Espanyol vs Real Madrid

27 January 2019 · La Liga · 2018/19 · Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 1–3

Leo Baptistao 25’
Roberto Rosales 81’

Karim Benzema 4’, 45+1’
Sergio Ramos 15’
Gareth Bale 67’

Match summary

Real Madrid took a 4-2 win at Espanyol. Real Madrid led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Karim Benzema put Real Madrid ahead in the 4th minute, Sergio Ramos made it 0-2 with a header in the 15th minute, set up by Luka Modric, Leo Baptistao pulled one back to make it 1-2 from a corner in the 25th minute, and Benzema made it 1-3 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Gareth Bale made it 1-4 in the 67th minute, set up by Lucas Vázquez and Roberto Rosales made it 2-4 in the 81st minute, set up by Marc Roca.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 2.43 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Espanyol's 1.23 from 13. Real Madrid had a player sent off.

Match stats

13 Shots 16

6 Shots on Target 9

1 Corners 6

3 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 1

1.20 xG 2.38

1.20 Non-penalty xG 2.38

4 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Espanyol Real Madrid

Kick-off

4’

Karim Benzema

0-1

15’

Sergio Ramos
Assist: Luka Modric

0-2

Leo Baptistao

1-2

25’

45+1’

Karim Benzema

1-3

Half-time1-3

67’

Gareth Bale
Assist: Lucas Vázquez

1-4

Roberto Rosales
Assist: Marc Roca

2-4

81’

Full-time2-4

Bookings

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

Espanyol

Marc Roca
Álex López
Sergio García

Real Madrid

Raphael Varane
Thibaut Courtois
Daniel Carvajal
Sergio Ramos
Nacho

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 1.23 xGReal Madrid 2.43 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	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Diego López	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Javi López	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.09	2
Lluis López	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mario Hermoso	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dídac Vilá	DEF	66			2	0.07	0.00	0
Marc Roca	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.29	2
Álex López	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Sergi Darder	MID	77			1	0.05	0.00	0
Leo Baptistao	FWD	73	1		2	0.39	0.00	0
Borja Iglesias	FWD	90			1	0.03	0.08	1
Sergio García	FWD	90			3	0.21	0.00	0
Roberto Rosales	Sub	24	1		2	0.30	0.00	0
Pablo Piatti	Sub	17			1	0.16	0.00	0
Óscar Melendo	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.07	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Thibaut Courtois	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Carvajal	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Raphael Varane	DEF	74			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Ramos	DEF	48	1		1	0.09	0.00	0
Sergio Reguilón	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Casemiro	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Toni Kroos	MID	90			3	0.08	0.20	3
Luka Modric	MID	78		1	2	0.55	0.36	2
Lucas Vázquez	FWD	90		1	2	0.19	0.46	2
Karim Benzema	FWD	90	2		4	0.96	0.65	5
Vinícius Júnior	FWD	66			1	0.03	0.03	1
Nacho	Sub	42			1	0.06	0.00	0
Gareth Bale	Sub	24	1		1	0.40	0.00	0
Marcelo	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Espanyol win 23% Bet365 odds 4.20

Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00

Real Madrid win 53% Bet365 odds 1.80

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

Form going into the game

Espanyol L L W L L

Real Madrid W D L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Real Madrid 1-0 Espanyol, 22 Sep 18 Next meeting: Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol, 07 Dec 19 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.