Espanyol 2-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 4 January 2020
Result
Espanyol 2-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 4 January 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Espanyol 2-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Espanyol drew with FC Barcelona 2-2 in La Liga on Saturday 4 January 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.
David López opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Espanyol's goals came from David López (23') and Lei Wu (88'). FC Barcelona scored through Luis Suárez (50') and A. Vidal (59').
Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 20th on 10 points from 18 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 39 points from 18. Espanyol went on to finish that season 20th with 25 points, and FC Barcelona 2nd with 82.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Suárez of FC Barcelona (8.1), ahead of Marc Roca (8.0).
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
- 23'Goal · David López
- 35'Yellow card · Javi López
- 50'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 59'Goal · A. Vidal
- 62'Yellow card · Marc Roca
- 66'Yellow card · Frenkie de Jong
- 75'Second yellow · Frenkie de Jong
- 88'Goal · Lei Wu
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Javi López, Naldo, Bernardo Espinosa, Dídac Vilà, Víctor Gómez, David López, Marc Roca, Óscar Melendo, Jonathan Calleri, Sergi Darder
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Neto, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Clément Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Antoine Griezmann