FC Barcelona vs Athletic Club, La Liga 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2022-23

FC Barcelona

4 – 0

Full Time

Athletic Club

Sun 23 Oct 2022 · 19:00 UTC Camp Nou HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 16' De Marcos

Xavi Hernandez 28' Y

Busquets 71' Y

Busquets 72' Y

Eric Garcia 78' Y

Overview

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FC Barcelona vs Athletic Club — La Liga at Camp Nou.

FC Barcelona 38 games · 94 pts (2026/27)
Athletic Club 38 games · 45 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Juan Martinez
Referee Diego Barbero
Referee Jose Gonzalez
Referee Miguel Martinez
Referee Jose Antonio Sanchez
Referee Miguel Ortiz

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	38	94
2	Real Madrid CF	38	86
3	Villarreal CF	38	72
4	Club Atletico de Madrid	38	69
5	Real Betis Balompie	38	60
6	RC Celta de Vigo	38	54
7	Getafe CF	38	51
8	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	38	50
9	Valencia CF	38	49
10	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	38	46
11	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	38	46
12	Athletic Club	38	45
13	Elche CF	38	43
14	Deportivo Alaves	38	43
15	Sevilla FC	38	43
16	CA Osasuna	38	42
17	RCD Mallorca	38	42
18	Levante UD	38	42
19	Girona FC	38	41
20	Real Oviedo	38	29

Head-to-Head

FC Barcelona 16 games · Avg 2.2 goals Athletic Club

Last 5 meetings

2022-10-23 FC Barcelona 4–0 Athletic Club 2022-02-27 FC Barcelona 4–0 Athletic Club 2021-08-21 Athletic Club 1–1 FC Barcelona 2021-01-31 FC Barcelona 2–1 Athletic Club 2021-01-06 Athletic Club 2–3 FC Barcelona

Recent Form

FC Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Oct	Athletic Club	H	4–0	W
20 Oct	Villarreal CF	H	3–0	W
16 Oct	Real Madrid CF	A	1–3	L
12 Oct	FC Internazionale Milano	H	3–3	D
09 Oct	RC Celta de Vigo	H	1–0	W
04 Oct	FC Internazionale Milano	A	0–1	L

Athletic Club

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Oct	FC Barcelona	A	0–4	L
18 Oct	Getafe CF	A	2–2	D
15 Oct	Club Atletico de Madrid	H	0–1	L
08 Oct	Sevilla FC	A	1–1	D
30 Sep	UD Almeria	H	4–0	W
17 Sep	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	H	3–2	W

Season Stats

FC Barcelona		Athletic Club
#1	Position	#12
94	Points	45
38	Played	38
31 / 1 / 6	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 19
95	Scored	43
36	Conceded	58
+59	GD	-15
2.47	PPG	1.18
82%	Win %	34%

Key Stats

31% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

FC Barcelona are 1st (94 pts). Athletic Club are 12th (45 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. FC Barcelona host Athletic Club — let the battle begin!
5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
10' Unai Simon has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 8 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
12' Magnificent from Ousmane Dembele! That is 79 goals in 513 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
16' That is a Yellow card for Athletic Club. De Marcos will be fuming at that decision.
18' Magnificent from Sergi Roberto! That is 11 goals in 513 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
21' Another substitution for Athletic Club to replace Ander Herrera by Dani Garcia on 21 minute.
22' What composure from Robert Lewandowski! The Poland international strokes it home. 3-0.
27' Athletic Club are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
28' Poor challenge from Xavi Hernandez. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
33' Fresh legs for FC Barcelona! Franck Kessie comes on to replace Pablo Gavira.
38' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Athletic Club that had 328 games and scored 386 goals.
43' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
48' It’s high time Ernesto Valverde made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
53' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
58' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
60' A tactical swap from Athletic Club — Inigo Lekue on, De Marcos off on 60 minutes.
61' The whistle greets Dani Garcia as he departs to be replaced by Oihan Sancet.
63' Ansu Fati is replacing Robert Lewandowski for the FC Barcelona side.
68' Pablo Torre needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
70' Athletic Club make a change. Oier Zarraga trudges off to be replaced by Unai Vencedor Paris on 70 minutes.
71' That is a Yellow card for FC Barcelona. Busquets will be fuming at that decision.
72' Busquets picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
73' GOAL! Ferran Torres scores on 73.
77' Ousmane Dembele makes way for Pablo Torre at the 77 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Barcelona.
78' It’s a booking for FC Barcelona player. Eric Garcia gets a Yellow card.
83' FC Barcelona are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
88' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
Athletic Club will have plenty to reflect on. FC Barcelona were simply the better side today.

Lineups

FC Barcelona Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

2
Hector Bellerin
17
Marcos Alonso ↑ 63'
11
Ferran Torres ↑ 63'
3
Pique
18
Jordi Alba
19
Franck Kessie ↑ 33'
22
Raphinha
26
Inaki
10
Ansu Fati ↑ 63'
36
Arnau Tenas
–
Pablo Torre ↑ 77'

Coach Xavi Hernandez

Athletic Club Lineups

Starting XI

23
Ander Herrera ↓ Dani Garcia 21'
6
Mikel Vesga
17
Yuri Berchiche
1
Unai Simon
5
Yeray Alvarez
4
Inigo Martinez
18
De Marcos ↓ Inigo Lekue 60'
9
Inaki Williams ↓ Raul Garcia 70'
7
Alex Berenguer
19
Oier Zarraga ↓ Unai Vencedor Paris 70'
11
Nico Williams

Bench

Coach Ernesto Valverde

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Robert Lewandowski	4
Lionel Messi	3
Ousmane Dembele	2
Inaki Williams	2
Memphis Depay	2
Ivan Rakitic	1
Pedri	1
Ferran Torres	1

Head to Head

FC Barcelona Form

2022-10-23 FC Barcelona 4–0 Athletic Club W 2022-10-20 FC Barcelona 3–0 Villarreal CF W 2022-10-16 Real Madrid CF 3–1 FC Barcelona L 2022-10-12 FC Barcelona 3–3 FC Internazionale Milano D 2022-10-09 FC Barcelona 1–0 RC Celta de Vigo W 2022-10-04 FC Internazionale Milano 1–0 FC Barcelona L

Athletic Club Form

2022-10-23 FC Barcelona 4–0 Athletic Club L 2022-10-18 Getafe CF 2–2 Athletic Club D 2022-10-15 Athletic Club 0–1 Club Atletico de Madrid L 2022-10-08 Sevilla FC 1–1 Athletic Club D 2022-09-30 Athletic Club 4–0 UD Almeria W 2022-09-17 Athletic Club 3–2 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

3.07 FC Barcelona xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.79 Athletic Club xG

I would bet for: FC Barcelona to win 75% + Over 2.5 goals 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Barcelona75% Draw15% Athletic Club10%

Actual: FC Barcelona win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 3.86

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

FC Barcelona or Draw

90%

Draw or Athletic Club

25%

FC Barcelona or Athletic Club

85%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Barcelona61% Draw31% Athletic Club8%

Actual: FC Barcelona win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

10.2%

3 – 0

10%

3 – 1

7.8%

2 – 1

7.7%

4 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

6.6%

4 – 1

1 – 1

5.8%

5 – 0

4.7%

5 – 1

3.8%

0 – 0

3.1%

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — FC Barcelona

Handicap	FC Barcelona covers	Push	Athletic Club covers
-2.5	42%	—	58%
-2	42%	21%	37%
-1.5	63%	—	37%
-1	63%	18%	19%
-0.5	81%	—	19%
+0.5	94%	—	6%
+1	94%	4%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

FC Barcelona keeps clean sheet

46% ✗

Athletic Club keeps clean sheet

5% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.