Deportivo A Coruña 1-3 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 5 December 2009
Result
Deportivo A Coruña 1-3 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 5 December 2009, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Deportivo A Coruña 1-3 FC Barcelona: match report
Deportivo A Coruña were beaten by FC Barcelona 1-3 in La Liga on Saturday 5 December 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Deportivo A Coruña's goal came from Adrián (38'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (27'), Lionel Messi (80') and Zlatan Ibrahimović (88').
Discipline: Deportivo A Coruña received 1 yellow card; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Deportivo A Coruña were 5th on 25 points from 12 and FC Barcelona 1st on 33 points from 13. Deportivo A Coruña went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 99.
Deportivo A Coruña lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Deportivo A Coruña win, 3 draws and 4 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Deportivo A Coruña's last five read W-W-W-D-L and FC Barcelona's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 38'Goal · Adrián
- 48'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 58'Yellow card · Mista
- 77'Yellow card · Eric Abidal
- 80'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 88'Goal · Zlatan Ibrahimović
Head-to-head
Team news
Deportivo A Coruña line-up (4-4-2)
Aranzubia, Manuel Pablo, Filipe Luís, Alberto Lopo, Diego Colotto, Antonio Tomás, Andrés Guardado, Juan Rodríguez, Sergio, Adrián, Mista
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen