Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona

6 January 2021 · La Liga · 2020/21 · Referee Carlos del Cerro Grande

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Iñaki Williams 3’
Muniain 90’

Pedri 14’
Lionel Messi 38’, 62’

Match summary

Barcelona came from behind to win 3-2 away at Athletic Bilbao. Barcelona led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Iñaki Williams put Athletic Bilbao ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Raúl García, Pedri equalised with a header in the 14th minute, set up by Frenkie de Jong, and Lionel Messi put Barcelona in front in the 38th minute, set up by Pedri. In the second half, Messi made it 1-3 in the 62nd minute, set up by Antoine Griezmann and Muniain pulled one back to make it 2-3 in the 90th minute, set up by Alex Berenguer.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 1.40 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.64 from 8.

Match stats

8 Shots 13

3 Shots on Target 9

3 Corners 4

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

0.64 xG 1.40

0.64 Non-penalty xG 1.40

7 Deep Completions 16

Key events

Athletic Bilbao Barcelona

Kick-off

Iñaki Williams
Assist: Raúl García

1-0

3’

14’

Pedri
Assist: Frenkie de Jong

1-1

38’

Lionel Messi
Assist: Pedri

1-2

Half-time1-2

62’

Lionel Messi
Assist: Antoine Griezmann

1-3

Muniain
Assist: Alex Berenguer

2-3

90’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Athletic Bilbao

Mikel Vesga
Dani García

Barcelona

Clement Lenglet

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Athletic Bilbao 0.64 xGBarcelona 1.40 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Barcelona attacking Athletic Bilbao attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Unai Simón	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ander Capa	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Unai Núñez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Iñigo Martínez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yuri	DEF	31			1	0.12	0.00	0
De Marcos	MID	66			0	0.00	0.00	0
Unai Vencedor	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Mikel Vesga	MID	66			0	0.00	0.00	0
Muniain	MID	90	1		2	0.16	0.24	2
Iñaki Williams	FWD	90	1		2	0.25	0.00	0
Raúl García	FWD	81		1	1	0.07	0.12	1
Balenziaga	Sub	59			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alex Berenguer	Sub	24		1	1	0.03	0.06	1
Dani García	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jon Morcillo	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergiño Dest	DEF	76			1	0.06	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ronald Araújo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.14	1
Frenkie de Jong	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.41	1
Sergio Busquets	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedri	MID	90	1	1	1	0.41	0.37	3
Ousmane Dembélé	FWD	76			2	0.06	0.17	3
Lionel Messi	FWD	90	2		5	0.59	0.02	1
Antoine Griezmann	FWD	90		1	3	0.23	0.28	3
Martin Braithwaite	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Óscar Mingueza	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Athletic Bilbao win 18% Avg odds 5.18

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.23

Barcelona win 59% Avg odds 1.62

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Athletic Bilbao L W D L W

Barcelona W D W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Barcelona 1-0 Athletic Bilbao, 23 Jun 20 Next meeting: Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Bilbao, 31 Jan 21 All Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.