80' shot Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.12

82' Yellow Beñat Etxebarria Urkiaga BIL Yellow Card

83' Sub Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento BAR on for Arda Turan · Tactical

85' shot Beñat BIL xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 74.8%, 42.1%

85' shot Beñat Etxebarria Urkiaga BIL Free Kick · Off T · xG 0.06

89' Yellow Mikel Balenziaga Oruesagasti BIL Yellow Card

90+2' shot Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz BAR Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.49

92' shot Luis Suárez BAR assist Lionel Messi xG 0.68 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.4%, 45.4%

Shot map 21 shots · 1 goal

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Athletic Club 9 shots · 0.63 xG · 0 goals

Barcelona 12 shots · 2.35 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Barcelona103 plotted of 103 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 103 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Athletic Club28 plotted of 28 coordinate passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Barcelona2 exact passer-recipient links

STE TUR

STEMarc-André ter Stegen2 passes
TURArda Turan0 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Barcelona103 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Athletic Club28 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 42 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

Athletic ClubBarcelona

0–5′100–0
5–10′100–0
10–15′100–0
15–20′100–0
20–25′100–0
25–30′62–38
30–35′100–0
35–40′69–31
40–45′74–26
45–50′0–100
50–55′74–26
55–60′99–1
60–65′100–0
65–70′60–40
70–75′100–0
75–80′100–0
80–85′100–0
85–90′100–0
90–95′100–0

Head-to-head Meetings: 12

Barcelona leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 10 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw. Latest meeting: 27 Aug 2026 · Barcelona vs Athletic Club · 2 - 0.

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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (28 Aug 2016). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

27 Aug 2026

Barcelona 2 - 0 Athletic Club

07 Mar 2026

Athletic Club 0 - 1 Barcelona

07 Jan 2026

Barcelona 5 - 0 Athletic Club

22 Nov 2025

Barcelona 4 - 0 Athletic Club

25 May 2025

Athletic Club 0 - 3 Barcelona

24 Aug 2024

Barcelona 2 - 1 Athletic Club

03 Mar 2024

Athletic Club 0 - 0 Barcelona

24 Jan 2024

Athletic Club 4 - 2 Barcelona

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22 Oct 2023

Barcelona 1 - 0 Athletic Club

12 Mar 2023

Athletic Club 0 - 1 Barcelona

23 Oct 2022

Barcelona 4 - 0 Athletic Club

27 Feb 2022

Barcelona 4 - 0 Athletic Club

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (28 Aug 2016). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

Showing 8 of 12 team results.

31 Oct 2026

Barcelona 6 - 1 Alaves