⭕Pre-match facts about Barcelona vs Espanyol⭕
🔵Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 21 LaLiga derbies against Espanyol (W16 D5), keeping a clean sheet in 15 of them – it’s their best unbeaten run against them in the top-flight.
🔵Barcelona have won their last 10 LaLiga games at Camp Nou against Espanyol, netting 3.3 goals per game on average, while only conceding two goals on aggregate. This run comes after they were winless in their previous three games against them at home in the competition (D2 L1).
🔵Espanyol’s last LaLiga win against Barcelona at Camp Nou was in February 2009 (1-2), when Iván de la Peña scored his only brace for Espanyol in the competition.
🔵Espanyol have drawn 38 LaLiga games against Barcelona, more than against any other opponent in the competition’s history (GP171 – W34 D38 L99).
🔵Barcelona are looking to win their 100th LaLiga game against Espanyol (GP171 W34 D38 L99) and they could become only the second opponent to reach this landmark against them, after Real Madrid (GP171 – W35 D33 L103)
🔵Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has been involved in 13 goals in his last eight LaLiga games against Espanyol (nine goals and four assists), including a hat-trick in September 2017 and a brace in March 2019 in his two last home meetings against them.
🔵Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has scored three hat-tricks against Espanyol, his joint-best total against an opponent in the competition alongside Osasuna, Valencia and Deportivo de La Coruña.
🔵After scoring in each of his first four LaLiga games for Espanyol (four goals), Raúl de Tomás has gone seven consecutive matches without finding the back of the net - his longest drought in the competition.
🔵Barcelona’s Quique Setién is unbeaten in his last five managerial games against Espanyol in all competitions (W3 D2), this after losing three of his previous five (W1 D1 L3).
🔵Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 21 LaLiga derbies against Espanyol (W16 D5), keeping a clean sheet in 15 of them – it’s their best unbeaten run against them in the top-flight.
🔵Barcelona have won their last 10 LaLiga games at Camp Nou against Espanyol, netting 3.3 goals per game on average, while only conceding two goals on aggregate. This run comes after they were winless in their previous three games against them at home in the competition (D2 L1).
🔵Espanyol’s last LaLiga win against Barcelona at Camp Nou was in February 2009 (1-2), when Iván de la Peña scored his only brace for Espanyol in the competition.
🔵Espanyol have drawn 38 LaLiga games against Barcelona, more than against any other opponent in the competition’s history (GP171 – W34 D38 L99).
🔵Barcelona are looking to win their 100th LaLiga game against Espanyol (GP171 W34 D38 L99) and they could become only the second opponent to reach this landmark against them, after Real Madrid (GP171 – W35 D33 L103)
🔵Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has been involved in 13 goals in his last eight LaLiga games against Espanyol (nine goals and four assists), including a hat-trick in September 2017 and a brace in March 2019 in his two last home meetings against them.
🔵After scoring in each of his first four LaLiga games for Espanyol (four goals), Raúl de Tomás has gone seven consecutive matches without finding the back of the net - his longest drought in the competition.
🔵Barcelona’s Quique Setién is unbeaten in his last five managerial games against Espanyol in all competitions (W3 D2), this after losing three of his previous five (W1 D1 L3).
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