FC Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Wednesday 8 July 2020
Result
FC Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Wednesday 8 July 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
FC Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on Wednesday 8 July 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Luis Suárez of FC Barcelona in the 56th minute.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 73 points from 34 and Espanyol 20th on 24 points from 34. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Espanyol 20th with 25.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Espanyol in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergi Roberto of FC Barcelona (8.1), ahead of Gerard Piqué (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 0 for Espanyol.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-D-D-W-D and Espanyol's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 45'Yellow card · Raúl de Tomás
- 45+1'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 50'Red card · Ansu Fati
- 53'Red card · Pol Lozano
- 56'Goal · Luis Suárez
- 90+4'Yellow card · David López
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-1-2)
Marc ter Stegen, Nélson Semedo, Gerard Piqué, Clément Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Ivan Rakitić, Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto, Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann, Luis Suárez
Espanyol line-up (5-3-2)
Diego López, Víctor Gómez, Fernando Calero, Bernardo Espinosa, Leandro Cabrera, Dídac Vilà, Pol Lozano, David López, Marc Roca, Adrián Embarba, Raúl de Tomás