Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, January 4, 2020
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Espanyol LLDWL 2
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RCDE Stadium · 31,233 att.

Match Report

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Wu Lei strikes late as Espanyol and Barcelona draw in Catalan derby

Chinese striker Wu Lei scored a late goal to earn Espanyol a 2-2 draw with Barcelona in an entertaining affair in the Catalan derby.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
17
0
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
5
68.9
Possession
31.1
14
SHOTS
7
7
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
642
Accurate Passes
233
719
Passes
313
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
5
15
Crosses
18
0.4
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
48
32
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
0
6
Effective Tackles
9
12
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
13
10
Effective Clearances
19
10
Clearances
19

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ESP · 4-4-2

  1. 13Diego LópezG
  2. 20Bernardo EspinosaCD-L
  3. 5NaldoCD-R
  4. 17Dídac VilàLB
  5. 16Javi LópezRB
  6. 21Marc RocaCM-L
  7. 15David LópezCM-R
  8. 14Óscar MelendoLM
  9. 34Víctor GómezRM
  10. 10Sergi DarderCF-L
  11. 12Jonathan CalleriCF-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13NetoG
  2. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 21Frenkie de JongLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 17Antoine GriezmannLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Espanyol 1, Barcelona 0. David López (Espanyol) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marc Roca with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 35' Javi López (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Arturo Vidal replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  4. 50' Goal! Espanyol 1, Barcelona 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba with a through ball.
  5. 59' Goal! Espanyol 1, Barcelona 2. Arturo Vidal (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  6. 62' Marc Roca (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 62' Substitution, Espanyol. Matías Vargas replaces Víctor Gómez.
  8. 66' Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 67' Substitution, Espanyol. Ander Iturraspe replaces David López.
  10. 74' Substitution, Espanyol. Wu Lei replaces Óscar Melendo because of an injury.
  11. 75' Second yellow card to Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) for a bad foul.
  12. 80' Substitution, Barcelona. Nélson Semedo replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  13. 88' Goal! Espanyol 2, Barcelona 2. Wu Lei (Espanyol) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matías Vargas.

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