FC Barcelona 4-0 Elche: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 5 January 2014
Result
FC Barcelona 4-0 Elche
La Liga · Sunday 5 January 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 4-0 Elche: match report
FC Barcelona won against Elche 4-0 in La Liga on Sunday 5 January 2014. It was 2-0 at half-time.
A. Sánchez opened the scoring in the 7th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from A. Sánchez (7'), Pedro (16'), A. Sánchez (63') and A. Sánchez (69'). Elche did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Elche received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 44 points from 17 and Elche 15th on 17 points from 17. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 3rd with 85 points, and Elche 16th with 40.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Elche in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Elche's L-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 7'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 16'Goal · Pedro
- 48'Missed penalty · Xavi
- 63'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 68'Yellow card · Botía
- 69'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 73'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 73'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 86'Yellow card · Rubén Pérez
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Martín Montoya, Gerard Piqué, Marc Bartra, Jordi Alba, Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Alex Song, Pedro, Alexis Sánchez
Elche line-up (4-2-3-1)
Toño, Alberto Botía, David Lombán, Cristian Săpunaru, Edu Albácar, Rubén Pérez, Aaron Ñiguez, Carles Gil, Fidel, Carlos Sánchez, Richmond Boakye