Espanyol 1-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 27 September 2008
Result
Espanyol 1-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 27 September 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Espanyol 1-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Espanyol lost to FC Barcelona 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 27 September 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Ferran Corominas opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Espanyol's goal came from Ferran Corominas (20'). FC Barcelona scored through Thierry Henry (75') and Lionel Messi (89', penalty).
Discipline: Espanyol received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 8th on 7 points from 4 and FC Barcelona 6th on 7 points from 4. Espanyol went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Espanyol win, 3 draws and 2 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-D-W-W and FC Barcelona's W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 13'Yellow card · Nenê
- 20'Goal · Ferran Corominas
- 20'Yellow card · Víctor Valdés
- 45'Second yellow · Nenê
- 54'Yellow card · Román Martínez
- 75'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 78'Yellow card · Javi Chica
- 89'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 89'Yellow card · Dani Jarque
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Sergio Sánchez, Nicolás Pareja, Dani Jarque, Román Martínez, Nenê, Ferran Corominas, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Raúl Tamudo
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Gianluca Zambrotta