Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, May 14, 2023
Barcelona DWLWW 4
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Espanyol LDLWL 2
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RCDE Stadium · 27,360 att. · ESPN

Match Report

Barcelona wins Spanish league for 1st time since 2019, 27th overall

— Barcelona won its first Spanish league title after the departure of Lionel Messi with a 4-2 victory against Espanyol on Sunday.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
1
70.1
Possession
29.9
15
SHOTS
15
5
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
666
Accurate Passes
235
727
Passes
301
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
6
8
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.5
52
Long Balls
36
34
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
10
10
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
5
5
Effective Clearances
14
5
Clearances
14

Highlights

00:28 Robert Lewandowski grabs the opening goal for Barcelona Watch on ESPN 00:34 Balde finishes off Pedri's dinked assist for Barcelona Watch on ESPN 00:57 Jules Kounde gives Barcelona a four-goal lead Watch on ESPN 00:48 Javier Puado chips in a goal to pull one back to Espanyol Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

BAR leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

ESP · 5-3-2

  1. 13Fernando PachecoG
  2. 24Sergi GómezCD
  3. 4Leandro CabreraCD-L
  4. 23César MontesCD-R
  5. 14Brian OlivánLB
  6. 2Óscar GilRB
  7. 10Sergi DarderCM
  8. 6Denis SuárezCM-L
  9. 21Nicolás MelamedCM-R
  10. 9JoseluCF-L
  11. 17Martin BraithwaiteCF-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 15Andreas ChristensenCD-L
  3. 4Ronald AraujoCD-R
  4. 28Alejandro BaldeLB
  5. 23Jules KoundéRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 21Frenkie de JongLM
  8. 8PedriRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 30GaviLF
  11. 22RaphinhaRF

Timeline

  1. 2' Jules Koundé (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 11' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 1. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Balde.
  3. 20' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 2. Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedri.
  4. 39' Gavi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 39' Sergi Darder (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 40' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 3. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Raphinha.
  7. 45' Substitution, Espanyol. Javier Puado replaces Sergi Gómez.
  8. 45' Substitution, Espanyol. Fernando Calero replaces Denis Suárez.
  9. 53' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 4. Jules Koundé (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong with a through ball.
  10. 55' Substitution, Espanyol. Adrià Pedrosa replaces Martin Braithwaite because of an injury.
  11. 62' Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Raphinha.
  12. 62' Substitution, Barcelona. Jordi Alba replaces Ronald Araújo.
  13. 73' Goal! Espanyol 1, Barcelona 4. Javier Puado (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fernando Calero.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  14. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Marcos Alonso replaces Andreas Christensen.
  15. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Ansu Fati replaces Gavi.
  16. 82' Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 84' Substitution, Espanyol. Luka Koleosho replaces Brian Oliván.
  18. 87' Substitution, Espanyol. Edu Expósito replaces Nicolás Melamed.
  19. 89' Substitution, Barcelona. Franck Kessié replaces Pedri.
  20. 90'+2' Goal! Espanyol 2, Barcelona 4. Joselu (Espanyol) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a corner.

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