FC Barcelona 2-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 30 March 2019
Result
FC Barcelona 2-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 30 March 2019, 15:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
FC Barcelona 2-0 Espanyol: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Espanyol 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 30 March 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 71st minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (71') and Lionel Messi (89'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 66 points from 28 and Espanyol 14th on 34 points from 28. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Espanyol 7th with 53.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (9.6), ahead of Jordi Alba (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 0 for Espanyol.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Espanyol's L-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 69'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 71'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 73'Yellow card · Granero
- 87'Yellow card · Adrià Pedrosa
- 89'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 90+3'Yellow card · R. Rosales
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Clément Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Arthur Melo, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Philippe Coutinho
Espanyol line-up (5-3-2)
Diego López, Roberto Rosales, Lluís López, Naldo, Mario Hermoso, Adrià Pedrosa, Granero, Víctor Sánchez, Marc Roca, Óscar Melendo, Borja Iglesias