Real Madrid 4-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 30 April 2022
Result
Real Madrid 4-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 30 April 2022, 14:15 UTC · half-time 2-0
Real Madrid 4-0 Espanyol: match report
Real Madrid beat Espanyol 4-0 in La Liga on Saturday 30 April 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.
Rodrygo opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Rodrygo (33'), Rodrygo (43'), Marco Asensio (55') and Karim Benzema (81'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 78 points from 33 and Espanyol 13th on 39 points from 33. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Espanyol 14th with 42.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid (8.5), level with Rodrygo (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Espanyol's L-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 33'Goal · Rodrygo
- 42'Yellow card · Mariano Díaz
- 43'Goal · Rodrygo
- 46'Yellow card · Casemiro
- 55'Goal · Marco Asensio
- 81'Goal · Karim Benzema
Head-to-head
Team news
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Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vázquez, Casemiro, Jesús Vallejo, Marcelo, Luka Modrić, Eduardo Camavinga, Dani Ceballos, Marco Asensio, Mariano Díaz, Rodrygo
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Aleix Vidal, Fernando Calero, Sergi Gómez Solà, Leandro Cabrera, Óscar Melendo, Yangel Herrera, Sergi Darder, Tonny Vilhena, Javi Puado, Raúl de Tomás