Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, November 20, 2021
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Match Report

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Xavi wins Barcelona coaching debut over Espanyol

Barcelona beat Espanyol on Memphis Depay's penalty as Xavi Hernandez won his debut as Blaugrana boss.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
7
4
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
3
34.7
Possession
65.3
12
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
273
Accurate Passes
592
343
Passes
663
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
21
0.4
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
51
25
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
6
9
Effective Tackles
7
16
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
15
Interceptions
8
18
Effective Clearances
8
18
Clearances
8

Highlights

03:03 Memphis Depay delivers for Barca in Xavi's debut Watch on ESPN 00:35 Memphis Depay puts Barca ahead from the spot Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 24Eric GarcíaCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 22Óscar MinguezaRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 21Frenkie de JongLM
  8. 28Nico GonzálezRM
  9. 9Memphis DepayF
  10. 30GaviLF
  11. 37Ilias AkhomachRF

ESP · 4-1-4-1

  1. 13Diego LópezG
  2. 4Leandro CabreraCD-L
  3. 24Sergi GómezCD-R
  4. 15David LópezDM
  5. 3Adrià PedrosaLB
  6. 22Aleix VidalRB
  7. 10Sergi DarderCM-L
  8. 25Yangel HerreraCM-R
  9. 9Javier PuadoLM
  10. 23Adri EmbarbaRM
  11. 11Raúl de TomásF

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Abdessamad Ezzalzouli replaces Ilias Akhomach.
  2. 48' Goal! Barcelona 1, Espanyol 0. Memphis Depay (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  3. 56' Substitution, Espanyol. Manu Morlanes replaces David López.
  4. 56' Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Javier Puado.
  5. 59' Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 59' Adrià Pedrosa (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 64' Óscar Mingueza (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 70' Substitution, Barcelona. Philippe Coutinho replaces Gavi.
  9. 77' Substitution, Espanyol. Landry Dimata replaces Yangel Herrera.
  10. 78' Substitution, Espanyol. Wu Lei replaces Adrián Embarba.
  11. 78' Substitution, Barcelona. Riqui Puig replaces Sergio Busquets because of an injury.
  12. 83' Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 88' Substitution, Barcelona. Yusuf Demir replaces Nicolás González Iglesias because of an injury.
  14. 88' Substitution, Barcelona. Ronald Araújo replaces Óscar Mingueza because of an injury.
  15. 88' Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+3' Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+5' Substitution, Espanyol. Loren Morón replaces Sergi Darder.

LALIGA News

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