Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 18 February 2017
Result
Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 18 February 2017, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol: match report
Real Madrid won against Espanyol 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 18 February 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Álvaro Morata opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Álvaro Morata (33') and Gareth Bale (83'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 49 points from 20 and Espanyol 9th on 32 points from 22. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Espanyol 8th with 56.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Isco of Real Madrid (8.1), ahead of Toni Kroos (8.0).
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 W-W-W-L-W and Espanyol's L-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Gerard Moreno
- 33'Goal · Álvaro Morata
- 41'Yellow card · Mateo Kovacic
- 48'Yellow card · Isco
- 53'Yellow card · Javi Fuego
- 68'Yellow card · Pape Diop
- 80'Yellow card · Aarón Martín
- 82'Yellow card · Casemiro
- 83'Goal · Gareth Bale
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Kiko Casilla, Daniel Carvajal, Pepe, Raphaël Varane, Nacho Fernández, Isco, Toni Kroos, Mateo Kovacic, Lucas Vázquez, Álvaro Morata, Cristiano Ronaldo
Espanyol line-up (4-5-1)
Diego López, David López, Óscar Duarte, Diego Reyes, Aarón Martín, Gerard Moreno, Pape Diop, Javi Fuego, José Jurado, Pablo Piatti, José Antonio Reyes