FC Barcelona 2-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 8 May 2011
Result
FC Barcelona 2-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 8 May 2011, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 2-0 Espanyol: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Espanyol 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 8 May 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Andrés Iniesta opened the scoring in the 29th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Andrés Iniesta (29') and Eric Guérit (48'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 88 points from 34 and Espanyol 8th on 46 points from 34. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 96 points, and Espanyol 10th with 47.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Barcelona wins, 4 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Espanyol's W-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Andrés Iniesta
- 48'Goal · Eric Guérit
- 63'Yellow card · Luis García
- 63'Yellow card · C. Kameni
- 63'Yellow card · Pedro
- 85'Yellow card · Isaías
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Puyol, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Andrés Iniesta, Deco, Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto'o
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Jordi Amat, Ernesto Galán, Javi López, Raúl Rodríguez, Javi Márquez, Joan Verdú, Juanmi Callejón, Pablo Osvaldo, Iván Alonso