Espanyol 1-3 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 18 December 2010
Result
Espanyol 1-3 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 18 December 2010, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Espanyol 1-3 FC Barcelona: match report
Espanyol were beaten by FC Barcelona 1-3 in La Liga on Saturday 18 December 2010. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Pedro opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Espanyol's goal came from Pablo Osvaldo (63'). FC Barcelona scored through Pedro (19'), Xavi (30'), Pedro (60'), David Villa (76') and David Villa (84').
Discipline: Espanyol received 5 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 4th on 28 points from 15 and FC Barcelona 1st on 40 points from 15. Espanyol went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 96.
Espanyol 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 2 Espanyol wins, 4 draws and 4 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-W-W-W-D and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Pedro
- 26'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 30'Yellow card · Idriss Carlos Kameni
- 30'Goal · Xavi
- 36'Yellow card · Raúl Baena
- 37'Yellow card · Pablo Osvaldo
- 41'Yellow card · Javi Márquez
- 54'Yellow card · Gerard Piqué
- 60'Goal · Pedro
- 63'Goal · Pablo Osvaldo
- 68'Yellow card · Víctor Ruiz
- 70'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 76'Goal · David Villa
- 84'Goal · David Villa
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Juan Forlin, Javi Márquez, Jordi Amat, Raúl Baena, Víctor Ruiz, Juanmi Callejón, Pablo Osvaldo, Joan Verdú, Luis Garcia
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Gerard Piqué, Puyol, Eric Abidal, Xavi, Dani Alves, Andrés Iniesta, Pedro, Lionel Messi, David Villa, Sergio Busquets