FC Barcelona 4-1 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 2 March 2014
Result
FC Barcelona 4-1 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 2 March 2014, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
FC Barcelona 4-1 Almería: match report
FC Barcelona won against Almería 4-1 in La Liga on Sunday 2 March 2014. The half-time score was 2-1.
A. Sánchez opened the scoring in the 9th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from A. Sánchez (9'), Lionel Messi (24'), Puyol (83') and Xavi (89'). Almería scored through Angel Trujillo (27').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Almería received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 3rd on 58 points from 25 and Almería 17th on 26 points from 25. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 3rd with 85 points, and Almería 17th with 40.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 0 for Almería.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Almería's D-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 17'Yellow card · Ramon Azeez
- 23'Yellow card · Corona
- 24'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 25'Yellow card · Adriano
- 27'Goal · Angel Trujillo
- 81'Yellow card · Verza
- 83'Goal · Puyol
- 86'Yellow card · Marcos Tebar
- 89'Goal · Xavi
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Puyol, Adriano, Dani Alves, Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi, Javier Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Alexis Sánchez, Lionel Messi, Neymar
Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jaime Suárez, Marco Torsiglieri, Angel Trujillo, Aleix Vidal, Sebastián Dubarbier, Rafita, Verza, Corona, Ramon Azeez, Rodri, Jonathan Zongo