FC Barcelona 5-0 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 23 April 2016
Result
FC Barcelona 5-0 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Saturday 23 April 2016, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 5-0 Sporting Gijón: match report
FC Barcelona won against Sporting Gijón 5-0 in La Liga on Saturday 23 April 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 12th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (12'), Luis Suárez (63'), Luis Suárez (74', penalty), Luis Suárez (77', penalty), Neymar (85', penalty) and Luis Suárez (88'). Sporting Gijón did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Sporting Gijón received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 76 points from 34 and Sporting Gijón 19th on 32 points from 34. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 88 points, and Sporting Gijón 17th with 39.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Suárez of FC Barcelona (9.7), level with Lionel Messi (9.7).
Key events
- 12'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 26'Yellow card · Ognjen Vranjes
- 63'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 71'Yellow card · Luis Hernández
- 74'Penalty goal · Luis Suárez
- 77'Penalty goal · Luis Suárez
- 84'Second yellow · Ognjen Vranjes
- 85'Yellow card · Alen Halilovic
- 85'Penalty goal · Neymar
- 88'Goal · Luis Suárez
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Claudio Bravo, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi, Neymar
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Luis Hernández, Igor Lichnovsky, Isma López, Ognjen Vranješ, Álex Menéndez, Omar Mascarell, Pablo Pérez, Rachid Aït-Atmane, Alen Halilovic, Miguel Ángel Guerrero