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FC Barcelona 3-1 Arsenal - March 08, 2011 / Champions League 2010/2011

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Champions League 2010/2011 - Round of 16

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

March 08, 2011

FC Barcelona

Spain

3 - 1

Arsenal

England

Assist by Andrés Iniesta (left foot) Lionel Messi

45'

Assist by David Villa (right foot) Xavi

69'

(penalty) Lionel Messi

71'

53'

Sergio Busquets (o.g)

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19' - Substitution Wojciech Szczesnyis substituted by Manuel Almunia

45' - Goal Lionel Messi45

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53' - Own goal Sergio Busquets

56' - Red card Robin van Persie

69' - Goal Xavi69

71' - Goal Lionel Messi71

73' - Substitution Tomas Rosickyis substituted by Andrey Arshavin

78' - Substitution Cesc Fàbregasis substituted by Nicklas Bendtner

82' - Substitution David Villais substituted by Ibrahim Afellay82

88' - Substitution Javier Mascheranois substituted by Seydou Keita88

90' - Substitution Adrianois substituted by Maxwell90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

3 - 1

Arsenal

FC Barcelona Arsenal

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Villa82

David Villa

Spain

B.date03/12/1981

Age29 years

H1m75

positionStriker

10Messi4571

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age23 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

17Pedro

Pedro

Spain

B.date28/07/1987

Age23 years

H1m69

positionLeft Winger

8Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

6Xavi69

Xavi

Spain

B.date25/01/1980

Age31 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

14Mascherano88

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age26 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

21Adriano90

Adriano

Brazil

B.date26/10/1984

Age26 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

22Abidal

Éric Abidal

France

B.date11/07/1979

Age31 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

16Busquets53

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age22 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

2Alves

Dani Alves

Brazil

B.date06/05/1983

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Víctor Valdés		29	393	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Éric Abidal		31	143	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Adriano	90	26	23	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Dani Alves		27	139	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Javier Mascherano	88	26	30	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Sergio Busquets	53	22	126	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Xavi	69	31	563	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Andrés Iniesta		26	348	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	David Villa	82	29	38	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi	4571	23	254	8You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Pedro		23	109	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

197

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

van Persie56

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Nasri

Samir Nasri

France

B.date26/06/1987

Age23 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

Fàbregas78

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Rosicky73

Tomas Rosicky

Czech Republic

B.date04/10/1980

Age30 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

Diaby

Abou Diaby

France

B.date11/05/1986

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

Wilshere

Jack Wilshere

England

B.date01/01/1992

Age19 years

H1m72

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Djourou

Johan Djourou

Switzerland

B.date18/01/1987

Age24 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Szczesny19

Wojciech Szczesny

Poland

B.date18/04/1990

Age20 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Wojciech Szczesny	19	20	18	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johan Djourou		24	108	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Laurent Koscielny		25	33	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bacary Sagna		28	167	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaël Clichy		25	257	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cesc Fàbregas	78	23	298	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Abou Diaby		24	153	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jack Wilshere		19	53	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tomas Rosicky	73	30	126	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robin van Persie	56	27	219	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Samir Nasri		23	115	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

141

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
19	D	Maxwell	90	29	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Seydou Keita	88	31	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Ibrahim Afellay	82	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Manuel Almunia	19	33	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrey Arshavin	73	29	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicklas Bendtner	78	23	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrés Iniesta

Seydou Keita

OUT

Éric Abidal

Gabriel Milito

OUT

Adriano

Maxwell

OUT

Sergio Busquets

Gerard Piqué

OUT

David Villa

Bojan Krkic

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Robin van Persie

Nicklas Bendtner

OUT

Cesc Fàbregas

Denilson

OUT

Tomas Rosicky

Andrey Arshavin

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Josep Guardiola

166

Success rate in this team:

73 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

73 %

Guardiola vs Arsenal

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 08, 2011

Guardiola vs Wenger

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 08, 2011

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

836

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Wenger vs FC Barcelona

1 victory

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on March 08, 2011

Wenger vs Guardiola

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 08, 2011

Referee

Massimo Busacca

6 victories	2 draws	0 loss	FC Barcelona8 matches	General total	Arsenal4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona1 match	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on March 08, 2011					Latest figure on March 08, 2011

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Key figures

Lionel Messi scored 6 goals vs in his professional career

The last time Lionel Messi scored at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career , it was on the 05/02/2011 (avec vs )

Samir Nasri played his game number 300 in his professional career

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Barcelona 4-1 Málaga16/01/2011

VFC Barcelona 3-0 Racing Santander22/01/2011

VFC Barcelona 5-0 Almería26/01/2011

VFC Barcelona 3-0 Atlético Madrid05/02/2011

VFC Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Bilbao20/02/2011

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Real Zaragoza05/03/2011

Overall

DSporting Gijón 1-1 FC Barcelona12/02/2011

LArsenal 2-1 FC Barcelona16/02/2011

VFC Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Bilbao20/02/2011

VMallorca 0-3 FC Barcelona26/02/2011

VValencia CF 0-1 FC Barcelona02/03/2011

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Real Zaragoza05/03/2011

Current form

Away

VBirmingham City 0-3 Arsenal01/01/2011

LIpswich Town 1-0 Arsenal12/01/2011

VWest Ham 0-3 Arsenal15/01/2011

VLeeds United 1-3 Arsenal19/01/2011

DNewcastle United 4-4 Arsenal05/02/2011

DLeyton Orient 1-1 Arsenal20/02/2011

Overall

VArsenal 2-1 FC Barcelona16/02/2011

DLeyton Orient 1-1 Arsenal20/02/2011

VArsenal 1-0 Stoke City23/02/2011

LArsenal 1-2 Birmingham City27/02/2011

VArsenal 5-0 Leyton Orient02/03/2011

DArsenal 0-0 Sunderland05/03/2011

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	4
Unbeaten streak	20	4
Drawless streak	8	5
Scoring streak	8	17
Invincibility streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	4	2
Winless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	5
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
4	Victories (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
2.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.86
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
0.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.14
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (1 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Lionel Messi	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Marouane Chamakh
Lionel Messi	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Sébastien Squillaci
David Villa	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Cesc Fàbregas
Andrés Iniesta	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Samir Nasri
Éric Abidal	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Jack Wilshere
Lionel Messi	6 goals, 2 assists during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 3 assists during the last 6 matches	Samir Nasri

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

5 gf

2 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

7 gf

6 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

6 matches

3 v

2 d

1 l

14 gf

9 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

6 gf

7 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

5 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

6 matches

1 v

2 d

3 l

9 gf

14 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	April 06, 2010
Home	4 - 1	April 06, 2010

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	February 16, 2011
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 16, 2011 - Ligue des Champions 2010/2011

Arsenal

2 - 1

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

April 06, 2010 - Ligue des Champions 2009/2010

FC Barcelona

4 - 1

Arsenal

March 31, 2010 - Ligue des Champions 2009/2010

Arsenal

2 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

May 17, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

FC Barcelona

2 - 1

Arsenal

October 19, 1999 - Ligue des Champions 1999/2000

Arsenal

2 - 4

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Lionel Messi	4 goals	2010 - 2010
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	2 goals	2010 - 2010
Luis Enrique	2 goals	1999 - 1999
Rivaldo	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Juliano Belletti	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Luis Figo	1 goal	1999 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Theo Walcott	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Nicklas Bendtner	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Andrey Arshavin	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Nwankwo Kanu	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Marc Overmars	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Sol Campbell	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Víctor Valdés	4 matches	2006 - 2011
Dani Alves	3 matches	2010 - 2011
Xavi	3 matches	2010 - 2011
Lionel Messi	3 matches	2010 - 2011
Andrés Iniesta	3 matches	2006 - 2011
Sergio Busquets	3 matches	2010 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Emmanuel Eboué	4 matches	2006 - 2011
Theo Walcott	3 matches	2010 - 2011
Cesc Fàbregas	3 matches	2006 - 2011
Gaël Clichy	3 matches	2010 - 2011
Nicklas Bendtner	3 matches	2010 - 2011
Freddie Ljungberg	3 matches	1999 - 2006