Article by Adrian Duţă, Cosmin Nistor – Published Saturday, April 11, 2026, 6:53 p.m. / Updated Saturday, April 11, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
Barcelona – Espanyol, the Catalan derby in the 31st stage of La Liga, takes place from 19:30 at Camp Nou. The match will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and transmitted on Prima Sport 2 and Digi Sport 2.
Barcelona can break away decisively in the fight for the title. With a win, they would move to 9 points above Real Madrid with 7 legs to play. The match is also important for Espanyol, who would get closer to the European Cup places in case of success.
Barcelona – Espanyol, live from 19:30
Barcelona – Espanyol, starting teams
Barcelona (4-3-3): J. Garcia – Araujo, Cubarsi, Martin, Balde – Gavi, E. Garcia, Pedri – Yamal, F. Torres, F. Lopez
reserves: Aller, Szczesny – Bardghji, Cancelo, Casado, Cortes, De Jong, Espart, Kounde, Lewandowski, Olmo, Rashford
Coach: Hansi Flick
Espanyol (4-4-1-1): Dmitrovic – Hilali, Calero, Cabrera, Romero – Lozano, Ngonge, Gonzales, Dolan – Exposito, K. Garcia
reserves: Fortuno, Tristan – J. Fernandez, Jofre, Milla, Pickel, Roca, Rubio, Salinas, R. Sanchez, Terrats
Coach: Manolo Gonzalez
Stadium: Camp Nou
Referee: Alejandro Hernandez
La Liga standings
Barcelona, unbeatable in the championship. Espanyol, down
Barcelona comes to the match with Espanyol after 0-2 with Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarters. The return is scheduled for April 14, from 22:00, on Metropolitano.
In the championship, Barcelona has not lost since April 16, from another Catalan duel, 1-2 with Girona. Since then he has won 6 matches in a row in the first Spanish league.
He comes across a completely out of form team. Espanyol have not won a game in 2026. The last win was on December 22, 2-1 against Bilbao. Since then, the blue-and-whites have played 13 games in La Liga and picked up 5 points.
