Real Valladolid 1-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 22 December 2012
Result
Real Valladolid 1-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 22 December 2012, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Real Valladolid 1-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Real Valladolid were beaten by FC Barcelona 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 22 December 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Xavi opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Real Valladolid's goal came from Javi Guerra (89'). FC Barcelona scored through Xavi (43'), Lionel Messi (59') and Cristian Tello (90+4').
Discipline: Real Valladolid received 4 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Real Valladolid were 11th on 22 points from 16 and FC Barcelona 1st on 46 points from 16. Real Valladolid went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 102.
Real Valladolid 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 0 Real Valladolid wins, 1 draw and 5 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Real Valladolid's last five read D-L-W-W-L and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Alberto Bueno
- 36'Yellow card · Sereno
- 40'Yellow card · Thiago Alcântara
- 43'Goal · Xavi
- 52'Yellow card · Lluis Sastre
- 59'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 67'Yellow card · Óscar González
- 89'Goal · Javi Guerra
- 90+4'Goal · Cristian Tello
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Valladolid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Dani Hernández, Antonio Rukavina, Marc Valiente, Henrique Sereno, Mikel Balenziaga, Óscar González, Danny Schenkel, Lluis Sastre, Víctor Pérez, Manucho Gonçalves, Alberto Bueno Calvo
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Xavi, Thiago Alcântara, Sergio Busquets, Alexis Sánchez, Lionel Messi, Pedro