FC Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 6 January 2013
Result
FC Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 6 January 2013, 18:00 UTC · half-time 4-0
FC Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol: match report
FC Barcelona won against Espanyol 4-0 in La Liga on Sunday 6 January 2013. It was 4-0 at half-time.
Xavi opened the scoring in the 10th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Xavi (10'), Pedro (15'), Pedro (27') and Lionel Messi (29', penalty). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 49 points from 17 and Espanyol 18th on 15 points from 17. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 102 points, and Espanyol 14th with 41.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Barcelona wins, 4 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Espanyol's W-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Xavi
- 15'Goal · Pedro
- 27'Goal · Pedro
- 28'Yellow card · Kiko Casilla
- 29'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 53'Yellow card · Raúl Baena
- 73'Yellow card · Cristhian Stuani
- 85'Yellow card · Héctor Moreno
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Puyol, Jordi Alba, Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Pedro
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kiko Casilla, Juan Forlin, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Joan Capdevila, Diego Colotto, Víctor Sánchez, Raúl Baena, Joan Verdú, Simão, Sergio García