34
21:36
De Jong sends Jordi Alba to the baseline on the left. The full-back puts the ball in the middle. A defender blocks to the corner. Barça want a penalty kick, but it was never handball. The corner lands on the first defender and is cleared.
33
21:35
Adama Traoré dribbling the pace against half the Espanyol defense. It’s impressive how he uses his massive body. But he gets stuck on the last defender.
31
21:34
Espanyol once had an opportunity with a free kick from the half field. The hosts are trying a variant in which one player puts the ball down and another then suddenly crosses into the middle. But Jordi Alba was careful and can clarify.
29
21:31
Barça captures a striking number of balls in the opposing half. It doesn’t lead to much danger yet, but the pressing works very well.
26
21:29
The game is very entertaining. But it offers few serious scoring chances. Both teams give it their all. The accuracy of fit leaves something to be desired.
23
21:25
Yellow card for Keidi Bare (Espanyol Barcelona)
Araújo wins the ball in the opponent’s half. Bare knocks out the defender and she rightly yellows for it.
22
21:25
Dest picks up pace on the right, then sends Adama Traoré down the line. He puts a cross in the middle, but an Espanyol defender clears with a header.
19
21:22
Aleix Vidal clearly fouls Gavi on the left flank. The referee whistles. Espanyol cannot understand this decision either. The following free kick fizzles out.
17
21:19
Both teams have already fouled three times after just 16 minutes of play. If things go on like this, things could get even better.
15
21:17
Araújo plays a long ball into Adama Traoré’s path. But his ball reception is not perfect. This allows his opponent to catch him. The winger starts dribbling and pulls from the right corner of the penalty area. His low shot goes a meter to the right of the goal.
13
21:15
It’s a competitive early stage in which Espanyol is by no means hiding. Only balls in the sixteen have been missing on both sides since the goal.
11
21:14
So far, the spectators have been anything but satisfied with the referee. Busquets could have seen a yellow card for a tactical foul. Otherwise, the referee has done everything right so far.
9
21:11
Barça keeps the ball in their own ranks for a long time for the first time. However, there is no danger of scoring.
6
21:08
And there is already the next conclusion for the home side. This time Darder tries from the edge of the penalty area. But the ball slips off him a bit. The shot goes wide of the goal on the right.
5
21:07
Espanyol has its first corner. Darder puts the ball on the first post from the right. There, Bare comes to the header, but a defender blocks.
4
21:06
The hosts slept twice at the goal. First they lost the ball on their own edge of the penalty area and then they were completely disordered on the cross.
2
21:04
Tooor for FC Barcelona, 0:1 by Pedri
Jordi Alba brings a cross from the left half field to the second post. There Pedri is completely blank and brings the half-high ball into the goal with the inside from a short distance. Espanyol wasn’t quite there yet.
20:25
Xavi will be forced to make a move at FC Barcelona after last weekend’s strong showing. The coach replaces the red-suspended Dani Alves in right-back with Sergiño Dest. Otherwise he sends the same players onto the pitch as against Atlético.
20:23
Vicente Moreno sees a need for a change after the defeat against Bilbao. He changes Espanyol’s starting line-up to four positions, unlike Monday’s game. Right-back Óscar Gil is replaced by Aleix Vidal. In midfield, Keidi Bare and Yangel Herrera will start in place of Manu Morlanes and Óscar Melendo. Up front, Raúl de Tomás, who has returned from a red suspension, starts for Landry Dimata.
20:22
FC Barcelona goes into the derby with a good feeling. Last weekend, Xavi’s team showed their best performance of the season so far. The direct competitor Atlético Madrid was given the fourth goal in the 49th minute. Then Dani Alves saw a very unnecessary red card, but Barça still brought the game home 4-2. In the league, the Blaugrana took ten points out of a possible twelve in 2022.
20:21
The hosts finally want to celebrate their first league win of the new calendar year in this prestigious duel. Espanyol’s last success in the Primera División came on New Year’s Eve 2021. At that time, Vicente Moreno’s team won 2-1 at FC Valencia. In 2022 she has only scored one point so far. The game on Monday was also lost 2-1 in Bilbao. Despite the bad start to the new year, the promoted team still has a seven-point lead over the first relegation zone.
20:21
Hello and welcome to La Liga matchday 24. Today at 9 p.m. at the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat there is a derbi catalán between Espanyol Barcelona and FC Barcelona.