Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-3 FC Barcelona: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 14 February 2012
Result
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-3 FC Barcelona
Champions League · Tuesday 14 February 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-3 FC Barcelona: match report
Bayer 04 Leverkusen were beaten by FC Barcelona 1-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 14 February 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
A. Sánchez opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goal came from Michal Kadlec (52'). FC Barcelona scored through A. Sánchez (41'), A. Sánchez (55') and Lionel Messi (88').
Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 21st on 10 points from 6 and FC Barcelona 8th on 14 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 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 Bayer 04 Leverkusen win, 0 draws and 3 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Bayer 04 Leverkusen's last five read D-W-L-W-W and FC Barcelona's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Daniel Schwaab
- 41'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 52'Goal · Michal Kadlec
- 53'Yellow card · Vedran Ćorluka
- 55'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 80'Yellow card · Gonzalo Castro
- 87'Yellow card · Milovan Milovic
- 88'Goal · Lionel Messi
Head-to-head
Team news
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bernd Leno, Daniel Schwaab, Manuel Friedrich, Vedran Ćorluka, Michal Kadlec, Stefan Reinartz, Simon Rolfes, Lars Bender, Andre Schürrle, Renato Augusto, Gonzalo Castro
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Dani Alves, Puyol, Javier Mascherano, Adriano, Eric Abidal, Cesc Fàbregas, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Alexis Sánchez, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés