Espanyol 2-1 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 3 October 2021
Result
Espanyol 2-1 Real Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 3 October 2021, 14:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Espanyol 2-1 Real Madrid: match report
Espanyol won against Real Madrid 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 3 October 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Raúl de Tomás opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Raúl de Tomás (17') and Aleix Vidal (60'). Real Madrid scored through Karim Benzema (71').
Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 16th on 6 points from 7 and Real Madrid 1st on 17 points from 7. Espanyol went on to finish that season 14th with 42 points, and Real Madrid 1st with 86.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Karim Benzema of Real Madrid (8.7), ahead of Adrián Embarba (7.8).
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
- 11'Yellow card · Adrián Embarba
- 17'Goal · Raúl de Tomás
- 29'Yellow card · Eduardo Camavinga
- 60'Goal · Aleix Vidal
- 71'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 79'Yellow card · Óscar Gil
Head-to-head
Team news
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Espanyol line-up (4-1-4-1)
Diego López, Óscar Gil, Sergi Gómez Solà, Leandro Cabrera, Adrià Pedrosa, Keidi Bare, Aleix Vidal, Óscar Melendo, Sergi Darder, Adrián Embarba, Raúl de Tomás
Real Madrid line-up (4-1-3-2)
Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vázquez, Éder Militão, Nacho Fernández, David Alaba, Toni Kroos, Federico Valverde, Luka Modrić, Eduardo Camavinga, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior