Spanish LALIGA

Barcelona vs Espanyol 2021-22 LaLiga

Barcelona
  • 48': Memphis Depay (P)
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Espanyol

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    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
    +11 Real Madrid 9 24 1
    +14 Barcelona 9 22 1
    +6 Villarreal 9 17 2
    +6 Atlético Madrid 9 16 1
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    Statistics

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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

    Line-Ups

    BAR Barcelona (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Marc-André ter Stegen (GK) Yellow Card
    24 Eric García
    3 Gerard Piqué
    18 Jordi Alba
    22 Óscar Mingueza Yellow Card
    5 Sergio Busquets
    21 Frenkie de Jong Yellow Card
    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.

    ESP Espanyol (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    13 Diego López (GK)
    4 Leandro Cabrera Yellow Card
    24 Sergi Gómez
    15 David López
    3 Adrià Pedrosa Yellow Card
    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.

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