FC Barcelona 2-3 Shakhtar Donetsk: result and report

FC Barcelona 2-3 Shakhtar Donetsk

Champions League · Tuesday 9 December 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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FC Barcelona were beaten by Shakhtar Donetsk 2-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 9 December 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Oleksandr Gladkyi opened the scoring in the 31st minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Sylvinho (59') and Sergio Busquets (83'). Shakhtar Donetsk scored through Oleksandr Gladkyi (31'), Oleksandr Gladkyi (58') and Fernandinho (76').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Shakhtar Donetsk received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 5th on 16 points from 7 and Shakhtar Donetsk 19th on 9 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Shakhtar Donetsk in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Barcelona wins, 0 draws and 1 for Shakhtar Donetsk.

Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Shakhtar Donetsk's W-L-L-L-L.