Espanyol vs Girona

25 November 2018 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Alejandro José Hernández Hernández

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Borja Iglesias 74’

Cristhian Stuani 4’, 6’
Seydou Doumbia 90’

Match summary

Girona beat Espanyol 3-1 on the road. Girona led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Cristhian Stuani put Girona ahead with a header in the 4th minute, set up by Planas and Stuani made it 0-2 with a header in the 6th minute, set up by Aleix García. In the second half, Borja Iglesias pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 74th minute and Seydou Doumbia made it 1-3 in the 90th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Espanyol created 2.72 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots, Girona 2.68 from 16.

Match stats

18 Shots 16

10 Shots on Target 11

8 Corners 3

3 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

2.64 xG 2.57

2.64 Non-penalty xG 2.57

20 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Espanyol Girona

Kick-off

4’

Cristhian Stuani
Assist: Planas

0-1

6’

Cristhian Stuani
Assist: Aleix García

0-2

Half-time0-2

Borja Iglesias

1-2

74’

90’

Seydou Doumbia

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Espanyol

Diego López
Mario Hermoso
Borja Iglesias

Girona

Jonás Ramalho
Planas
Pere Pons
Cristhian Stuani

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 2.72 xGGirona 2.68 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Girona attacking Espanyol attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Diego López	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Javi López	DEF	90		1	0.58	0.12	1
David López	DEF	90		2	0.86	0.05	1
Mario Hermoso	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Dídac Vilá	DEF	90		1	0.02	0.86	2
Sergi Darder	MID	90		5	0.20	0.00	0
Marc Roca	MID	90		3	0.07	0.02	1
Esteban Granero	MID	49		0	0.00	0.00	0
Leo Baptistao	FWD	64		0	0.00	0.00	0
Borja Iglesias	FWD	90	1	4	0.81	0.06	1
Sergio García	FWD	76		2	0.18	0.15	3
Pablo Piatti	Sub	41		0	0.00	0.03	1
Óscar Melendo	Sub	26		0	0.00	0.14	2
Javi Puado	Sub	14		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bono	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bernardo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonás Ramalho	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Juanpe	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedro Porro	MID	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Planas	MID	33		1	0	0.00	0.34	1
Pere Pons	MID	90			2	0.09	0.07	1
Aleix García	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.25	3
Borja	MID	90			2	0.46	0.68	3
Patrick Roberts	MID	66			2	0.59	0.07	1
Cristhian Stuani	FWD	88	2		3	0.58	0.00	0
Marc Muniesa	Sub	57			1	0.02	0.00	0
Álex Granell	Sub	24			2	0.06	0.13	1
Seydou Doumbia	Sub	2	1		2	0.73	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 57% Bet365 odds 1.66

Draw 26% Bet365 odds 3.60

Girona win 17% Bet365 odds 5.75

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

Form going into the game

Espanyol W W D W L

Girona L D W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Girona 1-2 Espanyol, 06 Apr 19 All Espanyol vs Girona 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.