Málaga 2-0 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 8 April 2017
Result
Málaga 2-0 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 8 April 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Málaga 2-0 FC Barcelona: match report
Málaga beat FC Barcelona 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 8 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Sandro Ramírez opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Málaga's goals came from Sandro Ramírez (32') and Jony (90'). FC Barcelona did not score.
Discipline: Málaga received 5 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Málaga were 15th on 30 points from 30 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 69 points from 30. Málaga went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and FC Barcelona 2nd with 90.
Málaga lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (8.3), ahead of Samuel Umtiti (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Málaga win, 2 draws and 7 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read W-L-D-L-L and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 27'Yellow card · Neymar
- 32'Goal · Sandro Ramírez
- 33'Yellow card · Samuel Umtiti
- 37'Yellow card · Federico Ricca
- 45'Yellow card · Recio
- 65'Second yellow · Neymar
- 69'Yellow card · Adalberto Peñaranda
- 69'Yellow card · Adalberto Peñaranda
- 82'Yellow card · Juankar
- 87'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
- 90'Goal · Jony
Head-to-head
Team news
Málaga expected line-up (4-4-2)
Guillermo Ochoa, Raúl Albentosa, Weligton, Roberto Rosales, Miguel Torres, Ignacio Camacho, Recio, Duje Cop, Charles Días
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Javier Mascherano, Samuel Umtiti, Jérémy Mathieu, Jordi Alba, Denis Suárez, Sergio Busquets, André Gomes, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar