Espanyol 0-4 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 2 October 2011
Result
Espanyol 0-4 Real Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 2 October 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Espanyol 0-4 Real Madrid: match report
Espanyol were beaten by Real Madrid 0-4 in La Liga on Sunday 2 October 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Gonzalo Higuaín opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Espanyol did not score. Real Madrid scored through Gonzalo Higuaín (17'), Gonzalo Higuaín (66'), José Callejón (82') and Gonzalo Higuaín (89').
Discipline: Espanyol received 4 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 12th on 6 points from 5 and Real Madrid 7th on 10 points from 5. Espanyol went on to finish that season 14th with 46 points, and Real Madrid 1st with 100.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Espanyol win, 1 draw and 8 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Real Madrid's W-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 24'Yellow card · Thievy Bifouma
- 29'Yellow card · Javi López
- 31'Yellow card · Romaric
- 60'Yellow card · Lassana Diarra
- 66'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 80'Yellow card · Vladimir Weiss
- 82'Goal · José Callejón
- 89'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cristian Álvarez, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Juan Forlin, Javi Márquez, Raúl Baena, Joan Verdú, Romaric, Sergio García, Thievy Bifouma, Dídac Vilà
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Raúl Albiol, Kaká, Mesut Özil, Lassana Diarra, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuaín