FC Barcelona 5-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 7 December 2014
Result
FC Barcelona 5-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 7 December 2014, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
FC Barcelona 5-1 Espanyol: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Espanyol 5-1 in La Liga on Sunday 7 December 2014. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Sergio García opened the scoring in the 13th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (45'), Lionel Messi (50'), Eric Guérit (53'), Pedro (77') and Lionel Messi (81'). Espanyol scored through Sergio García (13').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 3rd on 31 points from 13 and Espanyol 12th on 15 points from 13. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Espanyol 12th with 47.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 0 for Espanyol.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-L-L and Espanyol's W-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Sergio García
- 29'Yellow card · Salva Sevilla
- 45'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 50'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 52'Yellow card · Lucas Vázquez
- 53'Goal · Eric Guérit
- 69'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 77'Goal · Pedro
- 79'Yellow card · Anaitz Arbilla
- 81'Goal · Lionel Messi
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Claudio Bravo, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitić, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi, Neymar
Espanyol expected line-up (4-4-2)
Kiko Casilla, Diego Colotto, Javi López, Álvaro González, Juan Rafael Fuentes, Lucas Vázquez, José Alberto Cañas, Paco Montañés, Sergio García, Cristhian Stuani, Víctor Sánchez