Espanyol vs Atletico Madrid

24 May 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Mario Melero López

Full time 3 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

César Montes 64’
Joselu 76’ (pen)
Vinicius Souza 79’

Saúl Ñíguez 21’
Antoine Griezmann 44’
Yannick Carrasco 46’

Match summary

The points were shared as Espanyol and Atletico Madrid drew 3-3. Atletico Madrid led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Saúl Ñíguez put Atletico Madrid ahead in the 21st minute, set up by Mario Hermoso and Antoine Griezmann made it 0-2 in the 44th minute. In the second half, Yannick Carrasco made it 0-3 in the 46th minute, César Montes pulled one back to make it 1-3 with a header in the 64th minute, set up by Aleix Vidal, Joselu made it 2-3 from the penalty spot in the 76th minute, and Vinicius Souza equalised with a header in the 79th minute, set up by Aleix Vidal.

There was little between the sides on chances: Espanyol created 3.09 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots, Atletico Madrid 2.81 from 16.

Match stats

26 Shots 16

13 Shots on Target 7

16 Corners 1

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

3.04 xG 2.76

2.29 Non-penalty xG 2.76

14 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Espanyol Atletico Madrid

Kick-off

21’

Saúl Ñíguez
Assist: Mario Hermoso

0-1

44’

Antoine Griezmann

0-2

Half-time0-2

46’

Yannick Carrasco

0-3

César Montes
Assist: Aleix Vidal

1-3

64’

Joselu
Penalty

2-3

76’

Vinicius Souza
Assist: Aleix Vidal

3-3

79’

Full-time3-3

Bookings

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

Espanyol

Vinicius Souza
Aleix Vidal

Atletico Madrid

Ivo Grbic
Giménez
Carlos Martín

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.

Espanyol 3.09 xGAtletico Madrid 2.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Atletico Madrid attacking Espanyol attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Fernando Pacheco	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Óscar Gil	DEF	58			0	0.00	0.00	0
César Montes	DEF	90	1		2	0.24	0.00	0
Leandro Cabrera	DEF	90			2	0.37	0.14	1
Fernando Calero	DEF	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Brian Oliván	DEF	81			0	0.00	0.20	1
Sergi Darder	MID	90			4	0.20	0.00	0
Javi Puado	MID	81			4	0.24	0.12	2
Denis Suárez	MID	59			0	0.00	0.40	4
Joselu	FWD	90	1		6	1.20	0.10	1
Nicolás Melamed	FWD	90			5	0.24	0.24	4
Vinicius Souza	Sub	41	1		1	0.46	0.04	1
Aleix Vidal	Sub	32		2	0	0.00	0.83	5
Edu Expósito	Sub	31			2	0.15	0.13	2
Martin Braithwaite	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adrià Pedrosa	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ivo Grbic	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nahuel Molina	DEF	90			2	0.30	0.03	1
Axel Witsel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mario Hermoso	DEF	90		1	1	0.02	0.05	1
Giménez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yannick Carrasco	DEF	90	1		3	0.93	0.42	3
Koke	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Saúl Ñíguez	MID	90	1		2	0.14	0.04	1
Rodrigo de Paul	MID	80			0	0.00	0.03	1
Antoine Griezmann	FWD	90	1		6	1.35	0.36	3
Ángel Correa	FWD	81			1	0.03	0.00	0
Pablo Barrios Rivas	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlos Martín	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Geoffrey Kondogbia	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Reguilón	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.03	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 32% Avg odds 3.01

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.52

Atletico Madrid win 41% Avg odds 2.33

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

Form going into the game

Espanyol L W L L W

Atletico Madrid W W W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Atletico Madrid 1-1 Espanyol, 06 Nov 22 Next meeting: Atletico Madrid 0-0 Espanyol, 28 Aug 24 All Espanyol vs Atletico Madrid 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.