Barcelona vs Espanyol

8 July 2020 · La Liga · 2019/20 · Referee José Luis Munuera Montero

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Luis Suárez 56’

Match summary

Barcelona won 1-0 at home to Espanyol. It was goalless at half-time.

Luis Suárez put Barcelona ahead in the 56th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Barcelona created 0.95 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Espanyol 0.83 from 11. Both sides had a player sent off.

Match stats

Barcelona Espanyol
9 Shots 11
2 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 5
0 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 1
0.90 xG 0.83
0.90 Non-penalty xG 0.83
10 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Barcelona Espanyol
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Luis Suárez1-0 (Barcelona)
56’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Barcelona
  • Anssumane Fati
Espanyol
  • Pol Lozano
  • David López
  • Raúl de Tomás

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.95 0.83 56’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), 1-0 56’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.95 0.83 56’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), 1-0 Suárez 56’
Barcelona 0.95 xGEspanyol 0.83 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Espanyol attacking Barcelona attacking 
56’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 10’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 44’ Dídac Vilá (Espanyol), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 56’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 90+6’ Bernardo (Espanyol), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 22’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 26’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 68’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 74’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+1’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 77’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 54’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 76’ Víctor Campuzano (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 16’ Marc Roca (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 67’ Marc Roca (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 56’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 10’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 44’ Dídac Vilá (Espanyol), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 56’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 22’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 90+6’ Bernardo (Espanyol), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 26’ Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 68’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 74’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 66’ Adrián Embarba (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+1’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 77’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 54’ Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 76’ Víctor Campuzano (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 46’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 67’ Marc Roca (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Marc Roca (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol), 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
Nélson Semedo DEF480 0.000.000
Clement Lenglet DEF900 0.000.000
Gerard Piqué DEF901 0.060.000
Jordi Alba DEF900 0.000.000
Ivan Rakitic MID900 0.000.061
Sergi Roberto MID900 0.000.133
Sergio Busquets MID900 0.000.000
Lionel Messi MID904 0.300.000
Luis Suárez FWD8413 0.550.000
Antoine Griezmann FWD731 0.040.152
Arturo Vidal Sub170 0.000.000
Martin Braithwaite Sub60 0.000.000
Anssumane Fati Sub40 0.000.000
Ronald Araújo Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 83% Avg odds 1.15
Draw 12% Avg odds 8.20
Espanyol win 5% Avg odds 18.99

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

Form going into the game

Barcelona DWDDW
Espanyol LLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Espanyol 2-2 Barcelona, 04 Jan 20 Next meeting: Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol, 20 Nov 21  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.