FC Barcelona 5-1 Levante: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 24 February 2008
Result
FC Barcelona 5-1 Levante
La Liga · Sunday 24 February 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
FC Barcelona 5-1 Levante: match report
FC Barcelona beat Levante 5-1 in La Liga on Sunday 24 February 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.
Xavi opened the scoring in the 13th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Xavi (13'), Lionel Messi (44'), Samuel Eto'o (56'), Samuel Eto'o (62') and Samuel Eto'o (87'). Levante scored through R. Mustapha (40', penalty).
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 51 points from 24 and Levante 20th on 16 points from 24. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 3rd with 67 points, and Levante 20th with 26.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 0 for Levante.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-D-W-D-W and Levante's W-L-D-W-D.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Xavi
- 40'Penalty goal · R. Mustapha
- 44'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 56'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 62'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 87'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Oleguer, Andrés Iniesta, Deco, Ronaldinho, Ludovic Giuly, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta
Levante line-up (4-4-2)
Vladan Kujovic, David Castedo, Álvaro, José Serrano, Mathieu Berson, Miguel Ángel, Laurent Courtois, Juanma, Rahamat Riga Mustapha, Alexandre Geijo, Deskarga