Espanyol 0-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 29 March 2014
Result
Espanyol 0-1 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 29 March 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Espanyol 0-1 FC Barcelona: match report
Espanyol lost to FC Barcelona 0-1 in La Liga on Saturday 29 March 2014. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona in the 77th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Espanyol received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 9th on 40 points from 30 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 70 points from 30. Espanyol went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and FC Barcelona 3rd with 85.
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, 2 draws and 7 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read W-D-L-W-D and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Cristhian Stuani
- 35'Yellow card · Diego Colotto
- 45+1'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 75'Yellow card · Javi López
- 77'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 83'Red card · Kiko Casilla
- 86'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 90+4'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kiko Casilla, David López, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Juan Rafael Fuentes, Diego Colotto, Víctor Sánchez, Pizzi, Cristhian Stuani, Sergio García, Simão
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
José Manuel Pinto, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Dani Alves, Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi, Javier Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Pedro, Lionel Messi, Neymar