Barcelona v Getafe

Start date: Sat Feb 6, 2010
League: La Liga
Sport: Soccer

Barcelona 2-1 Getafe

Messi 6
Xavi Hernández 67

Soldado 93

Game summary

The game was played in La Liga on Saturday February 6.
FC Barcelona took the lead when Messi scored the first goal after 6 minutes.
Lopez was shown a yellow card after 10 minutes.
Jiménez Mané was shown a yellow card after 16 minutes.
Maxwell was shown a yellow card after 24 minutes.
Piqué was shown a red card after 25 minutes.
Xavi Hernández was shown a yellow card after 27 minutes.
Touré was shown a yellow card after 34 minutes.
Boateng was shown a yellow card after 53 minutes.
Xavi Hernández scored a goal for FC Barcelona, making it 2-0, in the 67th minute.
Casquero was shown a yellow card after 81 minutes.
Busquets was shown a yellow card after 82 minutes.
Marquez was shown a red card after 91 minutes.
Soldado scored a goal for Getafe, making it 2-1, in the 93th minute.
The game ended in a 2-1 victory for the home team FC Barcelona.

Team comparison

Average goals and home team advantage

The graphs and numbers here are based on the last 40 played games for FC Barcelona (25 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses) and the last 40 games for Getafe (16 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses).

During that period, the average number of goals scored per game was 2.7 for FC Barcelona and 1.7 for Getafe. The average for all teams combined within La Liga was 1.44 goals scored per game. This means that Barcelona is better than its peers and Getafe is better than its peers when it comes to scoring goals.

The home team, Barcelona, is quite strong as a home team, winning a whopping 65% of their home games. The away team, Getafe, usually wins 30% of its away games which is about average compared to the rest of the league.