Real Zaragoza 1-4 FC Barcelona: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 7 April 2012

Result

Real Zaragoza 1-4 FC Barcelona

La Liga · Saturday 7 April 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Real Zaragoza 1-4 FC Barcelona: match report

Real Zaragoza were beaten by FC Barcelona 1-4 in La Liga on Saturday 7 April 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Carlos Aranda opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Real Zaragoza's goal came from Carlos Aranda (30'). FC Barcelona scored through Puyol (36'), Lionel Messi (39'), Lionel Messi (86', penalty) and Pedro (90+2').

Discipline: Real Zaragoza received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Zaragoza were 18th on 28 points from 30 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 72 points from 30. Real Zaragoza went on to finish that season 16th with 43 points, and FC Barcelona 2nd with 91.

Real Zaragoza 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 Zaragoza win, 0 draws and 9 for FC Barcelona.

Going into the match Real Zaragoza's last five read W-W-W-D-L and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Víctor ValdésFC Barcelona
  • 24'Missed penalty · Carlos ArandaReal Zaragoza
  • 28'Yellow card · Franco ZuculiniReal Zaragoza
  • 30'Goal · Carlos ArandaReal Zaragoza · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Abraham MineroReal Zaragoza
  • 36'Goal · PuyolFC Barcelona · 1-1
  • 39'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-2
  • 43'Yellow card · S. KéitaFC Barcelona
  • 45'Second yellow · Abraham MineroReal Zaragoza
  • 58'Yellow card · AdrianoFC Barcelona
  • 58'Yellow card · Rúben MicaelReal Zaragoza
  • 82'Yellow card · M. LanzaroReal Zaragoza
  • 85'Yellow card · ParedesReal Zaragoza
  • 86'Penalty goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasFC Barcelona
  • 90+2'Goal · PedroFC Barcelona · 1-4
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Milovan MilovicFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Zaragoza 1, draws 0, FC Barcelona 9.

Team news

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Real Zaragoza line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pablo Alvarez, Paredes, Paulo da Silva, Abraham Minero, Ádám Pintér, Ivan Obradović, Ángel Lafita, Rúben Micael, Franco Zuculini, Carlos Aranda, Roberto Jiménez

FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Dani Alves, Puyol, Javier Mascherano, Adriano, Cesc Fàbregas, Thiago Alcântara, Seydou Keita, Alexis Sánchez, Lionel Messi, Pedro, Víctor Valdés