Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 7 December 2019
Result
Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 7 December 2019, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol: match report
Real Madrid defeated Espanyol 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 7 December 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.
Raphaël Varane opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Raphaël Varane (37') and Karim Benzema (79'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 31 points from 14 and Espanyol 19th on 9 points from 15. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Espanyol 20th with 25.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Karim Benzema of Real Madrid (8.5), ahead of Raphaël Varane (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Granero
- 17'Yellow card · Vinicius Junior
- 37'Goal · Raphaël Varane
- 61'Yellow card · Fernando Calero
- 63'Yellow card · Ferland Mendy
- 74'Yellow card · Federico Valverde
- 79'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 83'Second yellow · Ferland Mendy
- 90+1'Yellow card · Sergi Darder
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Ferland Mendy, Federico Valverde, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Rodrygo, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior
Espanyol line-up (3-1-4-2)
Diego López, David López, Bernardo Espinosa, Fernando Calero, Marc Roca, Víctor Gómez, Granero, Sergi Darder, Dídac Vilà, Wu Lei, Jonathan Calleri