Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol

22 December 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Mario Melero López

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Antoine Griezmann 56’ (pen)

Match summary

Atletico Madrid saw off Espanyol 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Antoine Griezmann put Atletico Madrid ahead from the penalty spot in the 56th minute.

The chances backed that up: Atletico Madrid created 1.03 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Espanyol's 0.72 from 18.

Match stats

Atletico Madrid Espanyol
8 Shots 18
5 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.03 xG 0.71
0.29 Non-penalty xG 0.71
8 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Atletico Madrid Espanyol
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Antoine Griezmann
Penalty1-0 (Atletico Madrid)
56’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Atletico Madrid
  • Diego Godín
Espanyol
  • Esteban Granero

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.03 0.72 56’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), 1-0 56’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.03 0.72 56’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), 1-0 Griezmann 56’
Atletico Madrid 1.03 xGEspanyol 0.72 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Espanyol attacking Atletico Madrid attacking 
56’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 25’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 54’ Nikola Kalinic (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 13’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 28’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 75’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 31’ Sergio García (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+2’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 28’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 44’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 26’ Koke (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Thomas Partey (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Esteban Granero (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Dídac Vilá (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 15’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 42’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 31’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Roberto Rosales (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ Esteban Granero (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Óscar Duarte (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 56’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 25’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 28’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 54’ Nikola Kalinic (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 13’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 31’ Sergio García (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+2’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 28’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 52’ Thomas Partey (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 26’ Koke (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Dídac Vilá (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 75’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 13’ Esteban Granero (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 42’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 12’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 40’ Roberto Rosales (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 69’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ Esteban Granero (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Leo Baptistao (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Óscar Duarte (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jan Oblak GK900 0.000.000
Santiago Arias DEF900 0.000.000
Stefan Savic DEF900 0.000.000
Diego Godín DEF900 0.000.000
Saúl Ñíguez DEF900 0.000.021
Ángel Correa MID731 0.050.062
Rodri MID900 0.000.000
Thomas Partey MID781 0.040.000
Koke MID901 0.030.041
Antoine Griezmann FWD9014 0.840.071
Nikola Kalinic FWD661 0.070.051
Vitolo Sub240 0.000.000
Francisco Montero Sub170 0.000.000
Gelson Martins Sub120 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Atletico Madrid win 67% Bet365 odds 1.40
Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00
Espanyol win 9% Bet365 odds 10.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Atletico Madrid WDDWW
Espanyol LLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Espanyol 3-0 Atletico Madrid, 04 May 19  All Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol meetings

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.