FC Barcelona 5-0 Deportivo A Coruña: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 17 January 2009

Result

FC Barcelona 5-0 Deportivo A Coruña

La Liga · Saturday 17 January 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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FC Barcelona 5-0 Deportivo A Coruña: match report

FC Barcelona beat Deportivo A Coruña 5-0 in La Liga on Saturday 17 January 2009. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 20th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (20'), Thierry Henry (27'), Samuel Eto'o (41'), Thierry Henry (81') and Samuel Eto'o (86', penalty). Deportivo A Coruña did not score.

Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Deportivo A Coruña received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 47 points from 18 and Deportivo A Coruña 7th on 30 points from 18. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Deportivo A Coruña 7th with 58.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Deportivo A Coruña in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 1 for Deportivo A Coruña.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Thierry HenryFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 41'Goal · Samuel Eto'oFC Barcelona · 3-0
  • 81'Goal · Thierry HenryFC Barcelona · 4-0
  • 83'Red card · AranzubiaDeportivo A Coruña
  • 86'Penalty goal · Samuel Eto'oFC Barcelona · 5-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: FC Barcelona 3, draws 2, Deportivo A Coruña 1.

Team news

FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)

Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Gianluca Zambrotta

Deportivo A Coruña line-up (4-2-3-1)

Aranzubia, Manuel Pablo, Filipe Luís, Alberto Lopo, Joan Verdú, Andrés Guardado, Cristian, Juan Rodríguez, Zé Castro, Sergio, Rodolfo Bodipo