Espanyol 1-1 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 11 May 2013
Result
Espanyol 1-1 Real Madrid
La Liga · Saturday 11 May 2013, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Espanyol 1-1 Real Madrid: match report
Espanyol drew with Real Madrid 1-1 in La Liga on Saturday 11 May 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Cristhian Stuani opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Espanyol's goal came from Cristhian Stuani (23'). Real Madrid scored through Gonzalo Higuaín (58').
Discipline: Espanyol received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 13th on 40 points from 34 and Real Madrid 2nd on 78 points from 35. Espanyol went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 82.
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 0 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 8 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Real Madrid's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Cristhian Stuani
- 30'Yellow card · Cristhian Stuani
- 42'Yellow card · Michael Essien
- 51'Yellow card · Joan Verdú
- 58'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 61'Yellow card · Mubarak Wakaso
- 65'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
- 69'Yellow card · Luka Modric
- 71'Yellow card · Ricardo Carvalho
- 76'Yellow card · Raúl Albiol
- 80'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 80'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 90+1'Red card · Víctor Sánchez
- 90+1'Yellow card · Capdevila
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kiko Casilla, Juan Forlin, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Joan Capdevila, Diego Colotto, Víctor Sánchez, Joan Verdú, Mubarak Wakaso, Cristhian Stuani, Sergio García
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Raphaël Varane, Ricardo Carvalho, Raúl Albiol, Nacho Fernández, Kaká, Michael Essien, Luka Modrić, Ángel Di María, Álvaro Morata, Gonzalo Higuaín