FC Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 27 May 2009

Result

FC Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United

Champions League · Wednesday 27 May 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United: match report

FC Barcelona won against Manchester United 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 27 May 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring in the 10th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Samuel Eto'o (10') and Lionel Messi (70'). Manchester United did not score.

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 26 points from 14 and Manchester United 3rd on 24 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Samuel Eto'oFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 16'Yellow card · Eric GuéritFC Barcelona
  • 70'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
  • 80'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United

Head-to-head

2 meetings: FC Barcelona 0, draws 1, Manchester United 1.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ben FosterManchester United · injury (Thumb Injury)

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

Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Carlos Alberto Tevez