Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao

23 June 2020 · La Liga · 2019/20 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Ivan Rakitic 71’

Match summary

Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Ivan Rakitic put Barcelona ahead in the 71st minute, set up by Lionel Messi.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 1.88 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.65 from 6.

Match stats

Barcelona Athletic Bilbao
18 Shots 6
4 Shots on Target 0
6 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.84 xG 0.65
1.84 Non-penalty xG 0.65
13 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Barcelona Athletic Bilbao
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Ivan Rakitic
Assist: Lionel Messi
1-0 (Barcelona)
71’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Barcelona
  • Sergio Busquets
  • Ivan Rakitic
Athletic Bilbao
  • Unai Núñez

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 1.88 0.65 71’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), 1-0 71’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.88 0.65 71’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), 1-0 Rakitic 71’
Barcelona 1.88 xGAthletic Bilbao 0.65 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Athletic Bilbao attacking Barcelona attacking 
90+4’ Anssumane Fati (Barcelona), open play, 0.63 xG, hit the woodwork 21’ Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.47 xG, off target 71’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 90+2’ Unai Núñez (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 25’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 65’ Anssumane Fati (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 74’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 80’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+6’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 87’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 89’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+4’ Arturo Vidal (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 5’ Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 54’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 15’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 13’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 12’ Íñigo Lekue (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 15’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 10’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Nélson Semedo (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 89’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Balenziaga (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 33’ Unai López (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+4’ Anssumane Fati (Barcelona), open play, 0.63 xG, hit the woodwork 21’ Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.47 xG, off target 71’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 90+2’ Unai Núñez (Athletic Bilbao), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 25’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 80’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 65’ Anssumane Fati (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 74’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+6’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 87’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 89’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+4’ Arturo Vidal (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 5’ Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 54’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 15’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 13’ Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 12’ Íñigo Lekue (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 15’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 10’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Nélson Semedo (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 89’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Balenziaga (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 33’ Unai López (Athletic Bilbao), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
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
Nélson Semedo DEF901 0.020.071
Clement Lenglet DEF900 0.000.031
Gerard Piqué DEF901 0.020.000
Jordi Alba DEF900 0.000.061
Arturo Vidal MID901 0.060.021
Sergio Busquets MID661 0.060.081
Arthur MID580 0.000.021
Lionel Messi FWD9017 0.380.635
Luis Suárez FWD873 0.150.071
Antoine Griezmann FWD671 0.060.000
Riqui Puig Sub320 0.000.021
Ivan Rakitic Sub2411 0.430.000
Anssumane Fati Sub232 0.700.061
Martin Braithwaite Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 78% Avg odds 1.22
Draw 15% Avg odds 6.36
Athletic Bilbao win 7% Avg odds 14.47

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.