Almería 2-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 16 March 2008
Result
Almería 2-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 16 March 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Almería 2-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Almería drew with FC Barcelona 2-2 in La Liga on Sunday 16 March 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.
Bojan Krkic opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Almería's goals came from Rubén Pulido (33') and K. Uche (85'). FC Barcelona scored through Bojan Krkic (17') and Samuel Eto'o (57').
Discipline: Almería received no yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Almería were 9th on 37 points from 27 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 54 points from 27. Almería went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and FC Barcelona 3rd with 67.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Almería wins, 0 draws and 1 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Almería's last five read L-D-L-W-D and FC Barcelona's L-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Bojan Krkic
- 30'Yellow card · Puyol
- 33'Goal · Rubén Pulido
- 57'Yellow card · Gabriel Milito
- 57'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 60'Yellow card · Andrés Iniesta
- 68'Yellow card · E. Guðjohnsen
- 72'Second yellow · Gabriel Milito
- 85'Goal · K. Uche
Head-to-head
Team news
Almería line-up (4-3-3)
Diego Alves, Aitor Rekarte, Felipe Melo, Rubén Pulido, Juanma Ortiz, Carlos García, Mane, Crusat, Corona, Juanito, Álvaro Negredo
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Oleguer, Andrés Iniesta, Deco, Ronaldinho, Ludovic Giuly, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta