Málaga 1-3 FC Barcelona: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 21 May 2011

Result

Málaga 1-3 FC Barcelona

La Liga · Saturday 21 May 2011, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Málaga 1-3 FC Barcelona: match report

Málaga were beaten by FC Barcelona 1-3 in La Liga on Saturday 21 May 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.

S. Fernández opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Málaga's goal came from S. Fernández (31'). FC Barcelona scored through Bojan Krkic (43', penalty), Ibrahim Afellay (76') and Marc Bartra (85').

Discipline: Málaga received 3 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Málaga were 10th on 46 points from 37 and FC Barcelona 1st on 93 points from 37. Málaga went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 96.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Málaga wins, 1 draw and 6 for FC Barcelona.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · ApoñoMálaga
  • 31'Goal · S. FernándezMálaga · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Eric AbidalFC Barcelona
  • 43'Penalty goal · Bojan KrkicFC Barcelona · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · EliseuMálaga
  • 45'Yellow card · Jesús GámezMálaga
  • 76'Goal · Ibrahim AfellayFC Barcelona · 1-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Dani AlvesFC Barcelona
  • 85'Goal · Marc BartraFC Barcelona · 1-3

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Málaga 0, draws 1, FC Barcelona 6.

Team news

Málaga expected line-up (4-3-1-2)

Willy Caballero, Eliseu, Jesús Gámez, Kris Stadsgaard, Apoño, Duda, Salomón Rondón, Sebastián Fernández, Júlio Baptista, Martín Demichelis

FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)

Víctor Valdés, Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Eric Abidal, Deco, Ludovic Giuly, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Samuel Eto'o