Barcelona vs Espanyol

30 March 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Carlos del Cerro Grande

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Lionel Messi 71’, 89’

Match summary

Barcelona won 2-0 at home to Espanyol. It was goalless at half-time.

Lionel Messi put Barcelona ahead with a direct free kick in the 71st minute and Messi made it 2-0 in the 89th minute, set up by Malcom.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 1.36 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Espanyol's 0.28 from 4.

Match stats

Barcelona Espanyol
13 Shots 4
3 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.36 xG 0.28
1.36 Non-penalty xG 0.28
15 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Barcelona Espanyol
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Lionel Messi1-0 (Barcelona)
71’
Lionel Messi
Assist: Malcom2-0 (Barcelona)
89’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Espanyol
  • Roberto Rosales
  • Adrià Pedrosa
  • Víctor Sánchez
  • Esteban Granero

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 1.36 0.28 71’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 1-0 71’ 89’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 2-0 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.36 0.28 71’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 1-0 Messi 71’ 89’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 2-0 Messi 89’
Barcelona 1.36 xGEspanyol 0.28 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Espanyol attacking Barcelona attacking 
42’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 71’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, goal 9’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.16 xG, blocked 74’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 89’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 19’ Víctor Sánchez (Espanyol), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 22’ Clement Lenglet (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 23’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 54’ Óscar Melendo (Espanyol), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+5’ Esteban Granero (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 36’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 68’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 21’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Malcom (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 49’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 67’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Óscar Melendo (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 42’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 71’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, goal 9’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.16 xG, blocked 74’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 89’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 19’ Víctor Sánchez (Espanyol), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 23’ Luis Suárez (Barcelona), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 22’ Clement Lenglet (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 54’ Óscar Melendo (Espanyol), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+5’ Esteban Granero (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 36’ Lionel Messi (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 68’ Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 63’ Malcom (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 21’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 49’ Jordi Alba (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 67’ Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Óscar Melendo (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 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 DEF610 0.000.021
Clement Lenglet DEF901 0.090.000
Gerard Piqué DEF900 0.000.000
Jordi Alba DEF901 0.020.252
Ivan Rakitic MID902 0.070.000
Sergio Busquets MID900 0.000.000
Arthur MID600 0.000.000
Lionel Messi FWD9026 0.980.000
Luis Suárez FWD901 0.090.051
Philippe Coutinho FWD831 0.060.072
Malcom Sub3011 0.050.242
Sergi Roberto Sub290 0.000.000
Arturo Vidal Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 83% Bet365 odds 1.14
Draw 11% Bet365 odds 9.00
Espanyol win 6% Bet365 odds 15.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Barcelona WWWWW
Espanyol DDWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Espanyol 0-4 Barcelona, 08 Dec 18 Next meeting: Espanyol 2-2 Barcelona, 04 Jan 20  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.