Barcelona 2–1 Athletic Club — La Liga 2024/25 Match Stats

La Liga · 2024Sat, 24 Aug 2024, 17:00 UTC

Barcelona

2–1Historical match

Athletic Club

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Barcelona won 2–1.

Shots: 138
Shots on target: 52
Expected goals: 1.831.03
Possession: 65%35%

Full time

What the match recorded

Barcelona beat Athletic Club 2–1. Recorded in this match (Barcelona – Athletic Club): shots 13–8, shots on target 5–2, expected goals 1.83–1.03, possession 65%–35%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots8 shotsBarcelona 13 shots, Athletic Club 8 shots
Shots on target5 shots2 shotsBarcelona 5 shots, Athletic Club 2 shots
Expected goals1.83 xG1.03 xGBarcelona 1.83 xG, Athletic Club 1.03 xG
Possession65%35%Barcelona 65%, Athletic Club 35%
Corners5 corners6 cornersBarcelona 5 corners, Athletic Club 6 corners
Fouls11 fouls16 foulsBarcelona 11 fouls, Athletic Club 16 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Barcelona: 13 shots, 5 on target, 1.83 xG. Athletic Club: 8 shots, 2 on target, 1.05 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Barcelona 1.83 xG · Athletic Club 1.05 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

4Barcelona

1Draws

0Athletic Club

3 Mar 2024Athletic Club — Barcelona · La Liga0–0

22 Oct 2023Barcelona — Athletic Club · La Liga1–0

12 Mar 2023Athletic Club — Barcelona · La Liga0–1

23 Oct 2022Barcelona — Athletic Club · La Liga4–0

27 Feb 2022Barcelona — Athletic Club · La Liga4–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

6.9 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/19 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 24 Aug 2024, 21:00 UTC · analysis-v4