Barcelona vs Espanyol 2021-22 LaLiga

Barcelona

48': Memphis Depay (P)

FT
1 - 0

Espanyol

Xavi wins Barcelona coaching debut over Espanyol

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

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Spotify Camp Nou
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 74,418

Spanish LALIGA Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+45	Barcelona	26	64	4
+32	Real Madrid	26	60	4
+20	Atlético Madrid	26	51	5
+17	Villarreal	26	51	7

Full Table

Statistics

ESP		BAR
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

Line-Ups

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	Nico González
9	Memphis Depay
30	Gavi
37	Ilias Akhomach

Substitutes:

Clément Lenglet, Iñaki Peña, Ronald Araújo, Philippe Coutinho, Yusuf Demir, Sergi Roberto, Ricard Puig, Luuk de Jong, Alejandro Balde, Neto, Samuel Umtiti, Abde Ezzalzouli.

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

Substitutes:

Landry Dimata, Miguelón, Joan García, Manu Morlanes, Lorenzo Morón, Wu Lei, Fran Mérida, Dídac Vilà, Óscar Melendo, Nicolás Melamed, Fernando Calero, Keidi Bare.