Real Madrid 4-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 7 May 2008
Result
Real Madrid 4-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Wednesday 7 May 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Real Madrid 4-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Real Madrid defeated FC Barcelona 4-1 in La Liga on Wednesday 7 May 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Raúl opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Raúl (12'), Arjen Robben (20'), Gonzalo Higuaín (63') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (77', penalty). FC Barcelona scored through Thierry Henry (86').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 78 points from 35 and FC Barcelona 3rd on 64 points from 35. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and FC Barcelona 3rd with 67.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 3 draws and 1 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-D and FC Barcelona's W-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Raúl
- 19'Yellow card · Yaya Touré
- 20'Goal · Arjen Robben
- 38'Yellow card · R. Márquez
- 40'Yellow card · Wesley Sneijder
- 49'Yellow card · Thierry Henry
- 57'Yellow card · Víctor Valdés
- 63'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 76'Yellow card · Edmilson
- 76'Yellow card · Xavi
- 77'Penalty goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 83'Yellow card · Iván Heinze
- 86'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 87'Yellow card · Pepe
- 88'Second yellow · Xavi
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Mahamadou Diarra, Robinho, Wesley Sneijder, Fabio Cannavaro, Raúl, Ruud van Nistelrooy
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Puyol, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Thiago Motta