Espanyol vs Levante

Match summary

Espanyol won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Levante. Espanyol led 2-0 at half-time.

Roberto Fernández put Espanyol ahead in the 5th minute, Fernández made it 2-0 in the 40th minute, set up by Javi Hernández, and Tyrhys Dolan made it 3-0 in the 80th minute, set up by Rafael Bauza.

The chances backed that up: Espanyol created 2.01 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Levante's 0.20 from 4.

Espanyol secured a comfortable three-goal victory against Levante on matchday one of La Liga, dominating the contest across all attacking metrics. The hosts controlled 54 percent of possession and registered sixteen shots compared to just four from their opponents, hitting the target six times while restricting Levante to zero shots on target. Espanyol accumulated an expected goals total of 2.01 against 0.20 for the visitors, translating their territorial advantage into a commanding performance. The match saw Espanyol commit seventeen fouls resulting in three yellow cards, while Levante conceded seven fouls and received no bookings.

The scoring opened early when Roberto Fernández netted with a right-footed shot in the fifth minute from a high-value chance. Urko González de Zárate received a yellow card for Espanyol in the thirty-seventh minute before Roberto Fernández struck again with another right-footed effort in the fortieth minute to give Espanyol a two-goal lead at half-time. Following multiple substitutions by both sides after the interval, Álex Calatrava and Javi Hernández were cautioned for Espanyol. Tyrhys Dolan added the final goal in the eightieth minute with a left-footed shot shortly after coming on as a substitute.