Málaga 1-4 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 1 November 2008
Result
Málaga 1-4 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 1 November 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Málaga 1-4 FC Barcelona: match report
Málaga lost to FC Barcelona 1-4 in La Liga on Saturday 1 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-2.
Xavi opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Málaga's goal came from Duda (13'). FC Barcelona scored through Xavi (5'), Lionel Messi (19'), Xavi (52') and an own goal by Weligton (81').
Discipline: Málaga received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Málaga were 6th on 13 points from 8 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 19 points from 8. Málaga went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Málaga wins, 1 draw and 1 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read W-W-W-W-L and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Xavi
- 5'Yellow card · Apoño
- 7'Yellow card · Nabil Baha
- 13'Goal · Duda
- 19'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 52'Goal · Xavi
- 55'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 75'Yellow card · Yaya Touré
- 79'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 81'Own goal · Weligton
Head-to-head
Team news
Málaga expected line-up
Arnau, Gabriel, Gerardo, Fernando Sanz Durán, Alexis Ruano, Nacho, Antonio López, Ricardo Bóvio, Pablo Couñago
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