FC Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 5 May 2012
Result
FC Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 5 May 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol: match report
FC Barcelona won against Espanyol 4-0 in La Liga on Saturday 5 May 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 12th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (12'), Lionel Messi (64', penalty), Lionel Messi (74') and Lionel Messi (79', penalty). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards; Espanyol received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 87 points from 36 and Espanyol 13th on 45 points from 36. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Espanyol 14th with 46.
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 4 FC Barcelona wins, 5 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Espanyol's L-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 12'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 21'Yellow card · Sergio Busquets
- 30'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 63'Yellow card · Cristian Álvarez
- 64'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 64'Yellow card · Cristian Gómez
- 64'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
- 70'Yellow card · Martín Montoya
- 74'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 79'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 85'Yellow card · Tello
- 89'Yellow card · Puyol
Head-to-head
Team news
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FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
José Manuel Pinto, Puyol, Javier Mascherano, Adriano, Martín Montoya, Andrés Iniesta, Thiago Alcântara, Seydou Keita, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Pedro
Espanyol line-up (4-1-4-1)
Cristian Álvarez, Raúl Rodríguez, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Juan Forlin, Raúl Baena, Joan Verdú, Álvaro Vázquez, Vladimír Weiss, Víctor Sánchez, Dídac Vilà