FC Barcelona 4-1 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 16 December 2012
Result
FC Barcelona 4-1 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 16 December 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
FC Barcelona 4-1 Atlético de Madrid: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Atlético de Madrid 4-1 in La Liga on Sunday 16 December 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Radamel Falcao opened the scoring in the 31st minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Adriano (36'), Sergio Busquets (45'), Lionel Messi (57') and Lionel Messi (88'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Radamel Falcao (31').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Atlético de Madrid received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 43 points from 15 and Atlético de Madrid 2nd on 37 points from 15. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 102 points, and Atlético de Madrid 3rd with 76.
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 7 FC Barcelona wins, 0 draws and 3 for Atlético de Madrid.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Atlético de Madrid's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Radamel Falcao
- 36'Goal · Adriano
- 45'Goal · Sergio Busquets
- 47'Yellow card · Mario Suárez
- 57'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 86'Yellow card · Thiago Alcântara
- 88'Goal · Lionel Messi
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Adriano, Puyol, Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Cesc Fàbregas, Lionel Messi, Pedro
Atlético de Madrid expected line-up (4-4-2)
Thibaut Courtois, Juanfran, Daniel Díaz, Diego Godín, Mario Suárez, Koke, Gabi, Arda Turan, Diego Costa, R. Falcao, Miranda