Real Madrid 1-3 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 10 December 2011
Result
Real Madrid 1-3 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 10 December 2011, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Real Madrid 1-3 FC Barcelona: match report
Real Madrid lost to FC Barcelona 1-3 in La Liga on Saturday 10 December 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Real Madrid's goal came from Karim Benzema (1'). FC Barcelona scored through A. Sánchez (30'), an own goal by Marcelo (53') and Cesc Fàbregas (66').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 37 points from 14 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 34 points from 15. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 100 points, and FC Barcelona 2nd with 91.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 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 5 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-W and FC Barcelona's W-W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 26'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 27'Yellow card · A. Sánchez
- 30'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 37'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
- 48'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 53'Own goal · Marcelo
- 61'Yellow card · Lassana Diarra
- 62'Yellow card · Pepe
- 66'Goal · Cesc Fàbregas
- 70'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Fábio Coentrão, Mesut Özil, Lassana Diarra, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Ángel Di María, Xabi Alonso
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Eric Abidal, Javier Mascherano, Dani Alves, Sergio Busquets, Seydou Keita, Thiago Alcântara, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés, Samuel Eto'o