Barcelona vs Espanyol

3 November 2024 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee José Luis Munuera Montero

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

Dani Olmo 12’, 31’
Raphinha 23’

Javi Puado 63’

Match summary

Barcelona won 3-1 at home to Espanyol. Barcelona led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Dani Olmo put Barcelona ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Lamine Yamal, Raphinha made it 2-0 in the 23rd minute, set up by Marc Casadó, and Olmo made it 3-0 in the 31st minute, set up by Álex Balde. In the second half, Javi Puado pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 63rd minute, set up by Carlos Romero.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 1.94 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Espanyol's 0.79 from 10.

Match stats

14 Shots 10

9 Shots on Target 3

9 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.94 xG 0.79

1.94 Non-penalty xG 0.79

15 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Barcelona Espanyol

Kick-off

Dani Olmo
Assist: Lamine Yamal

1-0

12’

Raphinha
Assist: Marc Casadó

2-0

23’

Dani Olmo
Assist: Álex Balde

3-0

31’

Half-time3-0

63’

Javi Puado
Assist: Carlos Romero

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Espanyol

Rafael Bauza
Jofre Carreras
Walid Cheddira

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Barcelona 1.94 xGEspanyol 0.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Espanyol attacking Barcelona attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Iñaki Peña	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hector Fort	DEF	84			1	0.06	0.60	2
Iñigo Martínez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Pau Cubarsí	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Balde	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.08	1
Pedri	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Casadó	MID	62		1	0	0.00	0.31	1
Lamine Yamal	MID	90		1	4	0.22	0.55	3
Dani Olmo	MID	62	2		4	1.14	0.00	0
Raphinha	MID	90	1		1	0.31	0.16	3
Robert Lewandowski	FWD	90			2	0.13	0.00	0
Frenkie de Jong	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.10	1
Fermín López	Sub	28			1	0.02	0.06	1
Jules Koundé	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Anssumane Fati	Sub	1			1	0.07	0.00	0
Gavi	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Joan García	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Omar El Hilali	DEF	84			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leandro Cabrera	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Marash Kumbulla	DEF	39			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Romero	DEF	84		1	0	0.00	0.30	2
Rafael Bauza	MID	68			1	0.01	0.00	0
Tejero	MID	90			1	0.08	0.16	3
Alex Kral	MID	90			0	0.00	0.12	1
Álvaro Aguado	MID	68			2	0.08	0.00	0
Jofre Carreras	MID	90			1	0.04	0.03	1
Javi Puado	FWD	90	1		4	0.51	0.00	0
Sergi Gómez	Sub	51			0	0.00	0.00	0
Justin Smith	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Walid Cheddira	Sub	22			1	0.06	0.00	0
Naci Ünüvar	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Brian Oliván	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 84% Avg odds 1.14

Draw 11% Avg odds 9.20

Espanyol win 5% Avg odds 18.00

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Barcelona W L W W W

Espanyol L L W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Espanyol 2-4 Barcelona, 14 May 23 Next meeting: Espanyol 0-2 Barcelona, 15 May 25 All Barcelona vs Espanyol meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.