Espanyol 0-4 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 8 December 2018
Result
Espanyol 0-4 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 8 December 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-3
Espanyol 0-4 FC Barcelona: match report
Espanyol were beaten by FC Barcelona 0-4 in La Liga on Saturday 8 December 2018. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Espanyol did not score. FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (17'), Ousmane Dembélé (26'), Luis Suárez (45') and Lionel Messi (65').
Discipline: Espanyol received 1 yellow card; FC Barcelona received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 8th on 21 points from 14 and FC Barcelona 1st on 28 points from 14. Espanyol went on to finish that season 7th with 53 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (10.0), ahead of Ousmane Dembélé (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 8 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 26'Goal · Ousmane Dembélé
- 45'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 65'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 79'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-4-1-1)
Diego López, Javi López, David López, Óscar Duarte, Dídac Vilà, Hernán Pérez, Sergi Darder, Marc Roca, Víctor Sánchez, Óscar Melendo, Borja Iglesias
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Clément Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Arturo Vidal, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Ousmane Dembélé