FC Barcelona 5-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 9 September 2017
Result
FC Barcelona 5-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 9 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
FC Barcelona 5-0 Espanyol: match report
FC Barcelona won against Espanyol 5-0 in La Liga on Saturday 9 September 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 26th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (26'), Lionel Messi (35'), Lionel Messi (67'), Eric Guérit (87') and Luis Suárez (90'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 3rd on 6 points from 2 and Espanyol 14th on 1 point from 2. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Espanyol 13th with 49.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (10.0), ahead of Ivan Rakitić (9.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 FC Barcelona wins, 1 draw and 0 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 26'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 29'Yellow card · David López
- 35'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 60'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 67'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 71'Yellow card · Sergi Darder
- 74'Yellow card · Aarón Martín
- 84'Yellow card · Pape Diop
- 87'Goal · Eric Guérit
- 90'Goal · Luis Suárez
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-4-2)
Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Samuel Umtiti, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Gerard Deulofeu, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Pau López, Aarón Martín, Víctor Sánchez, David López, Mario Hermoso, Javi Fuego, Pablo Piatti, Pape Diop, Sergi Darder, Gerard Moreno, Léo Baptistão