FC Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 6 May 2018

Result

FC Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid

La Liga · Sunday 6 May 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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FC Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid: match report

FC Barcelona drew with Real Madrid 2-2 in La Liga on Sunday 6 May 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Luis Suárez opened the scoring in the 10th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Luis Suárez (10') and Lionel Messi (52'). Real Madrid scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (14') and Gareth Bale (72').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 86 points from 34 and Real Madrid 3rd on 71 points from 34. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Real Madrid 3rd with 76.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Suárez of FC Barcelona (7.8), ahead of Lionel Messi (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 3 for Real Madrid.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Nacho FernándezReal Madrid
  • 14'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Raphaël VaraneReal Madrid
  • 44'Yellow card · Sergio RamosReal Madrid
  • 44'Yellow card · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona
  • 45'Yellow card · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona
  • 45+3'Red card · Sergi RobertoFC Barcelona
  • 52'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-1
  • 72'Goal · Gareth BaleReal Madrid · 2-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Gareth BaleReal Madrid
  • 77'Yellow card · MarceloReal Madrid
  • 85'Yellow card · Ivan RakiticFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 6, draws 1, Real Madrid 3.

Team news

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

Marc ter Stegen, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Samuel Umtiti, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Philippe Coutinho, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi

Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)

Keylor Navas, Sergio Ramos, Raphaël Varane, Nacho Fernández, Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale