FC Barcelona 7-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 7 March 2012

Result

FC Barcelona 7-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Champions League · Wednesday 7 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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FC Barcelona 7-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

FC Barcelona beat Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 7 March 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 25th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (25'), Lionel Messi (42'), Lionel Messi (49'), Tello (55'), Lionel Messi (58'), Tello (62') and Lionel Messi (84'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Karim Bellarabi (90').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 7th on 17 points from 7 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 22nd on 10 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Barcelona wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Simon RolfesBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 25'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Gonzalo CastroBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 49'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 3-0
  • 55'Goal · TelloFC Barcelona · 4-0
  • 58'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 5-0
  • 62'Goal · TelloFC Barcelona · 6-0
  • 84'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 7-0
  • 90'Goal · Karim BellarabiBayer 04 Leverkusen · 7-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: FC Barcelona 4, draws 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1.

Team news

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

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-4-2)

Bernd Leno, Daniel Schwaab, Ömer Toprak, Michal Kadlec, Stefan Reinartz, Simon Rolfes, Lars Bender, Renato Augusto, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling, Eren Derdiyok