Real Madrid vs Espanyol

21 September 2024 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee José Luis Munuera Montero

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

Daniel Carvajal 58’
Rodrygo 75’
Vinícius Júnior 78’
Kylian Mbappe-Lottin 90’ (pen)

Thibaut Courtois 54’ (og)

Match summary

Real Madrid came from behind to win 4-1 at home to Espanyol. It was goalless at half-time.

Courtois's own goal put Espanyol ahead in the 54th minute, Daniel Carvajal equalised from a corner in the 58th minute, Rodrygo put Real Madrid in front in the 75th minute, set up by Vinícius Júnior, Vinícius Júnior made it 3-1 in the 78th minute, set up by Kylian Mbappe-Lottin, and Kylian Mbappe-Lottin made it 4-1 from the penalty spot in the 90th minute.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 4.90 expected goals (xG) from 31 shots to Espanyol's 0.32 from 10.

Match stats

31 Shots 10

14 Shots on Target 2

9 Corners 4

4 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

4.89 xG 0.32

4.15 Non-penalty xG 0.32

23 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Real Madrid Espanyol

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

54’

Thibaut Courtois
Own goal

0-1

Daniel Carvajal

1-1

58’

Rodrygo
Assist: Vinícius Júnior

2-1

75’

Vinícius Júnior
Assist: Kylian Mbappe-Lottin

3-1

78’

Kylian Mbappe-Lottin
Penalty

4-1

90’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Real Madrid

Federico Valverde
Jude Bellingham
Kylian Mbappe-Lottin
Vinícius Júnior

Espanyol

Joan García
Carlos Romero
Pol Lozano

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.

Real Madrid 4.90 xGEspanyol 0.32 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Espanyol attacking Real Madrid 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
Thibaut Courtois	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Carvajal	DEF	59	1		1	0.93	0.00	0
Eder Militão	DEF	90			3	0.27	0.00	0
Aurelien Tchouameni	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fran García	DEF	90			3	0.38	0.02	1
Luka Modric	MID	90			2	0.07	0.74	6
Federico Valverde	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jude Bellingham	MID	84			4	0.17	0.20	3
Arda Güler	FWD	55			2	0.13	0.47	4
Kylian Mbappe-Lottin	FWD	90	1	1	9	1.98	0.69	7
Rodrygo	FWD	84	1		3	0.51	0.13	2
Vinícius Júnior	Sub	35	1	1	2	0.37	0.40	1
Lucas Vázquez	Sub	31			0	0.00	0.47	3
Antonio Rüdiger	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Endrick	Sub	6			1	0.07	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Joan García	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Tejero	DEF	76	1	0.03	0.03	1
Marash Kumbulla	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Omar El Hilali	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Leandro Cabrera	DEF	90	1	0.05	0.07	1
Carlos Romero	DEF	90	1	0.01	0.01	1
Alex Kral	MID	90	2	0.09	0.02	1
Jofre Carreras	MID	76	3	0.12	0.00	0
Pol Lozano	MID	67	0	0.00	0.02	1
Javi Puado	FWD	81	2	0.03	0.00	0
Walid Cheddira	FWD	46	0	0.00	0.00	0
Alejo Véliz	Sub	44	0	0.00	0.06	1
José Gragera	Sub	23	0	0.00	0.00	0
Irvin Cardona	Sub	14	0	0.00	0.05	1
Álvaro Aguado	Sub	14	0	0.00	0.00	0
Pere Milla	Sub	9	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 85% Avg odds 1.12

Draw 10% Avg odds 9.28

Espanyol win 5% Avg odds 20.24

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

Form going into the game

Real Madrid D W D W W

Espanyol L L D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Real Madrid 3-1 Espanyol, 11 Mar 23 Next meeting: Espanyol 1-0 Real Madrid, 01 Feb 25 All Real Madrid 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.