Málaga 1-2 FC Barcelona: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 23 January 2016

Result

Málaga 1-2 FC Barcelona

La Liga · Saturday 23 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Málaga 1-2 FC Barcelona: match report

Málaga were beaten by FC Barcelona 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 23 January 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Munir El Haddadi opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Málaga's goal came from J. Añor (32'). FC Barcelona scored through Munir El Haddadi (2') and Lionel Messi (51').

Discipline: Málaga received 4 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Málaga were 12th on 23 points from 20 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 42 points from 19. Málaga went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 88.

Málaga lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Málaga win, 1 draw and 8 for FC Barcelona.

Going into the match Málaga's last five read L-D-W-W-W and FC Barcelona's W-W-D-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Munir El HaddadiFC Barcelona · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · CharlesMálaga
  • 32'Goal · J. AñorMálaga · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Thomas VermaelenFC Barcelona
  • 51'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona
  • 71'Yellow card · Arda TuranFC Barcelona
  • 86'Yellow card · Pablo FornalsMálaga
  • 90+4'Yellow card · DudaMálaga
  • 90+4'Yellow card · DudaMálaga

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Málaga 1, draws 1, FC Barcelona 8.

Team news

Málaga expected line-up (4-4-2)

Carlos Kameni, Roberto Rosales, Weligton, Raúl Albentosa, Juankar, Recio, Ignacio Camacho, Charles Días, Nordin Amrabat, Duje Cop

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

Claudio Bravo, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi, Neymar