Saturday , 14 November 2026

FC Barcelona vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, La Liga 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

Primera Division · 2021-22
FC Barcelona
1 – 0
Full Time
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
Sat 20 Nov 2021 · 20:00 UTC Camp Nou HT 45' · FT 45'
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli 59' Y
Y 59' Pedrosa
Y 60' Pedrosa
Oscar Mingueza 64' Y
Frenkie de Jong 83' Y
Marc-Andre ter Stegen 89' Y
Y 90' Leandro Cabrera
Marc-Andre ter Stegen 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

FC Barcelona vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — La Liga at Camp Nou.

Match Details

  • Referee Carlos del Cerro
  • Referee Juan Carlos Yuste
  • Referee Gonzalo Garcia
  • Referee Ignacio Iglesias
  • Referee Pedro Munoz
  • Referee Miguel Ortiz

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Barcelona 12 33
2 Real Madrid CF 12 30
3 Club Atletico de Madrid 12 28
4 Real Betis Balompie 12 26
5 Real Sociedad de Futbol 12 22
6 Sevilla FC 12 18
7 Athletic Club 11 16
8 RC Deportivo La Coruna 12 15
9 Villarreal CF 12 15
10 Real Racing Club de Santander 12 14
11 RC Celta de Vigo 12 13
12 Deportivo Alaves 12 13
13 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 11 12
14 CA Osasuna 12 12
15 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 12 12
16 Getafe CF 12 12
17 Levante UD 12 11
18 Elche CF 12 10
19 Valencia CF 12 9
20 Malaga CF 12 5

Head-to-Head

9
3
FC Barcelona 12 games · Avg 3.1 goals RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
Last 5 meetings
2021-11-20 FC Barcelona 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2020-07-08 FC Barcelona 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2020-01-04 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–2 FC Barcelona 2019-03-30 FC Barcelona 2–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2018-12-08 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–4 FC Barcelona

Recent Form

FC Barcelona
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Nov RCD Espanyol de Barcelona H 1–0 W
06 Nov RC Celta de Vigo A 3–3 D
02 Nov FK Dynamo Kyiv A 1–0 W
30 Oct Deportivo Alaves H 1–1 D
27 Oct Rayo Vallecano de Madrid A 0–1 L
24 Oct Real Madrid CF H 1–2 L
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Nov FC Barcelona A 0–1 L
06 Nov Granada CF H 2–0 W
31 Oct Getafe CF A 1–2 L
26 Oct Athletic Club H 1–1 D
23 Oct Elche CF A 2–2 D
18 Oct Cadiz CF H 2–0 W

Season Stats

FC Barcelona RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
#1 Position #15
33 Points 12
12 Played 12
11 / 0 / 1 W / D / L 3 / 3 / 6
48 Scored 13
13 Conceded 14
+35 GD -1
2.75 PPG 1.00
92% Win % 25%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
33% Clean Sheets
FC Barcelona this season
33% Clean Sheets
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona this season

FC Barcelona are 1st (33 pts). RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 15th (12 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Barcelona
0-15
7/2
16-30
8/3
31-45
7/1
46-60
4/2
61-75
10/1
76+
10/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
0-15
3/3
16-30
2/3
31-45
2/–
46-60
2/–
61-75
1/2
76+
2/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Barcelona
Raphinha 15 G 2 A
Lamine Yamal 10 G 8 A
Fermin Lopez 7 G 5 A
Gabriel Jesus 3 G 1 A
Karim Adeyemi 2 G 2 A
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
Roberto Fernandez 6 G
Tyrhys Dolan 1 G
Alex Calatrava 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at Camp Nou. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 15' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FC Barcelona side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 20' A quiet spell here at Camp Nou. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 25' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 30' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 35' Landry Dimata is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Barcelona tonight.
  • 40' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 45' international Lei Wu has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 46' Abdessamad Ezzalzouli is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ilias Akhomach at the 46 minute mark.
  • 48' A stunning finish from Memphis Depay — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 53' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 56' The supporters are chanting for Nico Ribaudo. He replaces Javi Puado on 56 minute.
  • 59' The referee calls foul for Abdessamad Ezzalzouli. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 60' Pedrosa is having his name booked by the referee on 60.
  • 64' That is a Yellow card for FC Barcelona. Oscar Mingueza will be fuming at that decision.
  • 69' Leandro Cabrera has been relatively quiet despite scoring 16 goals in his last 325 appearances.
  • 70' The whistle greets Pablo Gavira as he departs to be replaced by Philippe Coutinho.
  • 75' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 78' Time for substitution for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona. Adri Embarba is replaced by Lei Wu.
  • 83' FC Barcelona receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 83.
  • 88' The whistle greets Nico Gonzalez as he departs to be replaced by Yusuf Demir.
  • 89' That is a Yellow card for FC Barcelona. Marc-Andre ter Stegen will be fuming at that decision.
  • 90' Fresh legs for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona! Loren comes on to replace Sergi Darder.
  • 90' Leandro Cabrera is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for FC Barcelona players.

Lineups

FC Barcelona Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Xavi Hernandez

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vicente Moreno

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Lionel Messi 4
Luis Suarez 3
Javi Puado 3
Lamine Yamal 2
Joselu 2
Robert Lewandowski 2
Dani Olmo 2
Ferran Torres 2

Head to Head

2021-11-20 FC Barcelona 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2020-07-08 FC Barcelona 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2020-01-04 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–2 FC Barcelona 2019-03-30 FC Barcelona 2–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2018-12-08 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–4 FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona Form

2021-11-20 FC Barcelona 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona W 2021-11-06 RC Celta de Vigo 3–3 FC Barcelona D 2021-11-02 FK Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 FC Barcelona W 2021-10-30 FC Barcelona 1–1 Deportivo Alaves D 2021-10-27 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 1–0 FC Barcelona L 2021-10-24 FC Barcelona 1–2 Real Madrid CF L

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Form

2021-11-20 FC Barcelona 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2021-11-06 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–0 Granada CF W 2021-10-31 Getafe CF 2–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2021-10-26 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–1 Athletic Club D 2021-10-23 Elche CF 2–2 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona D 2021-10-18 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–0 Cadiz CF W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.67 FC Barcelona xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.72 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG
I would bet for: FC Barcelona to win 72% + Over 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Barcelona72% Draw17% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona11%
Actual: FC Barcelona win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes48% 0% No52%
Avg goals/match: 3.39
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 84%
16%
± 2.5 64%
36%
± 3.5 43%
57%
± 4.5 25%
75%

Double Chance

FC Barcelona or Draw
89%
Draw or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
28%
FC Barcelona or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
83%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
FC Barcelona57% Draw35% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona8%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
12.1%
3 – 0
10.4%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
8.4%
3 – 1
7.4%
1 – 1
7.1%
4 – 0
6.9%
4 – 1
5%
0 – 0
4.7%
5 – 0
3.7%
2 – 2
3%
5 – 1
2.8%

Asian Handicap — FC Barcelona

Handicap FC Barcelona covers Push RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers
-2.5 35% — 65%
-2 35% 22% 43%
-1.5 57% — 43%
-1 57% 21% 23%
-0.5 77% — 23%
+0.5 93% — 7%
+1 93% 5% 2%
+1.5 98% — 2%
+2 98% 2% 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

FC Barcelona keeps clean sheet
49% ✗
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet
8% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.