FC Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 12 December 2009
Result
FC Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 12 December 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol: match report
FC Barcelona won against Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on Saturday 12 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Zlatan Ibrahimović of FC Barcelona in the 39th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 36 points from 14 and Espanyol 14th on 13 points from 13. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Espanyol 11th with 44.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Espanyol's L-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 30'Yellow card · Javi Chica
- 31'Yellow card · Zlatan Ibrahimović
- 38'Yellow card · Raúl Baena
- 39'Penalty goal · Zlatan Ibrahimović
- 39'Yellow card · Luis García
- 84'Yellow card · Eric Guérit
- 86'Yellow card · Puyol
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Gianluca Zambrotta
Espanyol line-up (4-1-4-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Facundo Roncaglia, Nicolás Pareja, Juan Forlin, Víctor Ruiz, Joan Verdú, Ferran Corominas, Raúl Baena, Luis Garcia, Iván Alonso