FC Barcelona 4-1 Numancia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 24 January 2009
Result
FC Barcelona 4-1 Numancia
La Liga · Saturday 24 January 2009, 21:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
FC Barcelona 4-1 Numancia: match report
FC Barcelona won against Numancia 4-1 in La Liga on Saturday 24 January 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 49th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (49'), Samuel Eto'o (52'), Thierry Henry (70') and Lionel Messi (75'). Numancia scored through Barkero (60').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Numancia received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 50 points from 19 and Numancia 17th on 20 points from 19. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Numancia 19th with 35.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Numancia in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 FC Barcelona wins, 0 draws and 1 for Numancia.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Numancia's L-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Dimas
- 24'Yellow card · Xavi
- 49'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 52'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 58'Yellow card · César Palacios
- 60'Goal · Barkero
- 65'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 70'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 75'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 80'Second yellow · César Palacios
- 81'Yellow card · Javier Del Pino
- 90+1'Yellow card · Sergio Ortega
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen
Numancia line-up (4-1-4-1)
Juan Pablo, Juanra, Sergio Boris, Sergio Ortega, Dimas, Nagore, César Palacios, Barkero, Javier Del Pino, Goiria, Bellvís