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FC Barcelona 4-1 Espanyol - December 18, 2016 / La Liga 2016/2017

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La Liga 2016/2017 - Round 16

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

December 18, 2016 - 20:45

79 370

4 - 1

Espanyol

Assist by Andrés Iniesta (right foot) Luis Suárez

18'

(left foot) Luis Suárez

67'

(left foot) Jordi Alba

68'

Assist by Luis Suárez (left foot) Lionel Messi

90'

79'

David López (left foot) Assist by Gerard Moreno

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10' - Yellow card Pablo Piatti

13' - Yellow card Aarón Martín

18' - Goal Luis Suárez18

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53' - Substitution Diego Lópezis substituted by Roberto

65' - Yellow card Felipe Caicedo

66' - Substitution Denis Suárezis substituted by Rafinha66

67' - Goal Luis Suárez67

68' - Goal Jordi Alba68

71' - Substitution Felipe Caicedois substituted by Óscar Melendo

74' - Substitution Sergio Busquetsis substituted by Samuel Umtiti74

79' - Goal David López photo José Antonio Reyes

79' - Substitution Pablo Piattiis substituted by José Antonio Reyes

90' - Goal Lionel Messi90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

4 - 1

Espanyol

FC Barcelona Espanyol

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Neymar

Neymar

Brazil

B.date05/02/1992

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

9L. Suárez6718

Luis Suárez

Uruguay

B.date24/01/1987

Age29 years

H1m82

positionStriker

10Messi90

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age29 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

8Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age32 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

6D. Suárez66

Denis Suárez

Spain

B.date06/01/1994

Age22 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

5Busquets74

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age28 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Alba68

Jordi Alba

Spain

B.date21/03/1989

Age27 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

14Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age32 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Piqué

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age29 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

20Sergi Roberto

Sergi Roberto

Spain

B.date07/02/1992

Age24 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

1ter Stegen

Marc-André ter Stegen

Germany

B.date30/04/1992

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Marc-André ter Stegen		24	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gerard Piqué		29	373	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jordi Alba	68	27	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Sergi Roberto		24	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Sergio Busquets	74	28	405	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Javier Mascherano		32	301	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Denis Suárez	66	22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Andrés Iniesta		32	604	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Luis Suárez	6718	29	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi	90	29	551	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Neymar		24	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

263

Espanyol

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Gerard Moreno

Gerard Moreno

Spain

B.date07/04/1992

Age24 years

H1m77

positionStriker

10Caicedo7165

Felipe Caicedo

Ecuador

B.date05/09/1988

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

14Jurado

José Jurado

Spain

B.date29/06/1986

Age30 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

19Piatti7910

Pablo Piatti

Argentina

B.date31/03/1989

Age27 years

H1m63

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

20Diop

Papakouly Diop

Senegal

B.date19/03/1986

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

18Fuego

Javi Fuego

Spain

B.date04/01/1984

Age32 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

29Martín13

Aarón Martín

Spain

B.date22/04/1997

Age19 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

23Diego Reyes

Diego Reyes

Mexico

B.date19/09/1992

Age24 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

15D. López79

David López

Spain

B.date09/10/1989

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

16Javi López

Javi López

Spain

B.date21/01/1986

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

13D. López53

Diego López

Spain

B.date03/11/1981

Age35 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Diego López	53	35	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Diego Reyes		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Aarón Martín	13	19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Javi López		30	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Javi Fuego		32	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	David López	79	27	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Pablo Piatti	7910	27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	José Jurado		30	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Papakouly Diop		30	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Felipe Caicedo	7165	28	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Gerard Moreno		24	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Jasper Cillessen		27
23	D	Samuel Umtiti	74	23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Lucas Digne		23
12	M	Rafinha	66	23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ivan Rakitic		28
7	M	Arda Turan		29
17	F	Paco Alcácer		23

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Roberto	53	30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Oscar Duarte		27
3	D	Rubén Duarte		21
28	M	Marc Roca		20
30	M	Óscar Melendo	71	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	José Antonio Reyes	79	33	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Álvaro Vázquez		25

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Neymar

Arda Turan

OUT

Javier Mascherano

Samuel Umtiti

OUT

Denis Suárez

André Gomes

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Javi López

Víctor Sánchez

OUT

Pablo Piatti

Leo Baptistão

OUT

Papakouly Diop

Hernán Pérez

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Luis Enrique

147

Success rate in this team:

77 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Luis Enrique vs Espanyol

6 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 18, 2016

Luis Enrique vs Sánchez Flores

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 18, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

Quique Sánchez Flores

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Sánchez Flores vs FC Barcelona

3 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 2016

Sánchez Flores vs Luis Enrique

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 18, 2016

Referee

Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

32 victories	11 draws	6 losses	FC Barcelona49 matches	General total	Espanyol32 matches	12 victories	8 draws	12 losses
3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona3 matches	Season total	Espanyol2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 10, 2023					Latest figure on December 31, 2022

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Key figures

FC Barcelona keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 13/09/2016). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 08/03/2015-16/03/2016 time period (35 matches).

End of streak for Espanyol after 10 consecutive matches without a loss (since 02/10/2016). It was the best streak for the club since 25/09/2007-09/01/2008 (17 matches).

Lionel Messi scored 17 goals vs Espanyol in his professional career

Read the next 26 key stats

General ranking

	1	Real Madrid	37 pts	15 rd
+1	2	FC Barcelona	34 pts	16 rd
-1	3	Sevilla FC	33 pts	16 rd
	4	Villarreal	29 pts	16 rd
	5	Real Sociedad	29 pts	16 rd

General ranking

7	Athletic Bilbao	23 pts	15 rd
8	Eibar	23 pts	16 rd
9	Espanyol	22 pts	16 rd
10	Las Palmas	21 pts	16 rd
11	Alavés	21 pts	16 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Deportivo La Coruña15/10/2016

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Manchester City19/10/2016

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Granada CF29/10/2016

DFC Barcelona 0-0 Málaga19/11/2016

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Real Madrid03/12/2016

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Borussia M'gladbach06/12/2016

Overall

VCeltic Glasgow 0-2 FC Barcelona23/11/2016

DReal Sociedad 1-1 FC Barcelona27/11/2016

DHércules CF 1-1 FC Barcelona30/11/2016

DFC Barcelona 1-1 Real Madrid03/12/2016

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Borussia M'gladbach06/12/2016

VOsasuna 0-3 FC Barcelona10/12/2016

Current form

Away

VOsasuna 1-2 Espanyol22/09/2016

DLas Palmas 0-0 Espanyol14/10/2016

VReal Betis 0-1 Espanyol30/10/2016

VAlavés 0-1 Espanyol20/11/2016

DAlcorcón 1-1 Espanyol29/11/2016

DAtlético Madrid 0-0 Espanyol03/12/2016

Overall

DEspanyol 0-0 Athletic Bilbao06/11/2016

VAlavés 0-1 Espanyol20/11/2016

VEspanyol 3-0 Leganés26/11/2016

DAlcorcón 1-1 Espanyol29/11/2016

DAtlético Madrid 0-0 Espanyol03/12/2016

VEspanyol 2-1 Sporting Gijón11/12/2016

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	8	8
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	2	6
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	7	10
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	9
11	General ranking (Home / Away)	3
2	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	88
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	11

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	15
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
9	Victories (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	7
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
2	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
15	Goals conceded (Competition total)	18
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
2.47	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.27
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.29
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.2
0.86	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.14

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

32	Yellow cards (Competition total)	29
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Lionel Messi	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Gerard Moreno
Luis Suárez	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Gerard Moreno
Lionel Messi	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Neymar	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Pablo Piatti
Neymar	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Pablo Piatti
Lionel Messi	7 goals, 1 assist during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 4 assists during the last 7 matches	Pablo Piatti

Historical head to head

Home

95 matches

74 v

11 d

10 l

233 gf

84 ga

Away

96 matches

39 v

29 d

28 l

131 gf

117 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

192 matches

114 v

40 d

38 l

367 gf

202 ga

Historical head to head

Home

96 matches

28 v

29 d

39 l

117 gf

131 ga

Away

95 matches

10 v

11 d

74 l

84 gf

233 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

192 matches

38 v

40 d

114 l

202 gf

367 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	May 08, 2016
Home	5 - 0	May 08, 2016

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 15, 1951
Away	4 - 1	April 18, 1954

Latest head to head

May 08, 2016 - Liga BBVA 2015/2016

FC Barcelona

5 - 0

Espanyol

January 13, 2016 - Copa del Rey 2015/2016

Espanyol

0 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

January 06, 2016 - Copa del Rey 2015/2016

FC Barcelona

4 - 1

Espanyol

January 02, 2016 - Liga BBVA 2015/2016

Espanyol

0 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

April 25, 2015 - Liga BBVA 2014/2015

Espanyol

0 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

Best historical scorers against Espanyol

Lionel Messi	16 goals	2007 - 2016
Asensi	9 goals	1973 - 1980
Justo Tejada Martinez	8 goals	1956 - 1960
Patrick Kluivert	8 goals	1998 - 2003
Laszlo Kubala	8 goals	1953 - 1961
Sandor Kocsis	8 goals	1959 - 1964

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Raúl Tamudo	8 goals	2001 - 2007
Coro	3 goals	2007 - 2009
Tintín Márquez	3 goals	1986 - 1986
Michel Pineda	2 goals	1986 - 1987
Ismael Urzaiz	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Iván De la Peña	2 goals	2009 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Espanyol

Xavi	36 matches	1998 - 2015
Migueli	29 matches	1974 - 1988
Andrés Iniesta	27 matches	2004 - 2016
Carles Puyol	26 matches	2000 - 2013
Lionel Messi	25 matches	2004 - 2016
Juan Segarra Iracheta	24 matches	1950 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Raúl Tamudo	23 matches	1999 - 2009
Moisés Arteaga	15 matches	1994 - 2001
Idriss Kameni	15 matches	2004 - 2011
Luis García	15 matches	2006 - 2011
Daniel Jarque	13 matches	2005 - 2009
Thomas N'Kono	13 matches	1983 - 1989

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/04/1929. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Samuel Eto'o

199 matches

1 match

1999 - 2009

Justo Tejada Martinez

194 matches

3 matches

1953 - 1965

Urruti

179 matches

13 matches

1979 - 1987

Urbano

177 matches

73 matches

1980 - 1993

Iván De la Peña

120 matches

211 matches

1995 - 2011

Cayetano Ré

114 matches

5 matches

1962 - 1966

Total : 38 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/10/1953. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Cristóbal

39 matches

254 matches

1987 - 2001

Iván De la Peña

120 matches

211 matches

1995 - 2011

Víctor Sánchez

14 matches

163 matches

2008 - 2016

Sergio García

9 matches

162 matches

2002 - 2015

Joan Verdú

2 matches

156 matches

2004 - 2013

Nando

87 matches

145 matches

1990 - 2001

Total : 38 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/10/1953. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 16, 2016

Alavés

1 0

Real Betis

Line-ups available

December 17, 2016

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

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December 18, 2016

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

December 19, 2016

Athletic Bilbao

2 1

Celta Vigo

Line-ups available

February 22, 2017

Valencia CF

2 1

Real Madrid

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Real Madrid	37	15	11	4	0	40	14	+26
+12	FC Barcelona	34	16	10	4	2	41	16	+25
-13	Sevilla FC	33	16	10	3	3	32	21	+11
4	Villarreal	29	16	8	5	3	25	11	+14
5	Real Sociedad	29	16	9	2	5	28	21	+7
6	Atlético Madrid	28	16	8	4	4	29	14	+15
7	Athletic Bilbao	23	15	7	2	6	20	18	+2
8	Eibar	23	16	6	5	5	22	20	+2
9	Espanyol	22	16	5	7	4	20	22	-2
10	Las Palmas	21	16	5	6	5	26	24	+2
11	Alavés	21	16	5	6	5	15	17	-2
12	Málaga	21	16	5	6	5	25	26	-1
13	Celta Vigo	21	15	6	3	6	24	29	-5
14	Real Betis	18	16	5	3	8	18	29	-11
15	Leganés	16	16	4	4	8	13	27	-14
16	Deportivo La Coruña	16	16	4	4	8	22	27	-5
17	Valencia CF	12	15	3	3	9	21	29	-8
18	Sporting Gijón	12	16	3	3	10	17	33	-16
19	Granada CF	9	16	1	6	9	14	33	-19
20	Osasuna	7	16	1	4	11	13	34	-21

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FC Barcelona 4-1 Espanyol - December 18, 2016 / La Liga 2016/2017

FC Barcelona

4 - 1

Espanyol

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Luis Enrique vs Espanyol

Luis Enrique vs Sánchez Flores

Manager

Sánchez Flores vs FC Barcelona

Sánchez Flores vs Luis Enrique

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Espanyol

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Players with most games played vs Espanyol

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking