FC Barcelona 5-1 Shakhtar Donetsk: result and report

FC Barcelona 5-1 Shakhtar Donetsk

Champions League · Wednesday 6 April 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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FC Barcelona defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 6 April 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

Andrés Iniesta opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Andrés Iniesta (2'), Dani Alves (34'), Eric Guérit (53'), S. Kéita (61') and Xavi (86'). Shakhtar Donetsk scored through Yaroslav Rakitskiy (60').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Shakhtar Donetsk received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 12th on 17 points from 8 and Shakhtar Donetsk 2nd on 21 points from 8. 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 2 for Shakhtar Donetsk.

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