FC Barcelona 2-0 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 13 December 2008
Result
FC Barcelona 2-0 Real Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 13 December 2008, 21:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
FC Barcelona 2-0 Real Madrid: match report
FC Barcelona beat Real Madrid 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 13 December 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring in the 83rd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Samuel Eto'o (83') and Lionel Messi (90+1'). Real Madrid did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 35 points from 14 and Real Madrid 5th on 26 points from 14. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 78.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Barcelona win, 3 draws and 4 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Real Madrid's L-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Christoph Metzelder
- 28'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 40'Yellow card · Rafael Márquez
- 41'Yellow card · R. Drenthe
- 69'Yellow card · Míchel Salgado
- 70'Missed penalty · Samuel Eto'o
- 83'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 84'Yellow card · Samuel Eto'o
- 90'Yellow card · Casillas
- 90+1'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 90+2'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
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
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Raúl