Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 1 October 2017

Result

Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol

La Liga · Sunday 1 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol: match report

Real Madrid defeated Espanyol 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 1 October 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Isco opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Isco (30') and Isco (71'). Espanyol did not score.

Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 6th on 11 points from 6 and Espanyol 14th on 8 points from 6. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 76 points, and Espanyol 13th with 49.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Espanyol in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Isco of Real Madrid (9.7), ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (8.4).

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-L-W-D-D and Espanyol's W-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · IscoReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Nacho FernándezReal Madrid
  • 65'Yellow card · Sergio SánchezEspanyol
  • 71'Goal · IscoReal Madrid · 2-0
  • 77'Yellow card · CasemiroReal Madrid
  • 90'Yellow card · Aarón MartínEspanyol

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Madrid 8, draws 2, Espanyol 0.

Team news

Real Madrid line-up (4-3-1-2)

Keylor Navas, Sergio Ramos, Raphaël Varane, Nacho Fernández, Achraf Hakimi, Toni Kroos, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Isco, Cristiano Ronaldo, Marco Asensio

Espanyol line-up (4-5-1)

Pau López, Aarón Martín, David López, Mario Hermoso, Sergio Sánchez, José Jurado, Léo Baptistão, Javi Fuego, Marc Roca, Sergi Darder, Gerard Moreno