Spanish LALIGA

FT Thursday, May 15, 2025
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Espanyol WDLLL 0
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RCDE Stadium · 34,283 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

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Barcelona clinch 28th LaLiga title with victory over Espanyol

Barcelona secured the LaLiga title on Thursday when they beat city rivals Espanyol 2-0, securing an unassailable seven-point lead over Real Madrid.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
75.1
Possession
24.9
12
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
661
Accurate Passes
156
739
Passes
229
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.3
31
Long Balls
62
15
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
12
15
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
15
Interceptions
10
13
Effective Clearances
16
13
Clearances
16

Highlights

00:38 Lamine Yamal scores sensational curler from outside the box Watch on ESPN 00:22 Espanyol attempts to spoil Barca's celebrations by turning on sprinklers Watch on ESPN 00:18 Wojciech Szczesny makes a great save Watch on ESPN 00:23 Joan Garcia makes a great save Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ESP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Joan GarcíaG
  2. 6Leandro CabreraCD-L
  3. 4Marash KumbullaCD-R
  4. 22Carlos RomeroLB
  5. 23Omar El HilaliRB
  6. 8Edu ExpósitoAM
  7. 10Pol LozanoLM
  8. 19Urko GonzalezRM
  9. 2Roberto FernándezF
  10. 7Javier PuadoAM-L
  11. 31Antoniu RocaAM-R

BAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 15Andreas ChristensenCD-L
  3. 4Ronald AraujoCD-R
  4. 35Gerard MartínLB
  5. 24Eric GarcíaRB
  6. 20Dani OlmoAM
  7. 8PedriLM
  8. 21Frenkie de JongRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 11RaphinhaAM-L
  11. 19Lamine YamalAM-R

Timeline

  1. 42' Andreas Christensen (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Alejandro Balde replaces Gerard Martín.
  3. 51' Substitution, Barcelona. Pau Cubarsí replaces Ronald Araujo because of an injury.
  4. 53' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 1. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Dani Olmo.
  5. 60' Substitution, Espanyol. Pere Milla replaces Pol Lozano.
  6. 65' Substitution, Barcelona. Fermín López replaces Robert Lewandowski.
  7. 68' Substitution, Espanyol. Jofre Carreras replaces Antoniu Roca.
  8. 77' Substitution, Barcelona. Héctor Fort replaces Andreas Christensen.
  9. 77' Substitution, Barcelona. Gavi replaces Dani Olmo.
  10. 80' Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  11. 80' Pol Lozano (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 82' Substitution, Espanyol. Walid Cheddira replaces Javi Puado.
  13. 82' Substitution, Espanyol. Fernando Calero replaces Roberto Fernández.
  14. 84' Walid Cheddira (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90' Marash Kumbulla (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+5' Urko González (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+6' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 2. Fermín López (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.

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