FC Barcelona 3-1 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 11 January 2015
Result
FC Barcelona 3-1 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 11 January 2015, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 3-1 Atlético de Madrid: match report
FC Barcelona won against Atlético de Madrid 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 11 January 2015. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Neymar opened the scoring in the 12th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Neymar (12'), Luis Suárez (35') and Lionel Messi (87'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Mario Mandžukić (57', penalty).
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 38 points from 17 and Atlético de Madrid 3rd on 38 points from 17. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Atlético de Madrid 3rd with 78.
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 6 FC Barcelona wins, 4 draws and 0 for Atlético de Madrid.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Atlético de Madrid's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Neymar
- 21'Yellow card · Jesús Gámez
- 33'Yellow card · Mario Mandžukić
- 35'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 49'Yellow card · Juanfran
- 57'Penalty goal · Mario Mandžukić
- 59'Yellow card · Luis Suárez
- 65'Yellow card · Tiago
- 69'Yellow card · Antoine Griezmann
- 74'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
- 80'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
- 83'Yellow card · Diego Godín
- 87'Goal · Lionel Messi
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Claudio Bravo, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar
Atlético de Madrid expected line-up (4-4-2)
Moyà, Juanfran, Diego Godín, Guilherme Siqueira, José María Giménez, Koke, Arda Turan, Tiago, Gabi, Mario Mandžukić