FC Barcelona 2-0 Málaga: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 21 October 2017

Result

FC Barcelona 2-0 Málaga

La Liga · Saturday 21 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

FC Barcelona · Málaga · La Liga predictions

FC Barcelona 2-0 Málaga: match report

FC Barcelona defeated Málaga 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 21 October 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Deulofeu opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Deulofeu (2') and Andrés Iniesta (56'). Málaga did not score.

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Málaga received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 22 points from 8 and Málaga 20th on 1 point from 8. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Málaga 20th with 20.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-4-2 and Málaga in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Javier Mascherano of FC Barcelona (8.4), ahead of Andrés Iniesta (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 2 for Málaga.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · DeulofeuFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · R. RosalesMálaga
  • 26'Yellow card · Luis HernándezMálaga
  • 39'Yellow card · AdriánMálaga
  • 56'Goal · Andrés IniestaFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Samuel UmtitiFC Barcelona
  • 82'Yellow card · Emanuel CecchiniMálaga

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 6, draws 2, Málaga 2.

Team news

FC Barcelona line-up (4-4-2)

Marc ter Stegen, Javier Mascherano, Lucas Digne, Sergi Roberto, Samuel Umtiti, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Gerard Deulofeu, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi

Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)

Andrés Prieto, Luis Hernández, Juankar, Roberto Rosales, Paul Baysse, Esteban Rolón, Adrián González Morales, Gonzalo Castro, Adalberto Peñaranda, Keko, Diego Rolán