Real Madrid 3-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Tuesday 21 September 2010
Result
Real Madrid 3-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Tuesday 21 September 2010, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 3-0 Espanyol: match report
Real Madrid beat Espanyol 3-0 in La Liga on Tuesday 21 September 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (28', penalty), Gonzalo Higuaín (79') and Karim Benzema (87'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 4th on 7 points from 3 and Espanyol 8th on 6 points from 3. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Espanyol 10th with 47.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-D and Espanyol's W-L-W.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Ricardo Carvalho
- 23'Yellow card · Marcelo
- 27'Yellow card · Luis García
- 28'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 56'Yellow card · Pepe
- 60'Second yellow · Pepe
- 64'Red card · Ernesto Galán
- 65'Yellow card · Joan Verdú
- 79'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 80'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 87'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 88'Second yellow · Juan Forlin
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iker Casillas, Ricardo Carvalho, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Lassana Diarra, Mesut Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ángel Di María, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuaín
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, David García, Ernesto Galán, Juan Forlin, Joan Verdú, Aldo Duscher, Manu Molina, Juanmi Callejón, Luis Garcia, Sergio García