Girona vs Espanyol

1 April 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Arnau Martinez 53’
  • Cristhian Stuani 88’ (pen)
  • Martin Braithwaite 74’

Match summary

Girona saw off Espanyol 2-1, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.

Arnau Martinez put Girona ahead in the 53rd minute, Martin Braithwaite equalised in the 74th minute, set up by Javi Puado, and Cristhian Stuani won it from the penalty spot in the 88th minute.

The chances backed that up: Girona created 1.45 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Espanyol's 0.95 from 5. Espanyol had a player sent off.

Match stats

Girona Espanyol
14 Shots 5
4 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 2
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1
1.45 xG 0.95
0.71 Non-penalty xG 0.95
8 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Girona Espanyol
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Arnau Martinez1-0 (Girona)
53’
74’
Martin Braithwaite
Assist: Javi Puado1-1 (Espanyol)
Cristhian Stuani
Penalty2-1 (Girona)
88’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Girona
  • Arnau Martinez
  • Oriol Romeu
  • Iván Martín
  • Valentín Castellanos
Espanyol
  • Sergi Gómez
  • Denis Suárez
  • Fernando Calero

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.45 0.95 53’ Arnau Martinez (Girona), 1-0 53’ 74’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), 1-1 74’ 88’ Cristhian Stuani (Girona), 2-1 88’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.45 0.95 53’ Arnau Martinez (Girona), 1-0 Martinez 53’ 74’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), 1-1 Braithwaite 74’ 88’ Cristhian Stuani (Girona), 2-1 Stuani 88’
Girona 1.45 xGEspanyol 0.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Espanyol attacking Girona attacking 
74’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.76 xG, goal 88’ Cristhian Stuani (Girona), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 64’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 33’ Valentín Castellanos (Girona), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 38’ Viktor Tsygankov (Girona), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 87’ Valentín Castellanos (Girona), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+4’ Rodrigo Riquelme (Girona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 50’ Toni Villa (Girona), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 49’ Oriol Romeu (Girona), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 31’ Valentín Castellanos (Girona), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 48’ Toni Villa (Girona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Arnau Martinez (Girona), set piece, 0.04 xG, goal 82’ Viktor Tsygankov (Girona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+3’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 39’ Javi Hernández (Girona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 41’ Rubén Sánchez (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Valentín Castellanos (Girona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Rodrigo Riquelme (Girona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 27’ Vinicius Souza (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 74’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.76 xG, goal 88’ Cristhian Stuani (Girona), penalty, 0.74 xG, goal 64’ Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 33’ Valentín Castellanos (Girona), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 38’ Viktor Tsygankov (Girona), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 87’ Valentín Castellanos (Girona), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+4’ Rodrigo Riquelme (Girona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 50’ Toni Villa (Girona), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 49’ Oriol Romeu (Girona), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 31’ Valentín Castellanos (Girona), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 48’ Toni Villa (Girona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Arnau Martinez (Girona), set piece, 0.04 xG, goal 90+3’ Joselu (Espanyol), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 82’ Viktor Tsygankov (Girona), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Rodrigo Riquelme (Girona), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 39’ Javi Hernández (Girona), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 41’ Rubén Sánchez (Espanyol), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Valentín Castellanos (Girona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 27’ Vinicius Souza (Espanyol), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Paulo Gazzaniga GK900 0.000.000
Arnau Martinez DEF9011 0.040.092
David López DEF900 0.000.081
Santiago Bueno DEF900 0.000.000
Javi Hernández DEF791 0.020.052
Oriol Romeu MID901 0.050.000
Viktor Tsygankov MID902 0.120.041
Borja MID900 0.000.071
Iván Martín MID870 0.000.000
Toni Villa MID712 0.110.213
Valentín Castellanos FWD904 0.260.071
Rodrigo Riquelme Sub192 0.100.000
Miguel Gutiérrez Sub110 0.000.000
Cristhian Stuani Sub311 0.740.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Girona win 50% Avg odds 1.92
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.45
Espanyol win 22% Avg odds 4.33

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

Form going into the game

Girona WWLLD
Espanyol WWLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Espanyol 2-2 Girona, 07 Jan 23 Next meeting: Girona 4-1 Espanyol, 23 Nov 24  All Girona vs Espanyol 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.