FC Barcelona 1-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 21 February 2009
Result
FC Barcelona 1-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 21 February 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
FC Barcelona 1-2 Espanyol: match report
FC Barcelona were beaten by Espanyol 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 21 February 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
De la Peña opened the scoring in the 50th minute. FC Barcelona's goal came from Yaya Touré (62'). Espanyol scored through De la Peña (50') and De la Peña (55').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 60 points from 23 and Espanyol 20th on 18 points from 23. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Espanyol 10th with 47.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Espanyol's L-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Nicolás Pareja
- 21'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 38'Red card · S. Kéita
- 39'Yellow card · Samuel Eto'o
- 39'Yellow card · Luis García
- 50'Goal · De la Peña
- 51'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 53'Yellow card · Dani Jarque
- 55'Goal · De la Peña
- 57'Yellow card · Xavi
- 58'Yellow card · De la Peña
- 62'Goal · Yaya Touré
- 62'Yellow card · Sergio Sánchez
- 74'Yellow card · Yaya Touré
- 77'Yellow card · Puyol
- 86'Yellow card · Iván Alonso Vallejo
- 90+1'Yellow card · Raúl Tamudo
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen
Espanyol line-up (4-1-4-1)
Carlos Kameni, David García, Sergio Sánchez, Nicolás Pareja, Dani Jarque, De la Peña, Angel Martinez, Nenê, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Iván Alonso