Espanyol vs Real Madrid

28 August 2022 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Mario Melero López

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Joselu 43’

Vinícius Júnior 12’
Karim Benzema 88’, 90+10’

Match summary

Real Madrid took a 3-1 win at Espanyol. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Vinícius Júnior put Real Madrid ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Aurelien Tchouameni and Joselu equalised in the 43rd minute. In the second half, Karim Benzema put Real Madrid back in front in the 88th minute, set up by Rodrygo and Benzema made it 1-3 with a direct free kick in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 2.05 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Espanyol's 1.69 from 15. Espanyol had a player sent off.

Match stats

15 Shots 19

4 Shots on Target 6

7 Corners 7

0 Yellow Cards 0

1 Red Cards 0

1.63 xG 2.05

1.63 Non-penalty xG 2.05

11 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Espanyol Real Madrid

Kick-off

12’

Vinícius Júnior
Assist: Aurelien Tchouameni

0-1

Joselu

1-1

43’

Half-time1-1

88’

Karim Benzema
Assist: Rodrygo

1-2

90+10’

Karim Benzema

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Espanyol

Benjamin Lecomte

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 1.69 xGReal Madrid 2.05 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Real Madrid 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
Benjamin Lecomte	GK	90		0	0.00	0.03	1
Óscar Gil	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.10	1
Fernando Calero	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.08	1
Leandro Cabrera	DEF	90		2	0.45	0.01	1
Brian Oliván	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Vinicius Souza	MID	68		1	0.02	0.00	0
Rubén Sánchez	MID	90		2	0.13	0.02	1
Sergi Darder	MID	90		2	0.03	0.46	2
Edu Expósito	MID	89		0	0.00	0.02	1
Javi Puado	MID	78		3	0.21	0.09	1
Joselu	FWD	90	1	5	0.86	0.11	1
Keidi Bare	Sub	22		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolás Melamed	Sub	12		0	0.00	0.02	1
Dani Gómez	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Thibaut Courtois	GK	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Lucas Vázquez	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.06	1
Eder Militão	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Antonio Rüdiger	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
David Alaba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	2
Aurelien Tchouameni	MID	90		1	1	0.05	0.43	2
Toni Kroos	MID	80			1	0.04	0.09	1
Luka Modric	MID	58			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Valverde	FWD	58			0	0.00	0.09	1
Karim Benzema	FWD	90	2		8	1.09	0.04	1
Vinícius Júnior	FWD	90	1		5	0.67	0.10	3
Rodrygo	Sub	32		1	1	0.03	0.65	2
Eduardo Camavinga	Sub	32			1	0.06	0.18	2
Dani Ceballos	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.05	1
Daniel Carvajal	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 15% Avg odds 6.38

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.61

Real Madrid win 64% Avg odds 1.49

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

Form going into the game

Espanyol L D D D L

Real Madrid W D D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Real Madrid 4-0 Espanyol, 30 Apr 22 Next meeting: Real Madrid 3-1 Espanyol, 11 Mar 23 All Espanyol vs Real 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.