Real Madrid 3-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 25 October 2014
Result
Real Madrid 3-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 25 October 2014, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Madrid 3-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Real Madrid beat FC Barcelona 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 25 October 2014. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Neymar opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (35', penalty), Pepe (50') and Karim Benzema (61'). FC Barcelona scored through Neymar (4').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 18 points from 8 and FC Barcelona 1st on 22 points from 8. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 90 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 93.
Real Madrid 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 2 Real Madrid wins, 3 draws and 5 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-W and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Neymar
- 9'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
- 14'Yellow card · Neymar
- 34'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 35'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 38'Yellow card · Andrés Iniesta
- 50'Goal · Pepe
- 61'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 74'Yellow card · Daniel Carvajal
- 90+3'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Iker Casillas, Daniel Carvajal, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, James Rodríguez, Luka Modrić, Toni Kroos, Isco, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Claudio Bravo, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jérémy Mathieu, Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar