Match summary
Real Madrid took a 1-0 win at Espanyol. Real Madrid led 1-0 at half-time.
Casemiro put Real Madrid ahead in the 45th minute, set up by Karim Benzema.
The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 2.50 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Espanyol's 1.01 from 8.
Before kick-off
Espanyol win
13%
Avg odds 7.49
Draw
20%
Avg odds 4.68
Real Madrid win
67%
Avg odds 1.43
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
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.