FC Barcelona 4-1 Málaga: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 16 January 2011

Result

FC Barcelona 4-1 Málaga

La Liga · Sunday 16 January 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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FC Barcelona 4-1 Málaga: match report

FC Barcelona defeated Málaga 4-1 in La Liga on Sunday 16 January 2011. The half-time score was 3-0.

Andrés Iniesta opened the scoring in the 8th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Andrés Iniesta (8'), David Villa (18'), Pedro (36') and David Villa (74'). Málaga scored through Duda (68').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Málaga received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 49 points from 18 and Málaga 16th on 17 points from 18. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 96 points, and Málaga 11th with 46.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 0 for Málaga.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Andrés IniestaFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · David VillaFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Martín DemichelisMálaga
  • 36'Goal · PedroFC Barcelona · 3-0
  • 68'Goal · DudaMálaga · 3-1
  • 74'Goal · David VillaFC Barcelona · 4-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Eric AbidalFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

6 meetings: FC Barcelona 5, draws 1, Málaga 0.

Team news

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

Víctor Valdés, Puyol, Eric Abidal, Deco, Ludovic Giuly, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Samuel Eto'o

Málaga expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rubén, Eliseu, Jesús Gámez, Kris Stadsgaard, Weligton, Patrick Jan Mtiliga, Iván González, Duda, Recio, Salomón Rondón, Sebastián Fernández