Espanyol 0-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 25 April 2015
Result
Espanyol 0-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 25 April 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Espanyol 0-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Espanyol were beaten by FC Barcelona 0-2 in La Liga on Saturday 25 April 2015. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Neymar opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Espanyol did not score. FC Barcelona scored through Neymar (17') and Lionel Messi (25').
Discipline: Espanyol received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 9th on 42 points from 32 and FC Barcelona 1st on 78 points from 32. Espanyol went on to finish that season 12th with 47 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 93.
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 0 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 8 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-W-W-D-D and FC Barcelona's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Neymar
- 22'Yellow card · Sergio García
- 25'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 54'Second yellow · Jordi Alba
- 54'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 58'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 62'Yellow card · Anaitz Arbilla
- 72'Yellow card · Lucas Vázquez
- 80'Yellow card · José Alberto Cañas
- 83'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 90+1'Second yellow · Héctor Moreno
- 90+1'Yellow card · Héctor Moreno
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kiko Casilla, Anaitz Arbilla, Álvaro González, Héctor Moreno, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Abraham González, José Alberto Cañas, Lucas Vázquez, Sergio García, Víctor Álvarez, Felipe Caicedo
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Claudio Bravo, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Rafinha Alcântara, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar