Espanyol 2-4 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 27 January 2019
Result
Espanyol 2-4 Real Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 27 January 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-3
Espanyol 2-4 Real Madrid: match report
Espanyol were beaten by Real Madrid 2-4 in La Liga on Sunday 27 January 2019. It was 1-3 at half-time.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Léo Baptistão (25') and R. Rosales (81'). Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (4'), Sergio Ramos (15'), Karim Benzema (45+1') and Gareth Bale (67').
Discipline: Espanyol received 3 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 15th on 24 points from 20 and Real Madrid 4th on 36 points from 20. Espanyol went on to finish that season 7th with 53 points, and Real Madrid 3rd with 68.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Karim Benzema of Real Madrid (9.5), ahead of Lucas Vázquez (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Espanyol win, 0 draws and 9 for Real Madrid.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 7'Yellow card · Marc Roca
- 15'Goal · Sergio Ramos
- 25'Goal · Léo Baptistão
- 27'Yellow card · Sergio Ramos
- 34'Yellow card · Sergio García
- 45+1'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 67'Goal · Gareth Bale
- 72'Red card · Raphaël Varane
- 81'Yellow card · Daniel Carvajal
- 81'Goal · R. Rosales
- 85'Yellow card · Alejandro López
- 88'Yellow card · Nacho Fernández
- 90+1'Yellow card · Thibaut Courtois
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Diego López, Javi López, Lluís López, Mario Hermoso, Dídac Vilà, Sergi Darder, Marc Roca, Alejandro López, Léo Baptistão, Borja Iglesias, Sergio García
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Sergio Reguilón, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Lucas Vázquez, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior