Osasuna vs Espanyol

Match summary

Espanyol won 2-0 away at Osasuna. Espanyol led 2-0 at half-time.

Roberto Fernández put Espanyol ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Marcos Fernández and Fernández made it 0-2 in the 17th minute, set up by Omar El Hilali.

The chances backed that up: Espanyol created 1.41 expected goals (xG) from 6 shots to Osasuna's 1.11 from 11.

Osasuna dominated possession and territory during their La Liga matchday five fixture against Espanyol, registering sixty-one percent possession, four hundred and ninety-four passes, and one hundred and twenty-nine attacks compared to the visitors' eighty. Despite controlling the match and recording eleven shots to Espanyol's six, Osasuna could not turn their superiority into goals, finishing with an expected goals tally of 1.11. Espanyol were far more clinical, capitalising on their scoring opportunities to accumulate an expected goals figure of 1.41. The hosts also committed fewer fouls, picking up two yellow cards in contrast to the three cautions received by Espanyol players.

Espanyol established their advantage early in the match when Roberto Fernández scored with a left-footed shot in the third minute. Roberto Fernández added a second goal in the seventeenth minute with a right-footed shot to give the visitors a two-goal cushion that lasted through a VAR review in the nineteenth minute and up to half-time. The first half also saw yellow cards shown to Osasuna players Kike Barja and Jon Moncayola, followed by bookings for Espanyol's Clemens Riedel and Omar El Hilali. Numerous substitutions were made across the second half by both teams before Roger Hinojo received a yellow card for handball in the eighty-seventh minute.