Barcelona vs Espanyol

20 November 2021 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee Carlos del Cerro Grande

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Memphis Depay 48’ (pen)

Match summary

Barcelona saw off Espanyol 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Memphis Depay put Barcelona ahead from the penalty spot in the 48th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Barcelona created 1.52 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots, Espanyol 1.41 from 12.

Match stats

Barcelona Espanyol
16 Shots 12
6 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 4
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.51 xG 1.41
0.77 Non-penalty xG 1.41
17 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Barcelona Espanyol
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Memphis Depay
Penalty1-0 (Barcelona)
48’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Barcelona
  • Marc-André ter Stegen
  • Óscar Mingueza
  • Frenkie de Jong
  • Abdessamad Ezzalzouli
Espanyol
  • Leandro Cabrera
  • Adrià Pedrosa

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.52 1.41 48’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), 1-0 48’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.52 1.41 48’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), 1-0 Depay 48’
Barcelona 1.52 xGEspanyol 1.41 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Espanyol attacking Barcelona attacking 
48’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 84’ Landry Dimata (Espanyol), set piece, 0.54 xG, off target 86’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.34 xG, hit the woodwork 25’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 28’ Nico González (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+6’ Sergi Gómez (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 56’ Nico González (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 68’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 90+1’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 25’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 8’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+3’ Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 30’ Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 32’ Ilias Akhomach (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 70’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 81’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 68’ Manuel Morlanes (Espanyol), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 10’ Nico González (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 51’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 7’ Ilias Akhomach (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 51’ Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 32’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 40’ Gavi (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ Gavi (Barcelona), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 48’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 84’ Landry Dimata (Espanyol), set piece, 0.54 xG, off target 86’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.34 xG, hit the woodwork 25’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 28’ Nico González (Barcelona), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+6’ Sergi Gómez (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 56’ Nico González (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 68’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 90+1’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 25’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 8’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+3’ Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 73’ Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 30’ Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 32’ Ilias Akhomach (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 70’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 81’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 68’ Manuel Morlanes (Espanyol), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 10’ Nico González (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 51’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 51’ Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 7’ Ilias Akhomach (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 32’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Gavi (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Memphis Depay (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 12’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ Gavi (Barcelona), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marc-André ter Stegen GK900 0.000.000
Óscar Mingueza DEF890 0.000.000
Eric Garcia DEF900 0.000.000
Gerard Piqué DEF900 0.000.000
Jordi Alba DEF901 0.020.122
Frenkie de Jong MID900 0.000.143
Nico González MID893 0.220.082
Sergio Busquets MID792 0.080.082
Ilias Akhomach FWD472 0.080.011
Memphis Depay FWD9015 1.020.041
Gavi FWD712 0.030.000
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli Sub431 0.060.000
Philippe Coutinho Sub190 0.000.000
Riqui Puig Sub110 0.000.000
Yusuf Demir Sub10 0.000.000
Ronald Araújo Sub10 0.000.071

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 64% Avg odds 1.49
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.44
Espanyol win 14% Avg odds 6.81

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona WLLDD
Espanyol WDDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol, 08 Jul 20 Next meeting: Espanyol 2-2 Barcelona, 13 Feb 22  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.