Barcelona 1-0 Espanyol: Xavi celebrates derby victory in first game in charge at the Nou Camp

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New Barcelona manager Xavi celebrated his first game in charge at the Nou Camp with a slim derby victory over Espanyol in La Liga.

Although the home fans were able to claim bragging rights over their city rivals, the visitors could easily have won the game having wasted numerous chances in the second half.

Xavi eventually saw his side take the lead seconds after the restart through a Memphis Depay penalty.

The win puts Barca sixth in the table.

More to follow.

Line-ups

Barcelona

Formation 4-3-3

1ter StegenBooked at 88mins
22MinguezaBooked at 64minsSubstituted forAraújoat 88'minutes
3Piqué
24García
18Alba
28González IglesiasSubstituted forDemirat 88'minutes
5BusquetsSubstituted forPuig Martíat 78'minutes
21de JongBooked at 83mins
37AkhomachSubstituted forEzzalzouliat 45'minutesBooked at 59mins
9Depay
30Paez GaviriaSubstituted forCoutinhoat 70'minutes

Substitutes

4Araújo
6Puig Martí
11Demir
13Murara Neto
14Coutinho
15Lenglet
17de Jong
20Roberto
23Umtiti
26Peña Sotorres
31Balde Martínez
33Ezzalzouli

Espanyol

Formation 4-1-4-1

13López
22Vidal
24Gómez
4CabreraBooked at 90mins
3PedrosaBooked at 59mins
15LópezSubstituted forMorlanes Ariñoat 56'minutes
23EmbarbaSubstituted forWuat 78'minutes
25HerreraSubstituted forDimataat 78'minutes
10DarderSubstituted forMorónat 90+5'minutes
9PuadoSubstituted forMelamedat 56'minutes
11de Tomás

Substitutes

2Llambrich
5Calero
6Morlanes Ariño
7Wu
8Mérida Pérez
14Melendo
16Morón
17Vilá
18Dimata
20Bare
21Melamed
34García

Referee:Carlos del Cerro Grande

Attendance:74,418

Live Text

Match ends, Barcelona 1, Espanyol 0.
Second Half ends, Barcelona 1, Espanyol 0.
Attempt missed. Sergi Gómez (Espanyol) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolás Melamed with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Ronald Araújo.
Substitution, Espanyol. Loren Morón replaces Sergi Darder.
Foul by Ronald Araújo (Barcelona).
Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol).
Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt blocked. Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adrià Pedrosa.
Attempt saved. Memphis Depay (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ronald Araújo.
Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Barcelona. Ronald Araújo replaces Óscar Mingueza because of an injury.
Substitution, Barcelona. Yusuf Demir replaces Nicolás González Iglesias because of an injury.
Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Manu Morlanes with a cross.
Attempt missed. Landry Dimata (Espanyol) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Wu Lei with a cross following a set piece situation.
Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona).
Wu Lei (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the right wing.