Real Madrid 1-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 22 September 2018
Result
Real Madrid 1-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 22 September 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 1-0 Espanyol: match report
Real Madrid won against Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on Saturday 22 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Marco Asensio of Real Madrid in the 41st minute.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 10 points from 4 and Espanyol 6th on 7 points from 4. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 68 points, and Espanyol 7th with 53.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergio Ramos of Real Madrid (8.2), ahead of Casemiro (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read D-W-W-W and Espanyol's W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Nacho Fernández
- 26'Yellow card · Marc Roca
- 41'Goal · Marco Asensio
- 45+2'Yellow card · Javi López
- 77'Yellow card · Casemiro
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Álvaro Odriozola, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Nacho Fernández, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Dani Ceballos, Isco, Karim Benzema, Marco Asensio
Espanyol line-up (4-1-4-1)
Diego López, Javi López, Naldo, Mario Hermoso, Dídac Vilà, Marc Roca, Hernán Pérez, Sergi Darder, Granero, Pablo Piatti, Borja Iglesias