FC Barcelona 2-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 6 May 2006
Result
FC Barcelona 2-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 6 May 2006, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 2-0 Espanyol: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Espanyol 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 6 May 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring in the 19th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Samuel Eto'o (19') and Ronaldinho Gaúcho (50'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Espanyol received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 79 points from 35 and Espanyol 16th on 38 points from 36. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Espanyol 15th with 41.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Barcelona win, 0 draws and 0 for Espanyol.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Espanyol's L-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 50'Goal · Ronaldinho Gaúcho
- 73'Yellow card · Pablo Zabaleta
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Puyol, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Andrés Iniesta, Deco, Ronaldinho, Víctor Valdés, Samuel Eto'o, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Mark van Bommel
Espanyol line-up
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, David García, Alberto Lopo, Pablo Zabaleta, Juanfran, Didier Domi, Dani Jarque, Sergio Sánchez, Eduardo Costa, Luis Garcia, Raúl Tamudo