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FT Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Espanyol WLWWW 0
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Match Report

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Joan García heroics help Barça beat Espanyol in Catalan derby

Goalkeeper Joan García shrugged off the jeers and vitriol in his return to Espanyol and Barcelona teammate Fermín López set up two late goals for a 2-0 victory in a heated Catalan derby on Saturday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
7
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
4
68.8
Possession
31.2
15
SHOTS
14
6
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
496
Accurate Passes
179
560
Passes
249
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
4
13
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.3
27
Long Balls
53
16
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
6
8
Effective Tackles
12
18
Tackles
18
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
10
19
Effective Clearances
18
19
Clearances
18

Highlights

01:10 Barcelona get 2 late goals to beat Espanyol Watch on ESPN 00:29 Joan García with a nice save vs. Espanyol Watch on ESPN 00:26 Marko Dmitrovic with a nice save vs. Barcelona Watch on ESPN 00:31 Joan García denies Espanyol with save Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ESP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Marko DmitrovicG
  2. 6Leandro CabreraCD-L
  3. 5Fernando CaleroCD-R
  4. 22Carlos RomeroLB
  5. 23Omar El HilaliRB
  6. 8Edu ExpósitoAM
  7. 10Pol LozanoLM
  8. 4Urko GonzalezRM
  9. 9Roberto FernándezF
  10. 11Pere MillaAM-L
  11. 24Tyrhys DolanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Ángel FortuñoSUB
  2. 2Rubén SánchezSUB
  3. 12José SalinasSUB
  4. 20Antoniu RocaSUB
  5. 16Luca KoleoshoSUB
  6. 15Miguel RubioSUB
  7. 28Ferran GomezSUB
  8. 38Clemens RiedelSUB
  9. 14Ramón TerratsSUB
  10. 19Enrique GarcíaSUB
  11. 17Jofre CarrerasSUB
  12. 7Javier PuadoSUB

BAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Joan GarcíaG
  2. 18Gerard MartínCD-L
  3. 5Pau CubarsíCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro BaldeLB
  5. 23Jules KoundéRB
  6. 11RaphinhaAM
  7. 21Frenkie de JongLM
  8. 24Eric GarcíaRM
  9. 7Ferran TorresF
  10. 14Marcus RashfordAM-L
  11. 10Lamine YamalAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 43Tomás MarquésSUB
  2. 20Dani OlmoSUB
  3. 16Fermín LópezSUB
  4. 27Dro FernándezSUB
  5. 9Robert LewandowskiSUB
  6. 26Jofre TorrentsSUB
  7. 17Marc CasadóSUB
  8. 25Wojciech SzczesnySUB
  9. 28Roony BardghjiSUB
  10. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  11. 22Marc BernalSUB
  12. 8PedriSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Fermín López replaces Marcus Rashford.
  2. 60' Substitution, Espanyol. Jofre Carreras replaces Edu Expósito.
  3. 64' Substitution, Barcelona. Robert Lewandowski replaces Ferran Torres.
  4. 64' Substitution, Barcelona. Pedri replaces Gerard Martín.
  5. 64' Substitution, Barcelona. Dani Olmo replaces Raphinha.
  6. 75' Substitution, Espanyol. Kike García replaces Roberto Fernández.
  7. 77' Pol Lozano (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 82' Substitution, Espanyol. Ramon Terrats replaces Tyrhys Dolan.
  9. 82' Substitution, Espanyol. Javi Puado replaces Pere Milla.
  10. 86' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 1. Dani Olmo (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Fermín López.
  11. 90' Goal! Espanyol 0, Barcelona 2. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fermín López.

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