FC Barcelona 3-1 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 3 March 2012
Result
FC Barcelona 3-1 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Saturday 3 March 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 3-1 Sporting Gijón: match report
FC Barcelona won against Sporting Gijón 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 3 March 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Andrés Iniesta opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Andrés Iniesta (42'), S. Kéita (79') and Xavi (88'). Sporting Gijón scored through David Barral (49').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sporting Gijón received 8 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 54 points from 24 and Sporting Gijón 19th on 21 points from 24. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Sporting Gijón 19th with 37.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 0 for Sporting Gijón.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Sporting Gijón's D-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Ayoze García
- 29'Yellow card · Canella
- 42'Goal · Andrés Iniesta
- 46'Red card · Eric Guérit
- 47'Yellow card · Andrés Iniesta
- 49'Goal · David Barral
- 64'Yellow card · De las Cuevas
- 71'Yellow card · Xavi
- 72'Yellow card · André Castro
- 73'Yellow card · Alejandro Gálvez
- 74'Yellow card · Carmelo
- 76'Yellow card · S. Kéita
- 78'Yellow card · Sebastián Eguren Ledesma
- 79'Goal · S. Kéita
- 81'Yellow card · David Barral
- 82'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 88'Goal · Xavi
Head-to-head
Team news
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FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Javier Mascherano, Eric Abidal, Puyol, Dani Alves, Adriano, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fàbregas, Seydou Keita, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Juan Pablo, Alberto Botía, Roberto Canella, Damián Suárez, Pedro Orfila, Alejandro Gálvez, Castro, Ayoze García, Nacho Cases, Miguel de las Cuevas, Formose Mendy