La Liga
Barcelona 5-1 Espanyol
Barcelona vs Espanyol finished 5-1 in La Liga. Key event: 1' Anaitz Arbilla (xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79%, 36.3%). Home form: W W W L L; Away form: W L D L D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.
Match context 4 facts
Home form
W W W L L
9 pts, goals 9-6, 1.80 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match
Away form
W L D L D
5 pts, goals 5-7, 1.00 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match
Barcelona · season record
10 W · 1 D · 2 L
2014/2015: 13 recorded matches, goals 31–6; before 07 Dec 2014 UTC. Not official standings.
Espanyol · season record
3 W · 5 D · 5 L
2014/2015: 13 recorded matches, goals 14–17; before 07 Dec 2014 UTC. Not official standings.
Shot map 18 shots · 6 goals
Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.
Attempt
Goal
Marker size = xG
Match timelineControls every timed spatial view below
Full match · 5 timed plotted passes. Network and heatmap show the full match.
Pass map directional passes
Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.
CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction
Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match
Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.
Fewer pass startsMore pass starts
Possession flow 21 recorded possessions
Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.
BarcelonaEspanyol
- 0–5′100–0
- 5–10′100–0
- 10–15′91–9
- 15–20′33–67
- 20–25′63–37
- 25–30′56–44
- 30–35′42–58
- 35–40′14–86
- 40–45′62–38
- 45–50′82–18
- 50–55′100–0
- 55–60′32–68
- 60–65′0–100
- 65–70′0–100
- 70–75′0–100
- 75–80′49–51
- 80–85′100–0
- 85–90′100–0
Timeline 56 events
1'
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shot
Anaitz Arbilla
ESP xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79%, 36.3%
1'
•
shot
Anaitz Arbilla Zabala
ESP Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.02
12'
•
shot
Sergio García
ESP xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.3%, 46.6%
12'
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Goal
Sergio García De La Fuente
ESP Open Play · Goal
20'
•
shot
Xavi
BAR assist Sergio Busquets · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 82%, 50.9%
20'
•
shot
Xavier Hernández Creus
BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.07
27'
•
shot
Sergio García
ESP xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.4%, 66.4%
27'
•
shot
Sergio García De La Fuente
ESP Open Play · Saved · xG 0.06
27'
Yellow
Salvador Sevilla López
ESP Yellow Card
29'
•
shot
Lionel Messi
BAR xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 76.9%, 49%
29'
•
shot
Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini
BAR Free Kick · Post · xG 0.08
29'
Yellow
Salva Sevilla
ESP Yellow card
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31'
shot
Gerard Piqué Bernabéu
BAR Open Play · Saved · xG 0.08
32'
shot
Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini
BAR Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.11
35'
shot
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz
BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.05
37'
shot
Jordi Alba
BAR assist Lionel Messi · xG 0.28 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 95.4%, 58.8%
37'
shot
Jordi Alba Ramos
BAR Open Play · Saved · xG 0.16
45'
Goal
Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini
BAR Open Play · Goal
49'
shot
Lionel Messi
BAR assist Luis Suárez · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.2%, 50.1%
49'
Goal
Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini
BAR Open Play · Goal
50'
Yellow
Lucas Vázquez Iglesias
ESP Yellow Card
50'
Goal
Lionel Messi
BAR assist Luis Suárez
52'
Goal
Gerard Piqué Bernabéu
BAR Open Play · Goal
52'
Yellow
Lucas Vázquez
ESP Yellow card
53'
Goal
Gerard Piqué
BAR assist Ivan Rakitić
58'
Sub
Héctor Alfredo Moreno Herrera
ESP on for José Alberto Cañas Ruiz Herrera · Tactical
60'
Sub
Héctor Moreno
ESP on for José Alberto Cañas
63'
shot
Ivan Rakitić
BAR Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.04
64'
Sub
Andrés Iniesta Luján
BAR on for Ivan Rakitić · Tactical
65'
Sub
Andrés Iniesta
BAR on for Ivan Rakitić
68'
Yellow
Álvaro González Soberón
ESP Yellow Card
69'
Sub
Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma
BAR on for Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz · Tactical
69'
shot
Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini
BAR Free Kick · Off T · xG 0.06
69'
Yellow
Álvaro González
ESP Yellow card
70'
Sub
Cristhian Ricardo Stuani Curbelo
ESP on for Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo · Tactical
70'
Sub
Pedro
BAR on for Luis Suárez
71'
Sub
Cristhian Stuani
ESP on for Felipe Caicedo
72'
shot
Andrés Iniesta Luján
BAR Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.05
75'
shot
Xavier Hernández Creus
BAR Open Play · Off T · xG 0.05
77'
Yellow
Anaitz Arbilla Zabala
ESP Yellow Card
79'
Yellow
Anaitz Arbilla
ESP Yellow card
81'
Sub
Jérémy Mathieu
BAR on for Sergio Busquets i Burgos · Tactical
82'
Sub
Abraham González Casanova
ESP on for Eric Bertrand Bailly · Tactical
83'
Sub
Jérémy Mathieu
BAR on for Sergio Busquets
83'
Sub
Abraham González
ESP on for Eric Bailly
Head-to-head H2H last 12: 9-0-3
Barcelona leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 9 wins, 0 losses, 3 draws. Latest meeting: 11 Apr 2026 · Barcelona vs Espanyol · 4 - 1.
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Team statistics 15 metrics
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Lineups
Espanyol
4-4-2 13
K
Kiko Casilla
GK
23
A
Anaitz Arbilla
DEF
22
Á
Álvaro González
DEF
30
E
Eric Bailly
DEF
18
J
Juan Rafael Fuentes
DEF
17
L
Lucas Vázquez
MID
4
V
Víctor Sánchez
MID
14
J
José Alberto Cañas
MID
6
S
Salva Sevilla
MID
9
S
Sergio García
FWD
20
F
Felipe Caicedo
FWD
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15
H
Héctor Moreno
DEF
8
C
Cristhian Stuani
FWD
10
A
Abraham González
MID
25
P
Pau López
GK
19
D
Diego Colotto
DEF
16
J
Javi López
DEF
5
V
Víctor Álvarez
MID
Barcelona
4-3-3 13
C
Claudio Bravo
GK
22
D
Dani Alves
MID
3
G
Gerard Piqué
DEF
14
J
Javier Mascherano
MID
18
J
Jordi Alba
DEF
6
X
Xavi
MID
5
S
Sergio Busquets
MID
4
I
Ivan Rakitić
MID
9
L
Luis Suárez
FWD
10
L
Lionel Messi
FWD
11
N
Neymar
FWD
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8
A
Andrés Iniesta
MID
7
P
Pedro
FWD
24
J
Jérémy Mathieu
DEF
1
M
Marc-André Ter Stegen
GK
21
A
Adriano
DEF
12
R
Rafinha Alcântara
MID
31
M
Munir El Haddadi
FWD