Atlético de Madrid 1-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 22 December 2018
Result
Atlético de Madrid 1-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 22 December 2018, 15:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Atlético de Madrid 1-0 Espanyol: match report
Atlético de Madrid beat Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on Saturday 22 December 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Antoine Griezmann of Atlético de Madrid in the 56th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 3rd on 31 points from 16 and Espanyol 12th on 21 points from 16. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and Espanyol 7th with 53.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jan Oblak of Atlético de Madrid (8.0), ahead of Antoine Griezmann (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Atlético de Madrid wins, 2 draws and 3 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Espanyol's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 56'Penalty goal · Antoine Griezmann
- 85'Yellow card · Diego Godín
- 88'Yellow card · Granero
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Jan Oblak, Santiago Arias, Stefan Savić, Diego Godín, Saúl Ñíguez, Ángel Correa, Thomas Partey, Rodri, Koke, Nikola Kalinić, Antoine Griezmann
Espanyol line-up (4-1-4-1)
Diego López, Roberto Rosales, David López, Naldo, Dídac Vilà, Óscar Duarte, Léo Baptistão, Sergi Darder, Granero, Sergio García, Borja Iglesias