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
+18	Barcelona	7	1	19
+11	Real Madrid	7	2	19
+12	Athletic Club	7	3	16
+5	Real Betis	7	4	15

Full Table

Statistics

BAR		ESP
17	Fouls	9
4	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
7	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	4
3	Saves	5
65.3	POSSESSION	34.7
16	SHOTS	12
6	ON GOAL	2
0.4	On Target %	0.2
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
592	Accurate Passes	273
663	Passes	343
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	6
21	Crosses	15
0.2	Cross %	0.4
51	Long Balls	57
34	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.7	Long Balls %	0.4
6	Blocked Shots	1
7	Effective Tackles	9
16	Tackles	16
0.4	Tackle %	0.6
8	Interceptions	15
8	Effective Clearances	18
8	Clearances	18

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	Nicolas Gonzalez
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, Álex 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	Adriá Pedrosa
22	Aleix Vidal
10	Sergi Darder
25	Yangel Herrera
9	Javier Puado
23	Adrián Embarba
11	Raúl de Tomás

Substitutes:

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