FC Barcelona 2-1 Deportivo A Coruña: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 9 December 2007
Result
FC Barcelona 2-1 Deportivo A Coruña
La Liga · Sunday 9 December 2007, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
FC Barcelona 2-1 Deportivo A Coruña: match report
FC Barcelona beat Deportivo A Coruña 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 9 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-1.
Cristian opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Ronaldinho Gaúcho (40', penalty) and Xavi (71'). Deportivo A Coruña scored through Cristian (2').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Deportivo A Coruña received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 3rd on 28 points from 14 and Deportivo A Coruña 19th on 13 points from 14. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 3rd with 67 points, and Deportivo A Coruña 8th with 52.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 0 for Deportivo A Coruña.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-W-L-W-D and Deportivo A Coruña's L-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Cristian
- 17'Yellow card · Andrés Guardado
- 40'Penalty goal · Ronaldinho Gaúcho
- 71'Goal · Xavi
- 81'Yellow card · Piscu
- 88'Yellow card · Sergio
- 90+2'Yellow card · Deco
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Puyol, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Thiago Motta
Deportivo A Coruña line-up (4-2-3-1)
Manuel Pablo, Filipe Luís, Piscu, Joan Verdú, Antonio Tomás, Andrés Guardado, Cristian, Xisco, Fabricio Coloccini, Julián de Guzmán, Gustavo Munúa Vera