Manchester United 1-0 FC Barcelona: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 29 April 2008

Result

Manchester United 1-0 FC Barcelona

Champions League · Tuesday 29 April 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 1-0 FC Barcelona: match report

Manchester United won against FC Barcelona 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 29 April 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Paul Scholes of Manchester United in the 14th minute.

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 27 points from 11 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 27 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for FC Barcelona.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Paul ScholesManchester United · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Gianluca ZambrottaFC Barcelona
  • 54'Yellow card · DecoFC Barcelona
  • 63'Yellow card · Michael CarrickManchester United
  • 68'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
  • 70'Yellow card · Yaya TouréFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Manchester United 0, draws 1, FC Barcelona 0.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Owen Hargreaves, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Paul Scholes

FC Barcelona expected line-up

Puyol, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Thiago Motta