FC Barcelona 1-1 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 31 December 2022

Result

FC Barcelona 1-1 Espanyol

La Liga · Saturday 31 December 2022, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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FC Barcelona 1-1 Espanyol: match report

FC Barcelona drew with Espanyol 1-1 in La Liga on Saturday 31 December 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Marcos Alonso opened the scoring in the 7th minute. FC Barcelona's goal came from Marcos Alonso (7'). Espanyol scored through Joselu (73', penalty).

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 8 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 7 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 2nd on 37 points from 14 and Espanyol 17th on 12 points from 14. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 88 points, and Espanyol 19th with 37.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andreas Christensen of FC Barcelona (7.8), level with Álvaro Ferllo (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 0 for Espanyol.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Marcos AlonsoFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Ansu FatiFC Barcelona
  • 30'Yellow card · GaviFC Barcelona
  • 30'Yellow card · Brian OlivánEspanyol
  • 31'Yellow card · Leandro CabreraEspanyol
  • 55'Yellow card · Fernando CaleroEspanyol
  • 73'Penalty goal · JoseluEspanyol · 1-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Vinicius SouzaEspanyol
  • 74'Yellow card · Jordi AlbaFC Barcelona
  • 74'Yellow card · Edu ExpósitoEspanyol
  • 75'Yellow card · Ferran TorresFC Barcelona
  • 76'Yellow card · PedriFC Barcelona
  • 78'Second yellow · Jordi AlbaFC Barcelona
  • 80'Second yellow · Vinicius SouzaEspanyol
  • 81'Yellow card · JoseluEspanyol
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Arnau TenasFC Barcelona
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Arnau TenasFC Barcelona
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Javi PuadoEspanyol
  • 90+7'Yellow card · XaviFC Barcelona

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Barcelona 7, draws 3, Espanyol 0.

Team news

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FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)

Marc ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Andreas Christensen, Marcos Alonso, Jordi Alba, Gavi, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, Ansu Fati

Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)

Álvaro Ferllo, Óscar Gil, Sergi Gómez Solà, Leandro Cabrera, Brian Oliván, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Fernando Calero, Nico Melamed, Sergi Darder, Martin Braithwaite, Joselu