FC Barcelona 6-1 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 4 October 2008
Result
FC Barcelona 6-1 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 4 October 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 5-1
FC Barcelona 6-1 Atlético de Madrid: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Atlético de Madrid 6-1 in La Liga on Saturday 4 October 2008. The half-time score was 5-1.
Rafael Márquez opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Rafael Márquez (3'), Samuel Eto'o (5'), Lionel Messi (9'), Samuel Eto'o (18'), Eiður Guðjohnsen (28') and Thierry Henry (73'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Maxi Rodríguez (13').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 5th on 10 points from 5 and Atlético de Madrid 7th on 9 points from 5. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Atlético de Madrid 4th with 67.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 3 for Atlético de Madrid.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Rafael Márquez
- 5'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 8'Yellow card · Maxi Rodríguez
- 9'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 13'Goal · Maxi Rodríguez
- 18'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 28'Goal · Eiður Guðjohnsen
- 32'Yellow card · Antonio López
- 33'Yellow card · John Heitinga
- 52'Yellow card · Tomás Ujfalusi
- 54'Yellow card · Rafael Márquez
- 63'Yellow card · Thierry Henry
- 73'Goal · Thierry Henry
Head-to-head
Team news
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
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Gregory Coupet, Antonio López, Tomás Ujfalusi, Luis García, Paulo Assunção, Raúl García, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Johnny Heitinga, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez, Carlos Gallego