FC Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 24 April 2012
Result
FC Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea
Champions League · Tuesday 24 April 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
FC Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea: match report
FC Barcelona drew with Chelsea 2-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 24 April 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.
Sergio Busquets opened the scoring in the 35th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Sergio Busquets (35') and Andrés Iniesta (43'). Chelsea scored through Ramires (45+1') and Fernando Torres (90+2').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 3rd on 24 points from 11 and Chelsea 7th on 20 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Barcelona wins, 4 draws and 3 for Chelsea.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Chelsea's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · John Mikel Obi
- 35'Goal · Sergio Busquets
- 37'Red card · John Terry
- 43'Goal · Andrés Iniesta
- 44'Yellow card · Ramires
- 45+1'Goal · Ramires
- 48'Yellow card · Branislav Ivanović
- 49'Missed penalty · Lionel Messi
- 50'Yellow card · Andrés Iniesta
- 59'Yellow card · Petr Čech
- 71'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
- 72'Yellow card · Frank Lampard
- 89'Yellow card · Raul Meireles
- 90+2'Goal · Fernando Torres
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Javier Mascherano, Puyol, Adriano, Dani Alves, Eric Abidal, Thiago Alcântara, Cesc Fàbregas, Seydou Keita, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés
Chelsea expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, David Luiz, Ashley Cole, Branislav Ivanović, Juan Mata, Raúl Meireles, Ramires, Florent Malouda, Didier Drogba, Daniel Sturridge