Barcelona vs Español is a match called for rivalry. The two Catalan teams have always competed to see who is the best team in the city and it seems that the balance is more than clear in favor of Barcelona.
In the last 30 games in which they have faced each other, Español won 3 times (10%) tied in 7 (23%) and Barcelona won 20 (67%) so the balance of victories in favor of the Catalans they make them the best team in Catalonia.
Of the last five games in which Barcelona have faced each other they have emerged victorious in four and there has only been one draw. The last one was in the first round of La Liga when Xavi landed on the Camp Nou bench, a Memphis penalty goal decided the match, 1-0 for the locals.
If we look further back we go to La Liga del Covid where matchday 35 was played and the result was the same. Luis Suárez was the author of the goal that gave the three points to the team that Koeman led at that time.
That same year, in the first round of LaLiga, Barcelona found themselves with a puncture. 2-2 and a vase of cold water. El Español went ahead with an early goal and later Luis Suárez and Arturo Vidal scored to come back. At the end of the game in the 88th minute Wu Lei put the tables on the scoreboard.
The last two belonging to the 2018-19 season, Barcelona won 2-0 and 4-0 with a double from Leo Messi in both games. Barcelona is usually good at Spanish, we’ll see what happens today playing in Cornellá.
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