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Barcelona vs Espanyol 2021-22 LaLiga
Xavi wins Barcelona coaching debut over Espanyol
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Barcelona beat Espanyol on Memphis Depay's penalty as Xavi Hernandez won his debut as Blaugrana boss.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 45': Substitution, Barcelona. Abdessamad Ezzalzouli replaces Ilias Akhomach.
- 48': Goal! Barcelona 1, Espanyol 0. Memphis Depay (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
- 56': Substitution, Espanyol. Manu Morlanes replaces David López.
- 56': Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Javier Puado.
- 59': Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
- 59': Adrià Pedrosa (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
- 64': Óscar Mingueza (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 70': Substitution, Barcelona. Philippe Coutinho replaces Gavi.
- 77': Substitution, Espanyol. Landry Dimata replaces Yangel Herrera.
- 78': Substitution, Espanyol. Wu Lei replaces Adrián Embarba.
- 78': Substitution, Barcelona. Riqui Puig replaces Sergio Busquets because of an injury.
- 83': Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 88': Substitution, Barcelona. Yusuf Demir replaces Nicolás González Iglesias because of an injury.
- 88': Substitution, Barcelona. Ronald Araújo replaces Óscar Mingueza because of an injury.
- 88': Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+3': Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+5': Substitution, Espanyol. Loren Morón replaces Sergi Darder.
Game Information
Venue: Spotify Camp Nou
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 74,418
Spanish LALIGA Standings
POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | Alavés | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | Athletic Club | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | Atlético Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Statistics
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BAR![]() |
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9 | Fouls | 17 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
1 | Offsides | 7 |
4 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
5 | Saves | 3 |
34.7 | Possession | 65.3 |
12 | SHOTS | 16 |
2 | ON GOAL | 6 |
0.2 | On Target % | 0.4 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
273 | Accurate Passes | 592 |
343 | Passes | 663 |
0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
6 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
15 | Crosses | 21 |
0.4 | Cross % | 0.2 |
57 | Long Balls | 51 |
25 | Accurate Long Balls | 34 |
0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
1 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
9 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
16 | Tackles | 16 |
0.6 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
15 | Interceptions | 8 |
18 | Effective Clearances | 8 |
18 | Clearances | 8 |
Barcelona (4-3-3)
No. | Name |
---|---|
1 | Marc-André ter Stegen (GK) ![]() |
24 | Eric García |
3 | Gerard Piqué |
18 | Jordi Alba |
22 | Óscar Mingueza ![]() |
5 | Sergio Busquets |
21 | Frenkie de Jong ![]() |
28 | Nicolas Gonzalez |
9 | Memphis Depay |
30 | Gavi |
37 | Ilias Akhomach |
Espanyol (4-1-4-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
13 | Diego López (GK) |
4 | Leandro Cabrera ![]() |
24 | Sergi Gómez |
15 | David López |
3 | Adrià Pedrosa ![]() |
22 | Aleix Vidal |
10 | Sergi Darder |
25 | Yangel Herrera |
9 | Javier Puado |
23 | Adri Embarba |
11 | Raúl de Tomás |
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