FC Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 8 May 2016

Result

FC Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol

La Liga · Sunday 8 May 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

FC Barcelona · Espanyol · La Liga predictions

FC Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol: match report

FC Barcelona defeated Espanyol 4-0 in La Liga on Sunday 8 May 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 8th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (8'), Luis Suárez (52'), Luis Suárez (61'), Rafinha (74') and Neymar (83'). Espanyol did not score.

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 7 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 82 points from 36 and Espanyol 16th on 40 points from 36. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 88 points, and Espanyol 16th with 41.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Suárez of FC Barcelona (8.7), level with Neymar (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 0 for Espanyol.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona
  • 18'Yellow card · Pape DiopEspanyol
  • 27'Yellow card · Hernán PérezEspanyol
  • 36'Yellow card · Víctor ÁlvarezEspanyol
  • 39'Yellow card · José Alberto CañasEspanyol
  • 52'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 61'Goal · Luis SuárezFC Barcelona · 3-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Javi LópezEspanyol
  • 69'Yellow card · Rober CorreaEspanyol
  • 69'Yellow card · Pau LópezEspanyol
  • 74'Goal · RafinhaFC Barcelona · 4-0
  • 83'Goal · NeymarFC Barcelona · 5-0
  • 90'Yellow card · J. MascheranoFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 8, draws 2, Espanyol 0.

Team news

FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Marc ter Stegen, Gerard Piqué, Dani Alves, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi, Neymar

Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)

Pau López, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Víctor Álvarez, Enzo Roco, Javi López, Víctor Sánchez, Pape Diop, José Alberto Cañas, Hernán Pérez, Felipe Caicedo, Marco Asensio