Real Madrid 3-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 11 March 2023
Result
Real Madrid 3-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 11 March 2023, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Real Madrid 3-1 Espanyol: match report
Real Madrid beat Espanyol 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 11 March 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.
Joselu opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Vinicius Junior (22'), Éder Militão (39') and Marco Asensio (90+3'). Espanyol scored through Joselu (8').
Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 2nd on 53 points from 24 and Espanyol 13th on 27 points from 24. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Espanyol 19th with 37.
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 Éder Militão of Real Madrid (7.8), ahead of Sergi Darder (7.7).
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 D-D-W-W-L and Espanyol's L-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Joselu
- 19'Yellow card · Leandro Cabrera
- 22'Goal · Vinicius Junior
- 32'Yellow card · Vinicius Junior
- 39'Goal · Éder Militão
- 56'Yellow card · Óscar Gil
- 86'Yellow card · Dani Ceballos
- 87'Yellow card · Daniel Carvajal
- 90+3'Goal · Marco Asensio
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Éder Militão, Nacho Fernández, Eduardo Camavinga, Luka Modrić, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Toni Kroos, Federico Valverde, Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Fernando Pacheco, Óscar Gil, César Montes, Sergi Gómez Solà, Leandro Cabrera, Rubén Sánchez, Vinicius de Souza Costa, José Gragera, Martin Braithwaite, Sergi Darder, Joselu