Espanyol vs Barcelona

14 May 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 0–3

Javi Puado 73’
Joselu 90+2’

Robert Lewandowski 11’, 40’
Álex Balde 20’
Jules Koundé 53’

Match summary

Barcelona beat Espanyol 4-2 on the road. Barcelona led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Robert Lewandowski put Barcelona ahead in the 11th minute, set up by Álex Balde, Álex Balde made it 0-2 in the 20th minute, set up by Pedri, and Lewandowski made it 0-3 in the 40th minute, set up by Raphinha. In the second half, Jules Koundé made it 0-4 with a header in the 53rd minute, set up by Frenkie de Jong, Javi Puado pulled one back to make it 1-4 in the 73rd minute, set up by Fernando Calero, and Joselu made it 2-4 from a corner in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Barcelona created 3.65 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Espanyol's 2.76 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 15

7 Shots on Target 5

4 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.73 xG 3.65

2.73 Non-penalty xG 3.65

8 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Espanyol Barcelona

Kick-off

11’

Robert Lewandowski
Assist: Álex Balde

0-1

20’

Álex Balde
Assist: Pedri

0-2

40’

Robert Lewandowski
Assist: Raphinha

0-3

Half-time0-3

53’

Jules Koundé
Assist: Frenkie de Jong

0-4

Javi Puado
Assist: Fernando Calero

1-4

73’

Joselu

2-4

90+2’

Full-time2-4

Bookings

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

Espanyol

Sergi Darder

Barcelona

Jules Koundé
Gavi
Jordi Alba

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.

Espanyol 2.76 xGBarcelona 3.65 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Barcelona attacking Espanyol 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
Fernando Pacheco	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Óscar Gil	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.09	1
César Montes	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leandro Cabrera	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Gómez	DEF	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Brian Oliván	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Darder	MID	90			1	0.03	0.83	4
Nicolás Melamed	MID	88			2	0.52	0.32	3
Denis Suárez	MID	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joselu	FWD	90	1		5	1.32	0.01	1
Martin Braithwaite	FWD	56			2	0.30	0.00	0
Javi Puado	Sub	43	1		3	0.46	0.00	0
Fernando Calero	Sub	43		1	1	0.05	0.21	1
Adrià Pedrosa	Sub	34			0	0.00	0.57	3
Luca Koleosho	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Edu Expósito	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.09	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marc-André ter Stegen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jules Koundé	DEF	90	1		2	0.40	0.35	1
Andreas Christensen	DEF	75			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ronald Araújo	DEF	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Balde	DEF	90	1	1	2	0.62	0.64	1
Frenkie de Jong	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.88	4
Sergio Busquets	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Pedri	MID	90		1	2	0.37	0.73	4
Raphinha	FWD	63		1	2	0.16	0.69	1
Robert Lewandowski	FWD	90	2		6	1.87	0.00	0
Gavi	FWD	75			0	0.00	0.03	1
Ousmane Dembélé	Sub	27			1	0.23	0.00	0
Jordi Alba	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.23	1
Anssumane Fati	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcos Alonso	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Franck Kessié	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 15% Avg odds 6.14

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.41

Barcelona win 63% Avg odds 1.53

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

Form going into the game

Espanyol L D L W L

Barcelona D W L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Barcelona 1-1 Espanyol, 31 Dec 22 Next meeting: Barcelona 3-1 Espanyol, 03 Nov 24 All Espanyol vs Barcelona 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.