Real Madrid 1-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 16 April 2011
Result
Real Madrid 1-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 16 April 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Real Madrid 1-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Real Madrid drew with FC Barcelona 1-1 in La Liga on Saturday 16 April 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Real Madrid's goal came from Cristiano Ronaldo (82', penalty). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (53', penalty).
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 76 points from 31 and FC Barcelona 1st on 84 points from 31. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 96.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 5 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-L-W-W-W and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Adriano
- 27'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 31'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 52'Red card · Albiol
- 53'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 76'Yellow card · Arbeloa
- 79'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 81'Yellow card · Víctor Valdés
- 82'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 90+2'Yellow card · Xavi
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Ricardo Carvalho, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Raúl Albiol, Sami Khedira, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Ángel Di María, Xabi Alonso
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Puyol, Eric Abidal, Deco, Ludovic Giuly, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Samuel Eto'o