Barcelona
Athletic Bilbao
Match summary
Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0. Barcelona led 1-0 at half-time.
Raphinha put Barcelona ahead in the 37th minute, set up by Pedri and Fermín López made it 2-0 in the 82nd minute.
The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 3.93 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.22 from 5.
Barcelona dominated their La Liga matchday one fixture against Athletic Bilbao, securing a comfortable two-nil victory at the final whistle. The home side controlled the contest completely, recording seventy percent possession, six hundred and twenty-one passes at a ninety percent accuracy rate, and one hundred and thirty attacks. Barcelona registered twenty-two shots compared to just five from Athletic Bilbao, hitting the target ten times while limiting the visitors to zero shots on target. The home team generated an expected goals total of 3.93 against Athletic Bilbao's 0.22, winning twelve corners to five and committing thirteen fouls while receiving one yellow card.
The match saw its first booking in the twenty-seventh minute when Xavi Espart of Barcelona received a yellow card for a foul. The breakthrough arrived in the thirty-seventh minute through Raphinha, who scored with a left-footed shot to give Barcelona a one-nil lead that they maintained until half-time. Following the interval, Gorka Guruzeta was booked for a foul in the forty-eighth minute, and Athletic Bilbao made several substitutions around the hour mark. After further changes by both managers, Fermín López secured the result in the eighty-second minute with a right-footed shot, establishing the final two-nil scoreline.
