Espanyol 0–2 FC Barcelona
- Olmo 86'
- Lewandowski 90'
3 January 2026
The match in data
FC Barcelona got the better of Espanyol, 2–0, on 3 January 2026, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 La Liga.
Player of the match: Alejandro Balde (FC Barcelona), rated 71, thanks above all to 6 final-third passes and 7 duels won. Balde produced 1.0 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Espanyol, the highest-rated player was Edu Expósito, with 60.
Alejandro Balde
FC Barcelona · 90'
Produced 1.03× and cost 0.26× their position's average
- 6 final-third passes 1.1×
- 7 duels won 1.5×
- 3 tackles 1.6×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.8×
- 1 duel lost 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edu Expósito | Midfielder | 60 | 60 |
| Fernando Calero | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Omar El Hilali | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Urko González de Zárate | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Roberto Fernández | Forward | 75 | 50 |
| Ludovic Taillandier | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Carlos Romero | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Pol Lozano | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Jofre Carreras | Forward | 30 | 40 |
| Pere Milla | Forward | 82 | 39 |
| Tyrhys Dolan | Forward | 82 | 28 |
| Marko Dmitrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Kike García | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Javi Puado | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Ramón Terrats | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Balde ★ | Defender | 90 | 71 |
| Robert Lewandowski | Forward | 26 | 69 |
| Frenkie de Jong | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Eric García | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Pau Cubarsí | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Fermín López | Midfielder | 44 | 51 |
| Pedri | Midfielder | 26 | 50 |
| Lamine Yamal | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Gerard Martín | Defender | 64 | 43 |
| Marcus Rashford | Forward | 46 | 42 |
| Jules Koundé | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Raphinha | Forward | 64 | 39 |
| Dani Olmo | Midfielder | 26 | 37 |
| Ferran Torres | Forward | 64 | 33 |
| Joan García | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.