FC Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 21 April 2012
Result
FC Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 21 April 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
FC Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid: match report
FC Barcelona were beaten by Real Madrid 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 21 April 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Sami Khedira opened the scoring in the 17th minute. FC Barcelona's goal came from A. Sánchez (70'). Real Madrid scored through Sami Khedira (17') and Cristiano Ronaldo (73').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 81 points from 33 and Real Madrid 1st on 85 points from 33. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Real Madrid 1st with 100.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 2 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Real Madrid's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 17'Goal · Sami Khedira
- 43'Yellow card · Pepe
- 47'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 70'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 73'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 77'Yellow card · M. Özil
- 78'Yellow card · Granero
- 86'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
Head-to-head
Team news
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FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Javier Mascherano, Dani Alves, Puyol, Adriano, Thiago Alcântara, Cesc Fàbregas, Seydou Keita, Lionel Messi, Pedro, Víctor Valdés
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Fábio Coentrão, Álvaro Arbeloa, Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Ángel Di María, Xabi Alonso