FC Barcelona 3-1 Real Zaragoza: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 17 November 2012
Result
FC Barcelona 3-1 Real Zaragoza
La Liga · Saturday 17 November 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
FC Barcelona 3-1 Real Zaragoza: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Real Zaragoza 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 17 November 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 16th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (16'), Alexandre Dimitri Song-Billong (28') and Lionel Messi (60'). Real Zaragoza scored through Paco Montañés (24').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Real Zaragoza received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 31 points from 11 and Real Zaragoza 11th on 15 points from 11. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 102 points, and Real Zaragoza 19th with 35.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Zaragoza in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 FC Barcelona wins, 0 draws and 1 for Real Zaragoza.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Real Zaragoza's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 24'Goal · Paco Montañés
- 28'Goal · Alexandre Dimitri Song-Billong
- 47'Yellow card · Franco Zuculini
- 48'Yellow card · Franco Zuculini
- 60'Goal · Lionel Messi
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Xavi, Gerard Piqué, Puyol, Jordi Alba, Martín Montoya, Andrés Iniesta, Alex Song, David Villa, Lionel Messi, Pedro, Víctor Valdés
Real Zaragoza line-up (4-4-2)
Paredes, Álvaro González, Raúl Goni, Ádám Pintér, Movilla, Apoño, Paco Montañés, Franco Zuculini, Víctor Rodríguez, Carlos Aranda, Roberto Jiménez