FC Barcelona 3-1 Mallorca: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 3 January 2009
Result
FC Barcelona 3-1 Mallorca
La Liga · Saturday 3 January 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
FC Barcelona 3-1 Mallorca: match report
FC Barcelona beat Mallorca 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 3 January 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Aduriz opened the scoring in the 15th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Thierry Henry (31'), Andrés Iniesta (75') and Yaya Touré (90+1'). Mallorca scored through Aduriz (15').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards; Mallorca received 7 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 41 points from 16 and Mallorca 17th on 14 points from 16. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Mallorca 9th with 51.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Mallorca in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Barcelona wins, 0 draws and 1 for Mallorca.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Mallorca's D-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Aduriz
- 31'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 36'Yellow card · Thierry Henry
- 36'Yellow card · Josemi
- 43'Yellow card · Mario Suárez
- 50'Yellow card · Rafael Márquez
- 58'Yellow card · Aduriz
- 65'Yellow card · Xavi
- 69'Yellow card · Germán Lux
- 73'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 73'Yellow card · Fernando Varela
- 75'Goal · Andrés Iniesta
- 76'Yellow card · Juan Arango
- 76'Yellow card · Lionel Scaloni
- 89'Second yellow · Josemi
- 90+1'Goal · Yaya Touré
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen
Mallorca line-up (4-2-3-1)
Josemi, Iván Ramis, Mario Suárez, Jose Nunes, Corrales, Fernando Varela, Juan Arango, Aritz Aduriz, Lionel Scaloni, Jose Martí, Germán Lux