Real Madrid 2-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 2 March 2013
Result
Real Madrid 2-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 2 March 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Madrid 2-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Real Madrid beat FC Barcelona 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 2 March 2013. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Karim Benzema (6') and Sergio Ramos (82'). FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (18').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 7 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 50 points from 25 and FC Barcelona 1st on 68 points from 25. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 102.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Madrid win, 3 draws and 6 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-L-W and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 18'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 51'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 52'Yellow card · Víctor Valdés
- 52'Red card · Víctor Valdés
- 55'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 58'Yellow card · Gerard Piqué
- 61'Yellow card · Fábio Coentrão
- 64'Yellow card · Thiago Alcântara
- 68'Yellow card · Álvaro Morata
- 82'Goal · Sergio Ramos
- 90+1'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 90+2'Yellow card · Arbeloa
- 90+3'Yellow card · Andrés Iniesta
- 90+4'Red card · Víctor Valdés
- 90+4'Yellow card · Víctor Valdés
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Raphaël Varane, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Fábio Coentrão, Kaká, Michael Essien, Luka Modrić, Karim Benzema, Juanmi Callejón, Álvaro Morata
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Andrés Iniesta, Thiago Alcântara, Sergio Busquets, David Villa, Lionel Messi, Pedro