Sevilla 0-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 17 March 2012
Result
Sevilla 0-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 17 March 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Sevilla 0-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Sevilla lost to FC Barcelona 0-2 in La Liga on Saturday 17 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-2.
Xavi opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Sevilla did not score. FC Barcelona scored through Xavi (18') and Lionel Messi (25').
Discipline: Sevilla received 3 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sevilla were 12th on 33 points from 26 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 60 points from 26. Sevilla went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and FC Barcelona 2nd with 91.
Sevilla 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 Sevilla win, 3 draws and 6 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Sevilla's last five read L-D-W-W-L and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Emir Spahić
- 18'Goal · Xavi
- 25'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 31'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 49'Yellow card · Julien Escudé
- 76'Yellow card · G. Medel
- 80'Yellow card · Adriano
- 83'Yellow card · Pedro
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sevilla line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fernando Navarro, Emir Spahić, Jesús Navas, Julien Escude, Antonio Luna, Gary Medel, Ivan Rakitić, José Antonio Reyes, Frédéric Kanouté, Manu Del Moral, Palop
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Javier Mascherano, Eric Abidal, Puyol, Dani Alves, Adriano, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fàbregas, Seydou Keita, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés