Atlético de Madrid 1-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 26 February 2012
Result
Atlético de Madrid 1-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 26 February 2012, 20:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Atlético de Madrid 1-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Atlético de Madrid lost to FC Barcelona 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 26 February 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.
Dani Alves opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goal came from R. Falcao (49'). FC Barcelona scored through Dani Alves (36') and Lionel Messi (81').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 7 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 9th on 32 points from 23 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 51 points from 23. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 5th with 56 points, and FC Barcelona 2nd with 91.
Atlético de 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 3 Atlético de Madrid wins, 0 draws and 7 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read D-D-D-W-W and FC Barcelona's W-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
- 23'Yellow card · Diego Godín
- 25'Yellow card · Juanfran
- 30'Yellow card · Arda Turan
- 36'Goal · Dani Alves
- 45+1'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 49'Goal · R. Falcao
- 61'Yellow card · Tiago
- 70'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 74'Yellow card · Koke
- 77'Yellow card · A. Sánchez
- 81'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 81'Yellow card · Miranda
- 85'Yellow card · R. Falcao
- 90'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
Head-to-head
Team news
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Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Thibaut Courtois, Diego Godín, Filipe Luís, Juanfran, Arda Turan, Koke, R. Falcao, Tiago, Adrián, Gabi, Miranda
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Javier Mascherano, Dani Alves, Adriano, Thiago Alcântara, Seydou Keita, Isaac Cuenca, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés