FC Barcelona 3-1 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 9 April 2011
Result
FC Barcelona 3-1 Almería
La Liga · Saturday 9 April 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
FC Barcelona 3-1 Almería: match report
FC Barcelona beat Almería 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 9 April 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.
Corona opened the scoring in the 50th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (53', penalty), Thiago (64') and Lionel Messi (90+2'). Almería scored through Corona (50').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Almería received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 81 points from 30 and Almería 20th on 26 points from 30. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 96 points, and Almería 20th with 30.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 0 for Almería.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-D-W-W and Almería's L-L-D-W-D.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Bojan Krkic
- 19'Yellow card · Javier Mascherano
- 44'Yellow card · H. Bernardello
- 50'Goal · Corona
- 52'Yellow card · Diego Alves
- 53'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 63'Yellow card · Juanma Ortiz
- 64'Goal · Thiago
- 77'Yellow card · David Villa
- 90+2'Goal · Lionel Messi
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Eric Abidal, Deco, Ludovic Giuly, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Samuel Eto'o
Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, Marcelo Silva, Antonio Luna, Michel Macedo, Juanma Ortiz, Santiago Wilmer Acasiete Ariadela, Crusat, Corona, Juanito, Hernán Bernardello, Pablo Piatti