FC Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 7 October 2012

Result

FC Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid

La Liga · Sunday 7 October 2012, 17:50 UTC · half-time 1-1

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FC Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid: match report

FC Barcelona drew with Real Madrid 2-2 in La Liga on Sunday 7 October 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (31') and Lionel Messi (61'). Real Madrid scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (23') and Cristiano Ronaldo (66').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 18 points from 6 and Real Madrid 7th on 10 points from 6. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 102 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 82.

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, 1 draw and 3 for Real Madrid.

Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Real Madrid's W-W-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · PedroFC Barcelona
  • 43'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoReal Madrid
  • 54'Yellow card · Sergio BusquetsFC Barcelona
  • 56'Yellow card · M. ÖzilReal Madrid
  • 58'Yellow card · M. ÖzilReal Madrid
  • 61'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 2-1
  • 66'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 2-2
  • 78'Yellow card · PepeReal Madrid
  • 90'Yellow card · ArbeloaReal Madrid

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 6, draws 1, Real Madrid 3.

Team news

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

Javier Mascherano, Adriano, Puyol, Dani Alves, Seydou Keita, Cesc Fàbregas, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Pedro

Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)

Iker Casillas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Ángel Di María, Xabi Alonso