FC Barcelona 2-0 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 21 October 2017
Result
FC Barcelona 2-0 Málaga
La Liga · Saturday 21 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 2-0 Málaga: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Málaga 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 21 October 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Deulofeu opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Deulofeu (2') and Andrés Iniesta (56'). Málaga did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Málaga received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 22 points from 8 and Málaga 20th on 1 point from 8. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Málaga 20th with 20.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-4-2 and Málaga in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Javier Mascherano of FC Barcelona (8.4), ahead of Andrés Iniesta (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 2 for Málaga.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Málaga's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Deulofeu
- 21'Yellow card · R. Rosales
- 26'Yellow card · Luis Hernández
- 39'Yellow card · Adrián
- 56'Goal · Andrés Iniesta
- 74'Yellow card · Samuel Umtiti
- 82'Yellow card · Emanuel Cecchini
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-4-2)
Marc ter Stegen, Javier Mascherano, Lucas Digne, Sergi Roberto, Samuel Umtiti, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Gerard Deulofeu, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi
Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Andrés Prieto, Luis Hernández, Juankar, Roberto Rosales, Paul Baysse, Esteban Rolón, Adrián González Morales, Gonzalo Castro, Adalberto Peñaranda, Keko, Diego Rolán