FC Barcelona 4-0 Manchester City: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 19 October 2016

Result

FC Barcelona 4-0 Manchester City

Champions League · Wednesday 19 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Barcelona 4-0 Manchester City: match report

FC Barcelona beat Manchester City 4-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 19 October 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 17th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (17'), Lionel Messi (61'), Lionel Messi (69') and Neymar (89'). Manchester City did not score.

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 21st on 6 points from 2 and Manchester City 8th on 10 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (10.0), ahead of Marc ter Stegen (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 1 for Manchester City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · David SilvaManchester City
  • 40'Yellow card · FernandinhoManchester City
  • 53'Red card · C. BravoManchester City
  • 61'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 69'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 3-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Jérémy MathieuFC Barcelona
  • 71'Yellow card · Jérémy MathieuFC Barcelona
  • 73'Second yellow · Jérémy MathieuFC Barcelona
  • 73'Second yellow · Jérémy MathieuFC Barcelona
  • 87'Missed penalty · NeymarFC Barcelona
  • 89'Goal · NeymarFC Barcelona · 4-0
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Raheem SterlingManchester City

Head-to-head

4 meetings: FC Barcelona 2, draws 1, Manchester City 1.

Team news

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

Marc ter Stegen, Javier Mascherano, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Claudio Bravo, Pablo Zabaleta, Nicolás Otamendi, John Stones, Aleksandar Kolarov, Fernandinho, İlkay Gündoğan, Raheem Sterling, David Silva, Nolito, Kevin De Bruyne