Espanyol 1-3 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 9 April 2016
Result
Espanyol 1-3 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 9 April 2016, 16:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Espanyol 1-3 Atlético de Madrid: match report
Espanyol were beaten by Atlético de Madrid 1-3 in La Liga on Saturday 9 April 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Pape Diop opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Espanyol's goal came from Pape Diop (29'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Fernando Torres (35'), Antoine Griezmann (58') and Koke (89').
Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 14th on 36 points from 31 and Atlético de Madrid 2nd on 70 points from 31. Espanyol went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Atlético de Madrid 2nd with 88.
Espanyol lined up in a 5-3-2 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pape Diop of Espanyol (8.0), ahead of Abraham González (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 6 for Atlético de Madrid.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 29'Goal · Pape Diop
- 35'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 45'Yellow card · Pape Diop
- 58'Goal · Antoine Griezmann
- 64'Yellow card · Filipe Luís
- 78'Yellow card · Ángel Correa
- 89'Goal · Koke
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (5-3-2)
Pau López, Javi López, Álvaro González, Enzo Roco, Óscar Duarte, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Víctor Sánchez, Pape Diop, Abraham González, Marco Asensio, Gerard Moreno
Atlético de Madrid expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Jan Oblak, Filipe Luís, Juanfran, Diego Godín, José María Giménez, Koke, Gabi, Saúl Ñíguez, Augusto Fernández, Antoine Griezmann, Fernando Torres