FC Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 8 May 2016
Result
FC Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 8 May 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Espanyol 4-0 in La Liga on Sunday 8 May 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 8th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (8'), Luis Suárez (52'), Luis Suárez (61'), Rafinha (74') and Neymar (83'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 82 points from 36 and Espanyol 16th on 40 points from 36. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 88 points, and Espanyol 16th with 41.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Suárez of FC Barcelona (8.7), level with Neymar (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 0 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 12'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
- 18'Yellow card · Pape Diop
- 27'Yellow card · Hernán Pérez
- 36'Yellow card · Víctor Álvarez
- 39'Yellow card · José Alberto Cañas
- 52'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 61'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 63'Yellow card · Javi López
- 69'Yellow card · Rober Correa
- 69'Yellow card · Pau López
- 74'Goal · Rafinha
- 83'Goal · Neymar
- 90'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Gerard Piqué, Dani Alves, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi, Neymar
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Pau López, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Víctor Álvarez, Enzo Roco, Javi López, Víctor Sánchez, Pape Diop, José Alberto Cañas, Hernán Pérez, Felipe Caicedo, Marco Asensio