Granada 0-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Tuesday 25 October 2011
Result
Granada 0-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Tuesday 25 October 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Granada 0-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Granada were beaten by FC Barcelona 0-1 in La Liga on Tuesday 25 October 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Xavi of FC Barcelona in the 34th minute.
Discipline: Granada received 5 yellow cards and 2 red cards; FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Granada were 18th on 5 points from 8 and FC Barcelona 3rd on 18 points from 8. Granada went on to finish that season 17th with 42 points, and FC Barcelona 2nd with 91.
Granada lined up in a 4-5-1 and FC Barcelona in a 3-4-3.
Going into the match Granada's last five read L-D-L-D-L and FC Barcelona's D-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · Ikechukwu Uche
- 27'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 34'Goal · Xavi
- 35'Yellow card · Fran Rico
- 35'Yellow card · Jaime Romero
- 54'Second yellow · Jaime Romero
- 62'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 63'Yellow card · Dani Benítez
- 68'Yellow card · Isaac Cuenca
- 88'Yellow card · Allan Nyom
- 90'Yellow card · S. Kéita
- 90+2'Second yellow · Dani Benítez
Team news
Granada line-up (4-5-1)
Allan Nyom, Diego Mainz, Guilherme Siqueira, Íñigo López, Fran Rico, Jaime Romero, Mikel Rico, Dani Benítez, Ikechukwu Uche, Roberto, Abel Gómez
FC Barcelona expected line-up (3-4-3)
Puyol, Eric Abidal, Javier Mascherano, Dani Alves, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Pedro, Víctor Valdés, Xavi