FC Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 22 April 2009
Result
FC Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla
La Liga · Wednesday 22 April 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla: match report
FC Barcelona beat Sevilla 4-0 in La Liga on Wednesday 22 April 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Andrés Iniesta opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Andrés Iniesta (3'), Samuel Eto'o (17'), Xavi (49') and Thierry Henry (54'). Sevilla did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Sevilla received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 78 points from 31 and Sevilla 3rd on 57 points from 31. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Sevilla 3rd with 70.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sevilla in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sevilla.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Sevilla's L-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Andrés Iniesta
- 17'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 35'Yellow card · Eric Abidal
- 42'Yellow card · Fernando Navarro
- 49'Goal · Xavi
- 54'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 63'Yellow card · Aquivaldo Mosquera
- 76'Yellow card · Dani Alves
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, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Gianluca Zambrotta
Sevilla expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Fernando Navarro, Sébastien Squillaci, Jesús Navas, Adriano, Aldo Duscher, Romaric, Renato, Frédéric Kanouté, Palop, Diego Perotti