Real Madrid vs Espanyol

11 March 2023 · La Liga · 2022/23 · Referee Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Vinícius Júnior 22’
Eder Militão 39’
Marco Asensio 90+3’

Joselu 8’

Match summary

Real Madrid came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Espanyol. Real Madrid led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Joselu put Espanyol ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Rubén Sánchez, Vinícius Júnior equalised in the 22nd minute, set up by Toni Kroos, and Eder Militão put Real Madrid in front with a header in the 39th minute, set up by Aurelien Tchouameni. In the second half, Marco Asensio made it 3-1 in stoppage time, set up by Nacho.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 1.78 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Espanyol's 1.10 from 10.

Match stats

22 Shots 10

7 Shots on Target 3

7 Corners 4

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.78 xG 1.10

1.78 Non-penalty xG 1.10

7 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Real Madrid Espanyol

Kick-off

8’

Joselu
Assist: Rubén Sánchez

0-1

Vinícius Júnior
Assist: Toni Kroos

1-1

22’

Eder Militão
Assist: Aurelien Tchouameni

2-1

39’

Half-time2-1

Marco Asensio
Assist: Nacho

3-1

90+3’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Real Madrid

Daniel Carvajal
Vinícius Júnior
Dani Ceballos

Espanyol

Óscar Gil
Leandro Cabrera

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 1.78 xGEspanyol 1.10 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	90			1	0.05	0.06	2
Eder Militão	DEF	90	1		1	0.45	0.00	0
Nacho	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.37	2
Eduardo Camavinga	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Aurelien Tchouameni	MID	74		1	1	0.01	0.45	1
Toni Kroos	MID	74		1	4	0.15	0.10	3
Luka Modric	MID	72			1	0.01	0.04	2
Federico Valverde	FWD	90			2	0.14	0.09	2
Rodrygo	FWD	90			4	0.29	0.03	1
Vinícius Júnior	FWD	90	1		6	0.26	0.28	4
Marco Asensio	Sub	18	1		1	0.36	0.11	1
Antonio Rüdiger	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani Ceballos	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alvaro Rodríguez	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Fernando Pacheco	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Óscar Gil	DEF	69			0	0.00	0.06	1
César Montes	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Gómez	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leandro Cabrera	DEF	90			3	0.21	0.00	0
Rubén Sánchez	MID	75		1	0	0.00	0.40	1
Vinicius Souza	MID	90			1	0.29	0.00	0
José Gragera	MID	75			1	0.02	0.00	0
Martin Braithwaite	MID	90			2	0.16	0.00	0
Sergi Darder	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.40	3
Joselu	FWD	90	1		3	0.42	0.00	0
Ronael Pierre Gabriel	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Suárez	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.11	1
Javi Puado	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.10	1
Aleix Vidal	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolás Melamed	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 78% Avg odds 1.23

Draw 15% Avg odds 6.24

Espanyol win 7% Avg odds 14.00

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

Form going into the game

Real Madrid L W W D D

Espanyol D L W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Espanyol 1-3 Real Madrid, 28 Aug 22 Next meeting: Real Madrid 4-1 Espanyol, 21 Sep 24 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.