FC Barcelona 2-0 Granada: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 9 January 2016
Result
FC Barcelona 2-0 Granada
La Liga · Saturday 9 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 2-0 Granada: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Granada 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 9 January 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 8th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (8'), Lionel Messi (14'), Lionel Messi (58') and Neymar (83'). Granada did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Granada received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 36 points from 17 and Granada 16th on 19 points from 18. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 88 points, and Granada 15th with 43.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Granada in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (9.4), ahead of Sergi Roberto (8.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 FC Barcelona wins, 0 draws and 1 for Granada.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 14'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 29'Yellow card · Rubén Rochina
- 56'Yellow card · Edgar Méndez
- 57'Yellow card · David Lombán
- 58'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 60'Yellow card · Dória
- 63'Yellow card · Aleix Vidal
- 83'Goal · Neymar
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Claudio Bravo, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Aleix Vidal, Thomas Vermaelen, Ivan Rakitić, Arda Turan, Sergi Roberto, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi, Neymar
Granada line-up (5-3-2)
Andrés Fernández, David Lombán, Cristiano Biraghi, Matheus Dória, Édgar Méndez, Uche Agbo, Rubén Pérez, Rene Krhin, Rubén Rochina, Isaac Success, Adalberto Peñaranda