Real Madrid 2-6 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 2 May 2009
Result
Real Madrid 2-6 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 2 May 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-3
Real Madrid 2-6 FC Barcelona: match report
Real Madrid lost to FC Barcelona 2-6 in La Liga on Saturday 2 May 2009. The half-time score was 1-3.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (14') and Sergio Ramos (56'). FC Barcelona scored through Thierry Henry (18'), Puyol (20'), Lionel Messi (36'), Thierry Henry (59'), Lionel Messi (75') and Eric Guérit (83').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 78 points from 33 and FC Barcelona 1st on 82 points from 33. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 2 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 18'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 20'Goal · Puyol
- 23'Yellow card · Eric Abidal
- 25'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 36'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 39'Yellow card · Puyol
- 45'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 56'Goal · Sergio Ramos
- 59'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 74'Yellow card · Rafael van der Vaart
- 75'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 83'Goal · Eric Guérit
- 85'Yellow card · Javi García
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid expected line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Marcelo, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Mahamadou Diarra, Wesley Sneijder, Guti, Fabio Cannavaro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Raúl
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