La Liga Gameweek 1 Thu, Aug 27 2026 · 20:00 Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
Barcelona
2–0 Full time · HT 1–0 xG 4.23 – 0.25
Athletic Club
  • Raphinha 37’
  • Fermín López 82’
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Barcelona beat Athletic Club

Barcelona entered as clear favourites and won 2–0 through goals from Raphinha and López. Barcelona finished with the higher xG (4.23 vs 0.25).

Barcelona ✓81%
Draw12%
Athletic Club7%

Model vs reality

Barcelona goals
2
Model 2.94 · xG 4.23
Athletic Club goals
0
Model 0.77 · xG 0.25
Total goals
2
Model 3.70 · xG 4.48
Score 2–0
11%
Most likely 2–0 (11%)
Over 2.5
No
Model 72%
Both scored
No
Model 51%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchUnai SimónAthletic Club
9.0
  • RefereeMiguel Angel Ortiz Arias
  • CoachesH. Flick · Edin Terzic
  • VenueEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
  • Table before kick-offBarcelona 7th · Athletic Club 19th
  • Weather at kick-off28°C · Mainly clear · wind 7 km/h Heat stress

Timeline

  1. Xavi EspartYellow card · Foul
    27’
  2. Raphinha 1–0Assist Pedri
    37’
  3. Half time · 1–0
  4. Gorka GuruzetaYellow card · Foul
    48’
  5. ⇄ Robert NavarroFor Nico Williams
    60’
  6. ⇄ Álex BerenguerFor I. Williams
    60’
  7. J. Louis-JeanYellow card · Foul
    61’
  8. ⇄ RodriFor Raphinha
    63’
  9. ⇄ Dani OlmoFor Marc Bernal
    63’
  10. ⇄ Adama BoiroFor J. Louis-Jean
    70’
  11. ⇄ Beñat GerenabarrenaFor Mikel Jauregizar
    70’
  12. ⇄ J. KoundéFor Eric García
    80’
  13. ⇄ K. AdeyemiFor A. Gordon
    80’
  14. ⇄ Álvaro DjalóFor Gorka Guruzeta
    81’
  15. Fermín López 2–0
    82’
  16. ⇄ João CanceloFor Pedri
    85’
  17. Full time · 2–0

Team stats

Barcelona22 shots · 18 in box, 4 outside
Athletic Club5 shots · 3 in box, 2 outside
BarcelonaAthletic Club
70% Possession 30%
4.23 Expected goals (xG) 0.25
2.92 Expected points (xPts) 0.04
22 Shots 5
10 Shots on target 0
7 Shots off target 5
5 Blocked shots 0
18 Shots inside the box 3
4 Shots outside the box 2
621 Passes 252
90% Pass accuracy 73%
12 Corners 5
0 Goalkeeper saves 8
13 Fouls 6
8 Offsides 5
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
7.36 Team rating 6.65

Line-ups

Barcelona 4-3-3

16.7 Joan García(G)
126.6 Xavi Espart 187.3 Gerard Martín 58.0 Pau Cubarsí 247.3 Eric García ↓80’
88.0 Pedri A↓85’ 226.9 Marc Bernal ↓63’ 77.7 Fermín López
177.3 A. Gordon ↓80’ 117.9 Raphinha ↓63’ 107.7 Lamine Yamal
  • 1Joan García (G)6.7
  • 12Xavi Espart6.6
  • 18Gerard Martín7.3
  • 5Pau Cubarsí8.0
  • 24Eric García↓80’7.3
  • 8PedriA↓85’8.0
  • 22Marc Bernal↓63’6.9
  • 7Fermín López7.7
  • 17A. Gordon↓80’7.3
  • 11Raphinha↓63’7.9
  • 10Lamine Yamal7.7

Substitutes used

  • 23J. Koundé↑80’6.6
  • 2João Cancelo↑85’6.6
  • 16Rodri↑63’6.9
  • 20Dani Olmo↑63’7.2
  • 14K. Adeyemi↑80’6.3

Unused: W. Szczęsny, Eder Aller, A. Christensen, Alejandro Balde, Brian Fariñas, H. Abdelkarim

Coach: H. Flick

Athletic Club 4-2-3-1

19.0★ Unai Simón(G)
317.2 J. Louis-Jean ↓70’ 145.6 A. Laporte 56.2 Yeray 156.3 Hugo Rincón
286.2 Peio Canales 186.9 Mikel Jauregizar ↓70’
106.2 Nico Williams ↓60’ 86.7 Oihan Sancet 96.5 I. Williams ↓60’
116.5 Gorka Guruzeta ↓81’
  • 1Unai Simón (G) ★9.0
  • 31J. Louis-Jean↓70’7.2
  • 14A. Laporte5.6
  • 5Yeray6.2
  • 15Hugo Rincón6.3
  • 28Peio Canales6.2
  • 18Mikel Jauregizar↓70’6.9
  • 10Nico Williams↓60’6.2
  • 8Oihan Sancet6.7
  • 9I. Williams↓60’6.5
  • 11Gorka Guruzeta↓81’6.5

Substitutes used

  • 19Adama Boiro↑70’6.2
  • 23Robert Navarro↑60’6.3
  • 24Beñat Gerenabarrena↑70’6.9
  • 7Álex Berenguer↑60’6.5
  • 25Álvaro Djaló↑81’6.5

Unused: Á. Padilla, Jesús Areso, Aitor Paredes, Alejandro Rego Mora, I. Monreal Agundez, Ruíz de Galarreta, Maroan Sannadi

Coach: Edin Terzic

Player stats

Top rated
Unai SimónAthletic Club9.0
2nd
Pau CubarsíBarcelona8.0
3rd
PedriBarcelona8.0

Barcelona

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Joan García G 90 0 0 0 sv 0 88% 34 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.7
Xavi Espart D 90 0 0 1 (1) 1 79% 38 1 2 0/0 2/0 6.6
Gerard Martín D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 98% 95 0 2 0/0 1/0 7.3
Pau Cubarsí D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 95% 107 2 0 0/0 0/1 8.0
Eric García D 80 0 0 2 (0) 1 85% 68 4 1 0/1 0/0 7.3
Pedri M 85 0 1 0 (0) 3 96% 54 2 0 1/1 0/1 8.0
Marc Bernal M 63 0 0 0 (0) 1 84% 25 1 1 1/2 2/0 6.9
Fermín López M 90 1 0 3 (3) 0 84% 43 1 1 1/1 2/1 7.7
A. Gordon F 80 0 0 1 (0) 1 86% 22 1 0 3/3 1/1 7.3
Raphinha F 63 1 0 2 (1) 3 94% 17 0 0 3/3 3/0 7.9
Lamine Yamal F 90 0 0 4 (3) 5 82% 55 0 0 3/5 1/1 7.7
J. Koundé D 10 0 0 0 (0) 0 89% 9 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.6
João Cancelo D 5 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 5 1 0 0/1 0/0 6.6
Rodri M 27 0 0 0 (0) 1 88% 26 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Dani Olmo M 27 0 0 1 (1) 1 95% 20 1 0 1/1 0/1 7.2
K. Adeyemi F 10 0 0 1 (1) 0 100% 3 0 0 0/1 1/0 6.3

Athletic Club

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Unai Simón G 90 0 0 8 sv 0 66% 35 0 0 0/0 0/0 9.0
J. Louis-Jean D 70 0 0 0 (0) 0 83% 18 3 5 3/3 1/3 7.2
A. Laporte D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 91% 34 0 1 0/0 1/1 5.6
Yeray D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 81% 26 1 3 0/0 0/1 6.2
Hugo Rincón D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 12 1 1 0/0 1/3 6.3
Peio Canales M 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 79% 33 2 1 0/0 0/0 6.2
Mikel Jauregizar M 70 0 0 0 (0) 0 58% 12 4 1 0/0 1/0 6.9
Nico Williams F 60 0 0 1 (0) 0 54% 13 0 0 2/5 0/0 6.2
Oihan Sancet M 90 0 0 2 (0) 1 63% 19 1 1 2/2 0/1 6.7
I. Williams F 60 0 0 0 (0) 0 33% 6 1 0 0/1 1/2 6.5
Gorka Guruzeta F 81 0 0 0 (0) 0 70% 10 1 1 0/0 1/1 6.5
Adama Boiro D 20 0 0 0 (0) 0 88% 8 0 1 0/0 0/1 6.2
Robert Navarro M 30 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 6 0 1 0/1 0/0 6.3
Beñat Gerenabarrena M 20 0 0 0 (0) 1 100% 10 0 1 0/0 0/0 6.9
Álex Berenguer F 30 0 0 1 (0) 2 33% 9 1 1 0/1 0/0 6.5
Álvaro Djaló F 9 0 0 0 (0) 0 0% 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 6.5

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.