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Espanyol 1-0 FC Barcelona - January 17, 2018 / Copa del Rey 2017/2018

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Copa del Rey 2017/2018 - Quarter-finals

Estadi Cornellà-El Prat - Cornellà de Llobregat - Spain

January 17, 2018

23 323

Espanyol

1 - 0

FC Barcelona

Assist by Marc Navarro (left foot) Óscar Melendo

88'

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43' - Yellow card Aarón Martín43

45' - Yellow card Carles Aleñá

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46' - Substitution Sergi Darderis substituted by Leo Baptistão46

54' - Substitution Paulinhois substituted by Ivan Rakitic

55' - Yellow card Jordi Alba

58' - Substitution Aarón Martínis substituted by Dídac58

59' - Substitution Carles Aleñáis substituted by Luis Suárez

61' - Yellow card Gerard Moreno61

62' - Missed penalty Lionel Messi

75' - Substitution Javi Fuegois substituted by Óscar Melendo75

78' - Substitution Denis Suárezis substituted by Rafinha

82' - Yellow card Ivan Rakitic

84' - Yellow card Thomas Vermaelen

86' - Yellow card Víctor Sánchez86

88' - Goal Óscar Melendo88

91' - Yellow card David López91

91' - Yellow card Luis Suárez

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Espanyol

1 - 0

FC Barcelona

Espanyol FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

Espanyol

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Gerard Moreno61

Gerard Moreno

Spain

B.date07/04/1992

Age25 years

H1m77

positionStriker

23Granero

Esteban Granero

Spain

B.date02/07/1987

Age30 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

25Darder46

Sergi Darder

Spain

B.date22/12/1993

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

4Sánchez86

Víctor Sánchez

Spain

B.date08/09/1987

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight central midfielder

3Martín5843

Aarón Martín

Spain

B.date22/04/1997

Age20 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

18Fuego75

Javi Fuego

Spain

B.date04/01/1984

Age34 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

2Navarro

Marc Navarro

Spain

B.date02/07/1995

Age22 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

5Naldo

Naldo

Brazil

B.date25/08/1988

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

15D. López91

David López

Spain

B.date09/10/1989

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

6Duarte

Oscar Duarte

Costa Rica

B.date03/06/1989

Age28 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

13D. López

Diego López

Spain

B.date03/11/1981

Age36 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Diego López		36	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Oscar Duarte		28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Naldo		29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Aarón Martín	5843	20	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Marc Navarro		22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Javi Fuego	75	34	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Sergi Darder	46	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Esteban Granero		30	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	David López	91	28	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Víctor Sánchez	86	30	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Gerard Moreno	61	25	98	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

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Messi

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age30 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

6D. Suárez78

Denis Suárez

Spain

B.date06/01/1994

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

22Vidal

Aleix Vidal

Spain

B.date21/08/1989

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

26Aleñá5945

Carles Aleñá

Spain

B.date05/01/1998

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

15Paulinho54

Paulinho

Brazil

B.date25/07/1988

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

5Busquets

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age29 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

19Digne

Lucas Digne

France

B.date20/07/1993

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

25Vermaelen84

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age32 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

3Piqué

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age30 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

20Sergi Roberto

Sergi Roberto

Spain

B.date07/02/1992

Age25 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

13Cillessen

Jasper Cillessen

Netherlands

B.date22/04/1989

Age28 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Jasper Cillessen		28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gerard Piqué		30	422	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Thomas Vermaelen	84	32	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Sergi Roberto		25	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Lucas Digne		24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Sergio Busquets		29	460	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Denis Suárez	78	24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Paulinho	54	29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Carles Aleñá	5945	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Aleix Vidal		28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi		30	612	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

172

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Pau López		23
22	D	Mario Hermoso		22
12	D	Dídac	58	28	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Javi López		31
14	M	Óscar Melendo	8875	20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Pablo Piatti		28
11	F	Leo Baptistão	46	25	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Marc-André ter Stegen		25
18	D	Jordi Alba	55	28
2	D	Nélson Semedo		24
21	M	André Gomes		24
4	M	Ivan Rakitic	5482	29	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Rafinha	78	24	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Luis Suárez	5991	30	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Diego López

Pau López

OUT

Naldo

Mario Hermoso

OUT

Marc Navarro

Javi López

OUT

Javi Fuego

José Jurado

OUT

David López

Leo Baptistão

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lucas Digne

Jordi Alba

OUT

Jasper Cillessen

Marc-André ter Stegen

OUT

Denis Suárez

André Gomes

OUT

Carles Aleñá

Ivan Rakitic

OUT

Aleix Vidal

Luis Suárez

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Quique Sánchez Flores

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Sánchez Flores vs FC Barcelona

4 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on January 17, 2018

Sánchez Flores vs Valverde

4 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on January 17, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernesto Valverde

Success rate in this team:

72 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Valverde vs Espanyol

6 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on January 17, 2018

Valverde vs Sánchez Flores

5 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 17, 2018

Referee

Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

8 victories	4 draws	8 losses	Espanyol20 matches	General total	FC Barcelona28 matches	23 victories	1 draw	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Espanyol1 match	Season total	FC Barcelona1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 14, 2023					Latest figure on April 29, 2024

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Key figures

Espanyol keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs FC Barcelona at home in Copa del Rey running (since 16/12/1987). It's a record streak. The first of history

Gerard Piqué played his game number 50 in Copa del Rey with FC Barcelona

Espanyol keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw vs FC Barcelona at home in Copa del Rey running (since 30/01/1985). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VEspanyol 1-0 Getafe27/11/2017

VEspanyol 3-2 Tenerife30/11/2017

LEspanyol 0-1 Girona11/12/2017

VEspanyol 1-0 Atlético Madrid22/12/2017

LEspanyol 1-2 Levante04/01/2018

DEspanyol 1-1 Athletic Bilbao14/01/2018

Overall

DLas Palmas 2-2 Espanyol17/12/2017

VEspanyol 1-0 Atlético Madrid22/12/2017

LEspanyol 1-2 Levante04/01/2018

VMálaga 0-1 Espanyol08/01/2018

VLevante 0-2 Espanyol11/01/2018

DEspanyol 1-1 Athletic Bilbao14/01/2018

Current form

Away

DJuventus 0-0 FC Barcelona22/11/2017

DValencia CF 1-1 FC Barcelona26/11/2017

VVillarreal 0-2 FC Barcelona10/12/2017

VReal Madrid 0-3 FC Barcelona23/12/2017

DCelta Vigo 1-1 FC Barcelona04/01/2018

VReal Sociedad 2-4 FC Barcelona14/01/2018

Overall

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Deportivo La Coruña17/12/2017

VReal Madrid 0-3 FC Barcelona23/12/2017

DCelta Vigo 1-1 FC Barcelona04/01/2018

VFC Barcelona 3-0 Levante07/01/2018

VFC Barcelona 5-0 Celta Vigo11/01/2018

VReal Sociedad 2-4 FC Barcelona14/01/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	15	29
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	5	11
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

72	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1
10	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	14
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.25
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Gerard Moreno	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	José Arnáiz
Gerard Moreno	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	José Arnáiz
Gerard Moreno	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Gerard Moreno	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Pablo Piatti	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Jordi Alba
Pablo Piatti	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Gerard Deulofeu
Gerard Moreno	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last match	Lionel Messi

Historical head to head

Home

97 matches

28 v

29 d

40 l

117 gf

134 ga

Away

97 matches

10 v

11 d

76 l

85 gf

242 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

195 matches

38 v

40 d

117 l

203 gf

379 ga

Historical head to head

Home

97 matches

76 v

11 d

10 l

242 gf

85 ga

Away

97 matches

40 v

29 d

28 l

134 gf

117 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

195 matches

117 v

40 d

38 l

379 gf

203 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 15, 1951
Home	6 - 0	April 15, 1951

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 09, 2017
Away	5 - 1	December 18, 2010

Latest head to head

September 09, 2017 - La Liga Santander 2017/2018

FC Barcelona

5 - 0

Espanyol

April 29, 2017 - La Liga 2016/2017

Espanyol

0 - 3

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

December 18, 2016 - La Liga 2016/2017

FC Barcelona

4 - 1

Espanyol

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

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Raúl Tamudo	8 goals	2001 - 2007
Coro	3 goals	2007 - 2009
Tintín Márquez	3 goals	1986 - 1986
Igor Korneev	2 goals	1992 - 1992
Florin Raducioiu	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Michel Pineda	2 goals	1986 - 1987

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 Espanyol

Lionel Messi	20 goals	2007 - 2017
Asensi	9 goals	1973 - 1980
Sandor Kocsis	8 goals	1959 - 1964
Justo Tejada Martinez	8 goals	1956 - 1960
Patrick Kluivert	8 goals	1998 - 2003
Laszlo Kubala	8 goals	1953 - 1961

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
Mauricio Pochettino	13 matches	1994 - 2004
Diego Orejuela	13 matches	1983 - 1990

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	29 matches	2004 - 2017
Lionel Messi	28 matches	2004 - 2017
Carles Puyol	26 matches	2000 - 2013
Juan Segarra Iracheta	24 matches	1950 - 1962