La Liga Gameweek 18 Sat, Jan 3 2026 · 20:00 RCDE Stadium, Cornella de Llobregat
Espanyol
0–2 Full time · HT 0–0 xG 1.43 – 1.57
Barcelona
  • 86’ Dani Olmo
  • 90’ R. Lewandowski
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Barcelona beat Espanyol

Barcelona entered as favourites and won 2–0 through goals from Olmo and Lewandowski. The chances were even, with xG of 1.43 and 1.57. On the chances created, Espanyol deserved more: 1.3 expected points against the 0 points they took.

Espanyol18%
Draw24%
Barcelona ✓58%

Model vs reality

Espanyol goals
0
Model 0.93 · xG 1.43
Barcelona goals
2
Model 1.83 · xG 1.57
Total goals
2
Model 2.76 · xG 3.00
Score 0–2
11%
Most likely 1–1 (11%)
Over 2.5
No
Model 52%
Both scored
No
Model 51%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchJoan GarcíaBarcelona
7.9
  • RefereeVictor Garcia Verdura
  • VenueRCDE Stadium
  • Table before kick-offEspanyol 5th · Barcelona 1st

Timeline

  1. Half time · 0–0
  2. ⇄ Fermín LópezFor M. Rashford
    46’
  3. ⇄ Jofre CarrerasFor Edu Expósito
    60’
  4. ⇄ R. LewandowskiFor Ferran Torres
    64’
  5. ⇄ PedriFor Gerard Martín
    64’
  6. ⇄ Dani OlmoFor Raphinha
    64’
  7. ⇄ Kike GarcíaFor R. Fernández Jaén
    75’
  8. Pol LozanoYellow card
    77’
  9. ⇄ Ramon TerratsFor T. Dolan
    82’
  10. ⇄ Javi PuadoFor Pere Milla
    82’
  11. Dani Olmo 0–1Assist Fermín López
    86’
  12. R. Lewandowski 0–2Assist Fermín López
    90’
  13. Full time · 0–2

Team stats

Espanyol14 shots · 12 in box, 2 outside
Barcelona15 shots · 11 in box, 4 outside
EspanyolBarcelona
30% Possession 70%
1.43 Expected goals (xG) 1.57
1.29 Expected points (xPts) 1.47
14 Shots 15
7 Shots on target 6
1 Shots off target 5
6 Blocked shots 4
12 Shots inside the box 11
2 Shots outside the box 4
235 Passes 553
72% Pass accuracy 89%
5 Corners 7
4 Goalkeeper saves 6
9 Fouls 14
4 Offsides 2
1 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
6.70 Team rating 7.14

Line-ups

Espanyol 4-2-3-1

136.9 M. Dmitrović(G)
226.9 Carlos Romero 66.6 L. Cabrera 56.2 F. Calero Villa 236.7 O. El Hilali
107.2 Pol Lozano 46.7 Urko González
116.5 Pere Milla ↓82’ 86.9 Edu Expósito ↓60’ 246.7 T. Dolan ↓82’
96.5 R. Fernández Jaén ↓75’
  • 13M. Dmitrović (G)6.9
  • 22Carlos Romero6.9
  • 6L. Cabrera6.6
  • 5F. Calero Villa6.2
  • 23O. El Hilali6.7
  • 10Pol Lozano7.2
  • 4Urko González6.7
  • 11Pere Milla↓82’6.5
  • 8Edu Expósito↓60’6.9
  • 24T. Dolan↓82’6.7
  • 9R. Fernández Jaén↓75’6.5

Substitutes used

  • 17Jofre Carreras↑60’6.9
  • 19Kike García↑75’6.3
  • 14Ramon Terrats↑82’6.2
  • 7Javi Puado↑82’6.3

Unused: Ángel Fortuño, José Salinas, C. Riedel, Miguel Rubio, Rubén Sánchez, Antoniu Roca, Ferran Gomez, L. Koleosho

Barcelona 4-2-3-1

137.9★ Joan García(G)
37.2 Alejandro Balde 187.5 Gerard Martín ↓64’ 57.2 Pau Cubarsí 237.6 J. Koundé
216.9 F. de Jong 247.3 Eric García
146.0 M. Rashford ↓46’ 116.2 Raphinha ↓64’ 107.5 Lamine Yamal
76.2 Ferran Torres ↓64’
  • 13Joan García (G) ★7.9
  • 3Alejandro Balde7.2
  • 18Gerard Martín↓64’7.5
  • 5Pau Cubarsí7.2
  • 23J. Koundé7.6
  • 21F. de Jong6.9
  • 24Eric García7.3
  • 14M. Rashford↓46’6.0
  • 11Raphinha↓64’6.2
  • 10Lamine Yamal7.5
  • 7Ferran Torres↓64’6.2

Substitutes used

  • 16Fermín LópezA×2↑46’7.3
  • 8Pedri↑64’6.6
  • 20Dani Olmo↑64’7.6
  • 9R. Lewandowski↑64’7.2

Unused: W. Szczęsny, M. ter Stegen, J. Torrents, Dro Fernández, Marc Bernal, Tomás Marqués, Marc Casadó, R. Bardghji

Player stats

Top rated
Joan GarcíaBarcelona7.9
2nd
J. KoundéBarcelona7.6
3rd
Dani OlmoBarcelona7.6

Espanyol

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
M. Dmitrović G 90 0 0 4 sv 1 26% 27 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Carlos Romero D 90 0 0 1 (1) 1 78% 23 6 3 1/3 0/0 6.9
L. Cabrera D 90 0 0 1 (1) 1 70% 20 1 0 0/0 1/0 6.6
F. Calero Villa D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 82% 17 0 2 0/0 0/0 6.2
O. El Hilali D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 79% 19 3 2 1/1 1/2 6.7
Pol Lozano M 90 0 0 0 (0) 2 91% 22 3 2 0/1 2/0 7.2
Urko González M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 77% 31 1 0 0/0 0/1 6.7
Pere Milla M 82 0 0 2 (1) 2 75% 16 0 0 0/0 1/3 6.5
Edu Expósito M 60 0 0 0 (0) 3 59% 17 0 0 1/1 0/1 6.9
T. Dolan M 82 0 0 0 (0) 0 88% 17 3 1 0/2 1/4 6.7
R. Fernández Jaén F 75 0 0 4 (4) 0 78% 9 0 0 2/5 2/1 6.5
Jofre Carreras F 30 0 0 0 (0) 1 100% 11 0 0 2/4 0/1 6.9
Kike García F 15 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
Ramon Terrats M 8 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.2
Javi Puado F 8 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 2 0 0 1/1 1/0 6.3

Barcelona

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Joan García G 90 0 0 6 sv 0 92% 26 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.9
Alejandro Balde D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 88% 43 3 0 2/2 1/1 7.2
Gerard Martín D 64 0 0 0 (0) 0 88% 66 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.5
Pau Cubarsí D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 96% 81 2 2 0/0 3/1 7.2
J. Koundé D 90 0 0 1 (1) 0 94% 69 4 0 3/4 2/1 7.6
F. de Jong M 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 93% 71 2 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Eric García D 90 0 0 1 (1) 1 95% 42 3 3 0/0 4/1 7.3
M. Rashford F 46 0 0 0 (0) 1 60% 15 0 0 0/3 1/1 6.0
Raphinha F 64 0 0 0 (0) 0 75% 28 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.2
Lamine Yamal F 90 0 0 3 (1) 2 81% 53 1 0 4/9 0/2 7.5
Ferran Torres F 64 0 0 1 (0) 0 75% 8 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.2
Fermín López M 44 0 2 1 (0) 4 71% 14 0 1 2/3 0/0 7.3
Pedri M 26 0 0 1 (0) 1 85% 20 2 1 0/0 1/2 6.6
Dani Olmo M 26 1 0 2 (2) 1 100% 13 0 0 0/1 0/0 7.6
R. Lewandowski F 26 1 0 1 (1) 0 75% 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.2

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.