Almeria vs Espanyol

27 January 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Luis Suárez 21’
  • Leo Baptistao 61’
  • Francisco Portillo 77’
  • Joselu 90+3’

Match summary

Almeria beat Espanyol 3-1. Almeria led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Luis Suárez put Almeria ahead in the 21st minute. In the second half, Leo Baptistao made it 2-0 in the 61st minute, Francisco Portillo made it 3-0 in the 77th minute, set up by Gonzalo Melero, and Joselu pulled one back to make it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Rubén Sánchez.

The chances backed that up: Almeria created 2.21 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Espanyol's 0.81 from 6.

Match stats

Almeria Espanyol
19 Shots 6
7 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.18 xG 0.81
2.18 Non-penalty xG 0.81
6 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Almeria Espanyol
Kick-off
Luis Suárez1-0 (Almeria)
21’
Half-time1-0
Leo Baptistao2-0 (Almeria)
61’
Francisco Portillo
Assist: Gonzalo Melero3-0 (Almeria)
77’
90+3’
Joselu
Assist: Rubén Sánchez3-1 (Espanyol)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Almeria
  • Lucas Robertone
  • Íñigo Eguaras
  • Francisco Portillo
Espanyol
  • Óscar Gil
  • Vinicius Souza
  • Javi Puado

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.21 0.81 21’ Luis Suárez (Almeria), 1-0 21’ 61’ Leo Baptistao (Almeria), 2-0 61’ 77’ Francisco Portillo (Almeria), 3-0 77’ 90+3’ Joselu (Espanyol), 3-1 90+3’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.21 0.81 21’ Luis Suárez (Almeria), 1-0 Suárez 21’ 61’ Leo Baptistao (Almeria), 2-0 Baptistao 61’ 77’ Francisco Portillo (Almeria), 3-0 Portillo 77’ 90+3’ Joselu (Espanyol), 3-1 Joselu 90+3’
Almeria 2.21 xGEspanyol 0.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Espanyol attacking Almeria attacking 
90+3’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 14’ Sergio Akieme (Almeria), from a corner, 0.49 xG, saved 88’ El Bilal Touré (Almeria), open play, 0.47 xG, off target 77’ Francisco Portillo (Almeria), open play, 0.28 xG, goal 75’ Leo Baptistao (Almeria), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 75’ Gonzalo Melero (Almeria), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 10’ Leo Baptistao (Almeria), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 68’ César Montes (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 21’ Luis Suárez (Almeria), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 61’ Adrián Embarba (Almeria), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 61’ Leo Baptistao (Almeria), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 13’ Sergio Akieme (Almeria), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Leo Baptistao (Almeria), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 33’ Adrián Embarba (Almeria), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 12’ Óscar Gil (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 46’ Aleix Vidal (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 18’ Luis Suárez (Almeria), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 61’ Luis Suárez (Almeria), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 89’ Alejandro Pozo (Almeria), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 46’ Edu Expósito (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Adrián Embarba (Almeria), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Adrián Embarba (Almeria), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 13’ Rodrigo Ely (Almeria), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Lucas Robertone (Almeria), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+3’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 14’ Sergio Akieme (Almeria), from a corner, 0.49 xG, saved 88’ El Bilal Touré (Almeria), open play, 0.47 xG, off target 77’ Francisco Portillo (Almeria), open play, 0.28 xG, goal 75’ Gonzalo Melero (Almeria), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 75’ Leo Baptistao (Almeria), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 10’ Leo Baptistao (Almeria), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 68’ César Montes (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 21’ Luis Suárez (Almeria), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 61’ Leo Baptistao (Almeria), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 61’ Adrián Embarba (Almeria), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 13’ Sergio Akieme (Almeria), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 38’ Leo Baptistao (Almeria), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 33’ Adrián Embarba (Almeria), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Aleix Vidal (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 12’ Óscar Gil (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 61’ Luis Suárez (Almeria), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 18’ Luis Suárez (Almeria), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 89’ Alejandro Pozo (Almeria), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 46’ Edu Expósito (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Adrián Embarba (Almeria), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Adrián Embarba (Almeria), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 13’ Rodrigo Ely (Almeria), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Lucas Robertone (Almeria), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Fernando Martínez GK900 0.000.000
Alejandro Pozo DEF901 0.030.051
Rodrigo Ely DEF901 0.020.061
Srdjan Babic DEF900 0.000.000
Sergio Akieme DEF902 0.550.612
Lucas Robertone MID901 0.010.041
César De la Hoz MID900 0.000.491
Gonzalo Melero MID8511 0.150.302
Leo Baptistao FWD8514 0.380.182
Luis Suárez FWD7513 0.160.101
Adrián Embarba FWD754 0.160.000
El Bilal Touré Sub151 0.470.031
Francisco Portillo Sub1511 0.280.000
Íñigo Eguaras Sub50 0.000.000
Arnau Puigmal Sub50 0.000.000
Samú Costa Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Almeria win 39% Avg odds 2.46
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.15
Espanyol win 30% Avg odds 3.15

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Almeria WDLDD
Espanyol LDDWW

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.