FC Barcelona 4-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 December 2016
Result
FC Barcelona 4-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 18 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 4-1 Espanyol: match report
FC Barcelona won against Espanyol 4-1 in La Liga on Sunday 18 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 3rd on 31 points from 15 and Espanyol 9th on 22 points from 15. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 90 points, and Espanyol 8th with 56.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Suárez of FC Barcelona (9.1), ahead of Andrés Iniesta (8.0).
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-D-D-D-W and Espanyol's W-D-W-W-D.
Head-to-head
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FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Marc ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Piqué, Javier Mascherano, Jordi Alba, Denis Suárez, Sergio Busquets, Andrés Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Javi López, David López, Diego Reyes, Aarón Martín, Pablo Piatti, Javi Fuego, Pape Diop, José Jurado, Felipe Caicedo, Gerard Moreno