FC Barcelona 3-0 Manchester United: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 16 April 2019

Result

FC Barcelona 3-0 Manchester United

Champions League · Tuesday 16 April 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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FC Barcelona 3-0 Manchester United: match report

FC Barcelona defeated Manchester United 3-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 16 April 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 16th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (16'), Lionel Messi (20') and Philippe Coutinho (61'). Manchester United did not score.

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 21 points from 9 and Manchester United 15th on 13 points from 9. 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 United in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (10.0), ahead of Jordi Alba (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 1 for Manchester United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 61'Goal · Philippe CoutinhoFC Barcelona · 3-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

5 meetings: FC Barcelona 3, draws 1, Manchester United 1.

Team news

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

Marc ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Clément Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Arthur Melo, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Philippe Coutinho

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

David de Gea, Victor Lindelöf, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Ashley Young, Scott McTominay, Fred, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial