Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao

23 October 2022 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Juan Martínez Munuera

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

  • Ousmane Dembélé 12’
  • Sergi Roberto 18’
  • Robert Lewandowski 22’
  • Ferrán Torres 73’

Match summary

Barcelona won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Athletic Bilbao. Barcelona led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ousmane Dembélé put Barcelona ahead with a header in the 12th minute, set up by Robert Lewandowski, Sergi Roberto made it 2-0 in the 18th minute, set up by Ousmane Dembélé, and Robert Lewandowski made it 3-0 in the 22nd minute, set up by Ousmane Dembélé. In the second half, Ferrán Torres made it 4-0 in the 73rd minute, set up by Ousmane Dembélé.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 2.14 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.25 from 5.

Match stats

Barcelona Athletic Bilbao
10 Shots 5
7 Shots on Target 3
1 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.14 xG 0.24
2.14 Non-penalty xG 0.24
7 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Barcelona Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
Ousmane Dembélé
Assist: Robert Lewandowski
1-0 (Barcelona)
12’
Sergi Roberto
Assist: Ousmane Dembélé
2-0 (Barcelona)
18’
Robert Lewandowski
Assist: Ousmane Dembélé
3-0 (Barcelona)
22’
Half-time3-0
Ferrán Torres
Assist: Ousmane Dembélé
4-0 (Barcelona)
73’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Barcelona
  • Eric Garcia
  • Sergio Busquets
Athletic Bilbao
  • De Marcos
  • Mikel Vesga

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.14 0.25 12’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), 1-0 12’ 18’ Sergi Roberto (Barcelona), 2-0 18’ 22’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), 3-0 22’ 73’ Ferrán Torres (Barcelona), 4-0 73’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.14 0.25 12’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), 1-0 Dembélé 12’ 18’ Sergi Roberto (Barcelona), 2-0 Roberto 18’ 22’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), 3-0 Lewandowski 22’ 73’ Ferrán Torres (Barcelona), 4-0 Torres 73’
Barcelona 2.14 xGAthletic Bilbao 0.25 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Barcelona attacking 
73’ Ferrán Torres (Barcelona), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 67’ Ferrán Torres (Barcelona), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 12’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 38’ Franck Kessié (Barcelona), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 67’ Franck Kessié (Barcelona), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 66’ Anssumane Fati (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 22’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 89’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 18’ Sergi Roberto (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 89’ Unai Vencedor (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 12’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 57’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 73’ Ferrán Torres (Barcelona), open play, 0.56 xG, goal 67’ Ferrán Torres (Barcelona), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 12’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 38’ Franck Kessié (Barcelona), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 67’ Franck Kessié (Barcelona), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 22’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 66’ Anssumane Fati (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 89’ Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 18’ Sergi Roberto (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 89’ Unai Vencedor (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 12’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 57’ Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marc-André ter Stegen GK900 0.000.000
Sergi Roberto DEF9011 0.080.000
Eric Garcia DEF900 0.000.000
Jules Koundé DEF680 0.000.000
Álex Balde DEF900 0.000.172
Frenkie de Jong MID900 0.000.121
Sergio Busquets MID900 0.000.000
Pedri MID680 0.000.031
Ousmane Dembélé FWD82133 0.441.294
Robert Lewandowski FWD68111 0.110.391
Gavi FWD330 0.000.000
Franck Kessié Sub572 0.290.000
Marcos Alonso Sub220 0.000.000
Ferrán Torres Sub2212 1.100.151
Anssumane Fati Sub221 0.120.000
Pablo Torre Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 67% Avg odds 1.44
Draw 19% Avg odds 4.90
Athletic Bilbao win 14% Avg odds 7.05

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

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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.