RCD Espanyol de Barcelona vs FC Barcelona, La Liga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2024-25

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

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FC Barcelona

Thu 15 May 2025 · 19:30 UTC Stage Front Stadium 34,283 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 53' Lamine Yamal

0–2 90+6' Fermin Lopez

Y 42' Andreas Christensen

Leandro Cabrera 80' R

Walid Cheddira 84' Y

Marash Kumbulla 90' Y

Y 90' Wojciech Szczesny

Overview

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RCD Espanyol de Barcelona vs FC Barcelona — La Liga at Stage Front Stadium.

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 7 games · 7 pts (2026/27)
FC Barcelona 7 games · 21 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Cesar Soto Grado (Spain)
Assistant 1 Carlos Alvarez Fernandez (Spain)
Assistant 2 Ruben Becerril Gomez (Spain)

3 games this season 🟨 5.3/game ⚽ 16.0 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	7	21
2	Club Atlético de Madrid	7	16
3	Real Betis Balompié	7	16
4	Real Madrid CF	7	15
5	Sevilla FC	7	13
6	Deportivo Alavés	7	11
7	RC Deportivo La Coruña	7	10
8	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	7	10
9	CA Osasuna	7	8
10	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	7	8
11	Villarreal CF	7	8
12	Athletic Club	6	8
13	Getafe CF	7	8
14	RC Celta de Vigo	7	7
15	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	7	7
16	Real Racing Club de Santander	7	7
17	Levante UD	6	5
18	Elche CF	7	5
19	Valencia CF	7	4
20	Málaga CF	7	3

Head-to-Head

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 12 games · Avg 3.1 goals FC Barcelona

Last 5 meetings

2025-05-15 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–2 FC Barcelona 2024-11-03 FC Barcelona 3–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2023-05-14 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–4 FC Barcelona 2022-12-31 FC Barcelona 1–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2022-02-13 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–2 FC Barcelona

Recent Form

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 May	FC Barcelona	H	0–2	L
11 May	CD Leganes	A	2–3	L
04 May	Real Betis Balompié	H	1–2	L
27 Apr	Villarreal CF	A	0–1	L
22 Apr	Valencia CF	A	1–1	D
18 Apr	Getafe CF	H	1–0	W

FC Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 May	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	A	2–0	W
11 May	Real Madrid CF	H	4–3	W
06 May	FC Internazionale Milano	A	3–4	L
03 May	Real Valladolid CF	A	2–1	W
30 Apr	FC Internazionale Milano	H	3–3	D
22 Apr	RCD Mallorca	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona		FC Barcelona
#15	Position	#1
7	Points	21
7	Played	7
2 / 1 / 4	W / D / L	7 / 0 / 0
10	Scored	31
10	Conceded	7
+0	GD	+24
1.00	PPG	3.00
29%	Win %	100%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona this season

43% Clean Sheets
FC Barcelona this season

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 15th (7 pts). FC Barcelona are 1st (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

0-15

2/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/–

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/1

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

FC Barcelona

0-15

4/1

16-30

6/2

31-45

3/–

46-60

3/1

61-75

5/1

76+

8/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Roberto Fernandez	6 G
Tyrhys Dolan	1 G
Alex Calatrava	1 G

FC Barcelona

Raphinha	12 G	2 A
Lamine Yamal	7 G	4 A
Fermin Lopez	4 G	2 A
Karim Adeyemi	2 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Stage Front Stadium will turn into a battlefield for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona and FC Barcelona.
5' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is showing some good football. However, RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' The energy levels are beginning to show. Hansi Flick might look to freshen things up shortly.
15' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Barcelona is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
20' Gerard Martin has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
25' Netherlands international Frenkie de Jong has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
30' Omar El Hilali needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
35' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
40' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both RCD Espanyol de Barcelona and FC Barcelona are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
42' The referee has no hesitation. Andreas Christensen is booked for FC Barcelona — card on 42.
46' Another change for FC Barcelona made on 46 minute. Gerard Martin leaves to be changed by Alex Balde.
51' Pau Cubarsi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ronald Araujo at the 51 minute mark.
53' Lamine Yamal is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 4 goals this season for the .
58' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 58 minutes.
61' The crowd applauds Pol Lozano as he leaves the pitch. Pere Milla steps in for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona.
65' FC Barcelona manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Fermin Lopez is hanging Robert Lewandowski on the field on 65 minute.
68' Another substitution for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona to replace Antoniu Roca by Jofre Carreras Pages on 68 minute.
73' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Antoniu Roca made 289 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
77' A change in the FC Barcelona ranks — Dani Olmo exits the field as Pablo Gavira enters on 77.
80' Poor challenge from Leandro Cabrera. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
82' Another change for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona made on 82 minute. Javi Puado leaves to be changed by Walid Cheddira.
84' Controversy at the stadium! Walid Cheddira argues furiously but the card stands.
89' FC Barcelona started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 89.
90' Marash Kumbulla was booked on 90.
The final score is 0-2.

Lineups

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

7
Javi Puado ↓ Walid Cheddira 82'
6
Leandro Cabrera
8
Edu Exposito
4
Marash Kumbulla
10
Pol Lozano ↓ Pere Milla 61'
19
Urko Gonzalez
1
Joan Garcia
23
Omar El Hilali
22
Carlos Romero
31
Antoniu Roca ↓ Jofre Carreras Pages 68'
2
Roberto Fernandez ↓ Fernando Calero 82'

Bench

Coach Manolo González

FC Barcelona Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

15
Andreas Christensen ↓ Hector Fort 77'
21
Frenkie de Jong
9
Robert Lewandowski ↓ Fermin Lopez 65'
25
Wojciech Szczesny
11
Raphinha
20
Dani Olmo ↓ Pablo Gavira 77'
24
Eric Garcia
4
Ronald Araujo ↓ Pau Cubarsi 51'
8
Pedri
19
Lamine Yamal
35
Gerard Martin ↓ Alex Balde 46'

Bench

Coach Hansi Flick

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Form

2025-05-15 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–2 FC Barcelona L 2025-05-11 CD Leganes 3–2 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2025-05-04 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–2 Real Betis Balompié L 2025-04-27 Villarreal CF 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2025-04-22 Valencia CF 1–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona D 2025-04-18 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–0 Getafe CF W

FC Barcelona Form

2025-05-15 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–2 FC Barcelona W 2025-05-11 FC Barcelona 4–3 Real Madrid CF W 2025-05-06 FC Internazionale Milano 4–3 FC Barcelona L 2025-05-03 Real Valladolid CF 1–2 FC Barcelona W 2025-04-30 FC Barcelona 3–3 FC Internazionale Milano D 2025-04-22 FC Barcelona 1–0 RCD Mallorca W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.11 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

3.1 FC Barcelona xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + FC Barcelona to win 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona16% Draw18% FC Barcelona66%

Actual: FC Barcelona win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 4.21

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	59%	41%
± 4.5	40%	60%

Double Chance

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or Draw

33%

Draw or FC Barcelona

84%

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona or FC Barcelona

82%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona11% Draw32% FC Barcelona57%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 3

7.9%

1 – 2

7.9%

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 3

7.4%

1 – 4

6.1%

1 – 1

5.9%

0 – 4

5.6%

0 – 1

4.6%

2 – 3

4.4%

2 – 2

4.3%

1 – 5

3.9%

0 – 5

3.5%

Asian Handicap — RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Handicap	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers	Push	FC Barcelona covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	3%	96%
-1.5	4%	—	96%
-1	4%	6%	90%
-0.5	10%	—	90%
+0.5	25%	—	75%
+1	25%	18%	57%
+1.5	43%	—	57%
+2	43%	20%	37%
+2.5	63%	—	37%

Clean Sheet

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet

5% ✓

FC Barcelona keeps clean sheet

34% ✗

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