FC Barcelona 5-1 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 28 October 2018

Result

FC Barcelona 5-1 Real Madrid

La Liga · Sunday 28 October 2018, 15:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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FC Barcelona 5-1 Real Madrid: match report

FC Barcelona won against Real Madrid 5-1 in La Liga on Sunday 28 October 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Philippe Coutinho opened the scoring in the 11th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Philippe Coutinho (11'), Luis Suárez (30', penalty), Luis Suárez (75'), Luis Suárez (83') and A. Vidal (87'). Real Madrid scored through Marcelo (50').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 18 points from 9 and Real Madrid 9th on 14 points from 9. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Real Madrid 3rd with 68.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Suárez of FC Barcelona (9.3), ahead of Sergi Roberto (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 2 for Real Madrid.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Philippe CoutinhoFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 30'Penalty goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Ivan RakiticFC Barcelona
  • 39'Yellow card · Nacho FernándezReal Madrid
  • 50'Goal · MarceloReal Madrid · 2-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Gareth BaleReal Madrid
  • 75'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 3-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona
  • 83'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 4-1
  • 87'Goal · A. VidalFC Barcelona · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 6, draws 2, Real Madrid 2.

Team news

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

Marc ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Clément Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Arthur Melo, Rafinha Alcântara, Luis Suárez, Philippe Coutinho

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

Thibaut Courtois, Nacho Fernández, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Isco