FC Barcelona 1-0 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 4 March 2018
Result
FC Barcelona 1-0 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 4 March 2018, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 1-0 Atlético de Madrid: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Atlético de Madrid 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 4 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona in the 26th minute.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 66 points from 26 and Atlético de Madrid 2nd on 61 points from 26. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Atlético de Madrid 2nd with 79.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-4-2 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (8.5), ahead of José María Giménez (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 1 for Atlético de Madrid.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-W-W-D-D and Atlético de Madrid's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 30'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
- 31'Yellow card · Š. Vrsaljko
- 57'Yellow card · José María Giménez
- 69'Yellow card · Ivan Rakitic
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-4-2)
Marc ter Stegen, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Samuel Umtiti, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Philippe Coutinho, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Jan Oblak, Diego Godín, Filipe Luís, Šime Vrsaljko, José María Giménez, Thomas Partey, Koke, Saúl Ñíguez, Gabi, Antoine Griezmann, Diego Costa