 
Barcelona vs Espanyol 2021-22 LaLiga
Xavi wins Barcelona coaching debut over Espanyol
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Barcelona beat Espanyol on Memphis Depay's penalty as Xavi Hernandez won his debut as Blaugrana boss.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 45': Substitution, Barcelona. Abdessamad Ezzalzouli replaces Ilias Akhomach.
- 48': Goal! Barcelona 1, Espanyol 0. Memphis Depay (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
- 56': Substitution, Espanyol. Manu Morlanes replaces David López.
- 56': Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Javier Puado.
- 59': Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
- 59': Adrià Pedrosa (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
- 64': Óscar Mingueza (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 70': Substitution, Barcelona. Philippe Coutinho replaces Gavi.
- 77': Substitution, Espanyol. Landry Dimata replaces Yangel Herrera.
- 78': Substitution, Espanyol. Wu Lei replaces Adrián Embarba.
- 78': Substitution, Barcelona. Riqui Puig replaces Sergio Busquets because of an injury.
- 83': Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 88': Substitution, Barcelona. Yusuf Demir replaces Nicolás González Iglesias because of an injury.
- 88': Substitution, Barcelona. Ronald Araújo replaces Óscar Mingueza because of an injury.
- 88': Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+3': Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+5': Substitution, Espanyol. Loren Morón replaces Sergi Darder.
Game Information
Venue: Spotify Camp Nou
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 74,418
Spanish LALIGA Standings
| POS | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +12 | Real Madrid | 10 | 27 | 1 | 
| +13 | Barcelona | 10 | 22 | 2 | 
| +8 | Villarreal | 10 | 20 | 2 | 
| +8 | Atlético Madrid | 10 | 19 | 1 | 
Statistics
|  ESP | BAR  | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 
 Barcelona (4-3-3)
Barcelona (4-3-3)
| No. | Name | 
|---|---|
| 1 | Marc-André ter Stegen (GK)  | 
| 24 | Eric García | 
| 3 | Gerard Piqué | 
| 18 | Jordi Alba | 
| 22 | Óscar Mingueza  | 
| 5 | Sergio Busquets | 
| 21 | Frenkie de Jong  | 
| 28 | Nico González | 
| 9 | Memphis Depay | 
| 30 | Gavi | 
| 37 | Ilias Akhomach | 
 Espanyol (4-1-4-1)
Espanyol (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name | 
|---|---|
| 13 | Diego López (GK) | 
| 4 | Leandro Cabrera  | 
| 24 | Sergi Gómez | 
| 15 | David López | 
| 3 | Adrià Pedrosa  | 
| 22 | Aleix Vidal | 
| 10 | Sergi Darder | 
| 25 | Yangel Herrera | 
| 9 | Javier Puado | 
| 23 | Adri Embarba | 
| 11 | Raúl de Tomás | 
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