Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao

29 September 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Santiago Jaime Latre

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

Munir 84’

De Marcos 41’

Match summary

Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Athletic Bilbao led 1-0 at half-time.

De Marcos put Athletic Bilbao ahead in the 41st minute, set up by Markel Susaeta and Munir equalised in the 84th minute, set up by Lionel Messi.

Barcelona had the better of the chances, with 3.11 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Athletic Bilbao's 0.89 from 8.

Match stats

20 Shots 8

8 Shots on Target 2

4 Corners 3

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

3.06 xG 0.89

3.06 Non-penalty xG 0.89

10 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Barcelona Athletic Bilbao

Kick-off

41’

De Marcos
Assist: Markel Susaeta

0-1

Half-time0-1

Munir
Assist: Lionel Messi

1-1

84’

Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Barcelona

Ivan Rakitic
Lionel Messi
Sergio Busquets

Athletic Bilbao

Yeray Álvarez
Dani García
Peru Nolaskoain

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.

Barcelona 3.11 xGAthletic Bilbao 0.89 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Athletic Bilbao attacking Barcelona 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
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nélson Semedo	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.08	1
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gerard Piqué	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Ivan Rakitic	MID	90			3	0.40	0.00	0
Arturo Vidal	MID	56			0	0.00	0.54	1
Sergi Roberto	MID	52			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ousmane Dembélé	FWD	81			2	0.10	0.16	3
Luis Suárez	FWD	90			4	1.30	0.25	3
Philippe Coutinho	FWD	90			4	0.37	0.02	1
Sergio Busquets	Sub	38			0	0.00	0.02	1
Lionel Messi	Sub	34		1	5	0.29	0.98	2
Munir	Sub	9	1		1	0.63	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Unai Simón	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
De Marcos	DEF	90	1		1	0.53	0.00	0
Yeray Álvarez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Iñigo Martínez	DEF	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Balenziaga	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Dani García	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Beñat	MID	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Markel Susaeta	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.59	2
Raúl García	MID	90			2	0.03	0.22	2
Yuri	MID	90			2	0.10	0.00	0
Iñaki Williams	FWD	80			2	0.22	0.04	2
Peru Nolaskoain	Sub	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
San José	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aduriz	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 82% Bet365 odds 1.16

Draw 13% Bet365 odds 7.50

Athletic Bilbao win 5% Bet365 odds 17.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Barcelona W W W D L

Athletic Bilbao W D D D L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Barcelona, 10 Feb 19 All Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao 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.