Real Madrid 3-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 10 January 2015
Result
Real Madrid 3-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 10 January 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Real Madrid 3-0 Espanyol: match report
Real Madrid won against Espanyol 3-0 in La Liga on Saturday 10 January 2015. The half-time score was 2-0.
J. Rodríguez opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from J. Rodríguez (12'), Gareth Bale (28') and Nacho Fernández (76'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 37 points from 16 and Espanyol 11th on 19 points from 17. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 90 points, and Espanyol 12th with 47.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 0 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Espanyol's L-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · J. Rodríguez
- 27'Yellow card · Juan Rafael Fuentes
- 28'Goal · Gareth Bale
- 53'Red card · Fábio Coentrão
- 53'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 58'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 70'Yellow card · Anaitz Arbilla
- 76'Goal · Nacho Fernández
- 76'Yellow card · Paco Montañés
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas, Álvaro Arbeloa, Raphaël Varane, Pepe, Fábio Coentrão, James Rodríguez, Toni Kroos, Isco, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo
Espanyol expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kiko Casilla, Diego Colotto, Álvaro González, Lucas Vázquez, Juan Rafael Fuentes, José Alberto Cañas, Víctor Sánchez, Sergio García, Felipe Caicedo