FC Barcelona 5-3 Granada: result and report
La Liga · Tuesday 20 March 2012
Result
FC Barcelona 5-3 Granada
La Liga · Tuesday 20 March 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 5-3 Granada: match report
FC Barcelona beat Granada 5-3 in La Liga on Tuesday 20 March 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Xavi opened the scoring in the 4th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Xavi (4'), Lionel Messi (17'), Lionel Messi (67'), Tello (82') and Lionel Messi (86'). Granada scored through Mainz (55'), Guilherme Siqueira (62', penalty) and Guilherme Siqueira (89', penalty).
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Granada received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 63 points from 27 and Granada 15th on 31 points from 27. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Granada 17th with 42.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Granada in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Barcelona win, 0 draws and 0 for Granada.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Granada's W-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Xavi
- 10'Yellow card · Odion Ighalo
- 17'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 34'Yellow card · Dani Benítez
- 48'Yellow card · S. Kéita
- 55'Goal · Mainz
- 59'Yellow card · Cortés
- 61'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 62'Penalty goal · Guilherme Siqueira
- 64'Yellow card · Moisés Hurtado
- 66'Yellow card · Borja Gómez
- 67'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 82'Goal · Tello
- 86'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 88'Second yellow · Dani Alves
- 89'Penalty goal · Guilherme Siqueira
- 89'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
- 90'Yellow card · Geijo
- 90+2'Yellow card · Abel Gómez
Head-to-head
Team news
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FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Javier Mascherano, Dani Alves, Adriano, Thiago Alcântara, Seydou Keita, Isaac Cuenca, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés
Granada line-up (4-2-3-1)
Júlio César, Diego Mainz, Guilherme Siqueira, Borja Gómez, Cortés, Mikel Rico, Carlos Martins, Moisés Hurtado, Odion Ighalo, Dani Benítez, Franco Jara