Espanyol 1-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 8 January 2012
Result
Espanyol 1-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 8 January 2012, 20:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Espanyol 1-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Espanyol drew with FC Barcelona 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 8 January 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Cesc Fàbregas opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Espanyol's goal came from Álvaro Vázquez (86'). FC Barcelona scored through Cesc Fàbregas (16').
Discipline: Espanyol received 7 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 9th on 23 points from 16 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 37 points from 16. Espanyol went on to finish that season 14th with 46 points, and FC Barcelona 2nd with 91.
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 2 Espanyol wins, 4 draws and 4 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read W-W-L-L-D and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
- 16'Goal · Cesc Fàbregas
- 45+1'Yellow card · Romaric
- 70'Yellow card · Raúl Rodríguez
- 76'Yellow card · Álvaro Vázquez
- 86'Goal · Álvaro Vázquez
- 86'Yellow card · Sergio García
- 90'Yellow card · Jordi Amat
- 90+1'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 90+3'Yellow card · Kiko Casilla
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cristian Álvarez, Raúl Rodríguez, Jordi Amat, Héctor Moreno, Juan Forlin, Joan Verdú, Romaric, Sergio García, Vladimír Weiss, Thievy Bifouma, Dídac Vilà
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Eric Abidal, Javier Mascherano, Dani Alves, Sergio Busquets, Seydou Keita, Thiago Alcântara, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés, Samuel Eto'o