FC Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United: result and report

Champions League · Saturday 28 May 2011

Result

FC Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United

Champions League · Saturday 28 May 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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FC Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United: match report

FC Barcelona won against Manchester United 3-1 in the Champions League on Saturday 28 May 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.

Pedro opened the scoring in the 27th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Pedro (27'), Lionel Messi (54') and David Villa (70'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (34').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 27 points from 12 and Manchester United 1st on 30 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 4-3-3.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · PedroFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Dani AlvesFC Barcelona
  • 61'Yellow card · Michael CarrickManchester United
  • 70'Goal · David VillaFC Barcelona · 3-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Antonio ValenciaManchester United
  • 85'Yellow card · Víctor ValdésFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

3 meetings: FC Barcelona 1, draws 1, Manchester United 1.

Team news

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

Víctor Valdés, Puyol, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Andrés Iniesta, Deco, Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto'o

Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)

Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Gabriel Obertan, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Paul Scholes