Espanyol vs Atletico Madrid

4 May 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee José Luis Munuera Montero

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Diego Godín 45+1’ (og)
  • Borja Iglesias 52’, 89’ (pen)

Match summary

Espanyol won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Atletico Madrid. Espanyol led 1-0 at half-time.

Godín's own goal put Espanyol ahead in first-half stoppage time, Borja Iglesias made it 2-0 in the 52nd minute, set up by Óscar Melendo, and Iglesias made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Espanyol created 1.72 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Atletico Madrid's 0.85 from 11.

Match stats

Espanyol Atletico Madrid
11 Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.72 xG 0.85
0.98 Non-penalty xG 0.85
8 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Espanyol Atletico Madrid
Kick-off
Diego Godín
Own goal1-0 (Espanyol)
45+1’
Half-time1-0
Borja Iglesias
Assist: Óscar Melendo2-0 (Espanyol)
52’
Borja Iglesias
Penalty3-0 (Espanyol)
89’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Espanyol
  • Marc Roca
Atletico Madrid
  • Saúl Ñíguez
  • Álvaro Morata

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.72 0.85 45+1’ Diego Godín (Espanyol) own goal, 1-0 45+1’ 52’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), 2-0 52’ 89’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), 3-0 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.72 0.85 45+1’ Diego Godín (Espanyol) own goal, 1-0 Godín 45+1’ 52’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), 2-0 Iglesias 52’ 89’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), 3-0 Iglesias 89’
Espanyol 1.72 xGAtletico Madrid 0.85 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Atletico Madrid attacking Espanyol attacking 
89’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 52’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 3’ Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 12’ Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 65’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 69’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 73’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 63’ Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 38’ Saúl Ñíguez (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 52’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 13’ Stefan Savic (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 5’ Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Esteban Granero (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 65’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 83’ Saúl Ñíguez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 58’ Adrià Pedrosa (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 17’ Esteban Granero (Espanyol), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 87’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 35’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Diego Godín (Atletico Madrid), own goal 89’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 52’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 3’ Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 12’ Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 73’ Wu Lei (Espanyol), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 63’ Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 65’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 69’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 38’ Saúl Ñíguez (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 52’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 13’ Stefan Savic (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Borja Iglesias (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 5’ Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Esteban Granero (Espanyol), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 65’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 83’ Saúl Ñíguez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 58’ Adrià Pedrosa (Espanyol), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 17’ Esteban Granero (Espanyol), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 87’ Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 35’ Sergi Darder (Espanyol), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Diego Godín (Atletico Madrid), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Diego López GK900 0.000.000
Roberto Rosales DEF870 0.000.000
Naldo DEF900 0.000.000
Mario Hermoso DEF900 0.000.031
Adrià Pedrosa DEF901 0.020.112
Esteban Granero MID902 0.060.082
Marc Roca MID900 0.000.000
Sergi Darder MID902 0.040.000
Óscar Melendo FWD9010 0.000.703
Borja Iglesias FWD9025 1.500.000
Wu Lei FWD801 0.100.000
Javi Puado Sub100 0.000.000
Víctor Sánchez Sub30 0.000.000
Sergio García Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 25% Bet365 odds 3.80
Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.30
Atletico Madrid win 46% Bet365 odds 2.05

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

Form going into the game

Espanyol WWDDD
Atletico Madrid LWWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Atletico Madrid 1-0 Espanyol, 22 Dec 18 Next meeting: Atletico Madrid 3-1 Espanyol, 10 Nov 19  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.