• FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol have played 157 times, with 87 wins for FCB, 36 draws and 34 defeats.
• At the Camp Nou, the stats are even more heavily stacked in favour of FCB: 60 wins, 10 draws and just 9 defeats.
• Barça’s biggest win of 5-0 has been repeated five times.
• Leo Messi has played Espanyol five times at the Camp Nou and has scored six goals.
• The Argentinian scored all four goals in last season’s 4-0 win at the Camp Nou, Josep Guardiola’s farewell match.
• Andoni Zubizarreta has played the most Liga derbies against Espanyol, 32.
• Xavi Hernández has the third most appearances for FCB against the ‘parakeets’. Zubizarreta and ‘Quini’ have played more, and also faced Espanyol while representing other clubs.
• Xavi has played in 25 derbies, for a total of 2,121 minutes.
• 34 points separate Barça and Espanyol in the current Liga, the biggest ever difference between the sides at this stage of a season.
• This is the second time the teams have met on King’s Day, a national holiday. The previous meeting was way back in 1935.
