FC Barcelona 5-3 Granada: result and report

La Liga · Tuesday 20 March 2012

Result

FC Barcelona 5-3 Granada

La Liga · Tuesday 20 March 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

FC Barcelona · Granada · La Liga predictions

FC Barcelona 5-3 Granada: match report

FC Barcelona beat Granada 5-3 in La Liga on Tuesday 20 March 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Xavi opened the scoring in the 4th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Xavi (4'), Lionel Messi (17'), Lionel Messi (67'), Tello (82') and Lionel Messi (86'). Granada scored through Mainz (55'), Guilherme Siqueira (62', penalty) and Guilherme Siqueira (89', penalty).

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Granada received 7 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 63 points from 27 and Granada 15th on 31 points from 27. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Granada 17th with 42.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Granada in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Barcelona win, 0 draws and 0 for Granada.

Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Granada's W-L-L-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · XaviFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 10'Yellow card · Odion IghaloGranada
  • 17'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Dani BenítezGranada
  • 48'Yellow card · S. KéitaFC Barcelona
  • 55'Goal · MainzGranada · 2-1
  • 59'Yellow card · CortésGranada
  • 61'Yellow card · Dani AlvesFC Barcelona
  • 62'Penalty goal · Guilherme SiqueiraGranada · 2-2
  • 64'Yellow card · Moisés HurtadoGranada
  • 66'Yellow card · Borja GómezGranada
  • 67'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 3-2
  • 82'Goal · TelloFC Barcelona · 4-2
  • 86'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 5-2
  • 88'Second yellow · Dani AlvesFC Barcelona
  • 89'Penalty goal · Guilherme SiqueiraGranada · 5-3
  • 89'Yellow card · J. MascheranoFC Barcelona
  • 90'Yellow card · GeijoGranada
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Abel GómezGranada

Head-to-head

1 meetings: FC Barcelona 1, draws 0, Granada 0.

Team news

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FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)

Javier Mascherano, Eric Abidal, Puyol, Dani Alves, Adriano, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fàbregas, Seydou Keita, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés

Granada line-up (4-2-3-1)

Júlio César, Diego Mainz, Guilherme Siqueira, Borja Gómez, Cortés, Mikel Rico, Carlos Martins, Moisés Hurtado, Odion Ighalo, Dani Benítez, Franco Jara