Espanyol 2-4 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 14 May 2023
Result
Espanyol 2-4 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 14 May 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-3
Espanyol 2-4 FC Barcelona: match report
Espanyol were beaten by FC Barcelona 2-4 in La Liga on Sunday 14 May 2023. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Javi Puado (73') and Joselu (90+2'). FC Barcelona scored through Robert Lewandowski (11'), Alejandro Balde (20'), Robert Lewandowski (40') and Jules Koundé (53').
Discipline: Espanyol received 1 yellow card; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 19th on 31 points from 33 and FC Barcelona 1st on 82 points from 33. Espanyol went on to finish that season 19th with 37 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 88.
Espanyol lined up in a 5-4-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Frenkie de Jong of FC Barcelona (8.4), level with Robert Lewandowski (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Espanyol wins, 4 draws and 6 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Jules Koundé
- 11'Goal · Robert Lewandowski
- 20'Goal · Alejandro Balde
- 39'Yellow card · Sergi Darder
- 39'Yellow card · Gavi
- 40'Goal · Robert Lewandowski
- 53'Goal · Jules Koundé
- 73'Goal · Javi Puado
- 82'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 90+2'Goal · Joselu
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (5-4-1)
Fernando Pacheco, Óscar Gil, César Montes, Sergi Gómez Solà, Leandro Cabrera, Brian Oliván, Nico Melamed, Sergi Darder, Denis Suárez, Martin Braithwaite, Joselu
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Jules Koundé, Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen, Alejandro Balde, Pedri, Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, Gavi