FC Barcelona 2-1 Deportivo A Coruña: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 31 March 2007
Result
FC Barcelona 2-1 Deportivo A Coruña
La Liga · Saturday 31 March 2007, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 2-1 Deportivo A Coruña: match report
FC Barcelona won against Deportivo A Coruña 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 31 March 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (43') and Samuel Eto'o (51'). Deportivo A Coruña scored through Adrián (68').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Deportivo A Coruña received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 53 points from 27 and Deportivo A Coruña 12th on 36 points from 27. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Deportivo A Coruña 13th with 47.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Barcelona win, 2 draws and 0 for Deportivo A Coruña.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-D-L-W-L and Deportivo A Coruña's W-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Capdevila
- 37'Yellow card · Ronaldinho Gaúcho
- 43'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 51'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 68'Goal · Adrián
- 71'Yellow card · Gianluca Zambrotta
- 86'Yellow card · Edmilson
- 89'Yellow card · Juan Rodriguez
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Puyol, Ronaldinho, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Thiago Motta
Deportivo A Coruña line-up
Dudú Aouate, Jorge Andrade, Joan Capdevila, Alberto Lopo, Juan Rodríguez, Cristian, Joan Verdú, Riki, Fabián Estoyanoff, Fabricio Coloccini, Julián de Guzmán