Real Madrid vs Espanyol

30 April 2022 · La Liga · 2021/22 · Referee José Luis Munuera Montero

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

Rodrygo 33’, 43’
Marco Asensio 55’
Karim Benzema 81’

Match summary

Real Madrid won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Espanyol. Real Madrid led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Rodrygo put Real Madrid ahead in the 33rd minute, set up by Marcelo and Rodrygo made it 2-0 in the 43rd minute. In the second half, Marco Asensio made it 3-0 in the 55th minute, set up by Eduardo Camavinga and Karim Benzema made it 4-0 in the 81st minute, set up by Vinícius Júnior.

The chances backed that up: Real Madrid created 2.32 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Espanyol's 1.64 from 20.

Match stats

11 Shots 20

5 Shots on Target 6

6 Corners 8

2 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

2.32 xG 1.64

2.32 Non-penalty xG 1.64

15 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Real Madrid Espanyol

Kick-off

Rodrygo
Assist: Marcelo

1-0

33’

Rodrygo

2-0

43’

Half-time2-0

Marco Asensio
Assist: Eduardo Camavinga

3-0

55’

Karim Benzema
Assist: Vinícius Júnior

4-0

81’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Real Madrid

Casemiro
Mariano

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 2.32 xGEspanyol 1.64 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
Lucas Vázquez	DEF	90			1	0.28	0.00	0
Jesús Vallejo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Casemiro	DEF	65			0	0.00	0.52	1
Marcelo	DEF	90		1	2	0.10	0.10	1
Dani Ceballos	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eduardo Camavinga	MID	79		1	0	0.00	0.33	2
Luka Modric	MID	64			0	0.00	0.39	2
Marco Asensio	FWD	90	1		2	0.33	0.00	0
Mariano	FWD	64			3	0.91	0.00	0
Rodrygo	FWD	79	2		2	0.19	0.10	2
Karim Benzema	Sub	26	1		1	0.51	0.00	0
Toni Kroos	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Isco	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.28	1
Vinícius Júnior	Sub	11		1	0	0.00	0.51	1
Mario Gila	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Diego López	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Aleix Vidal	DEF	90	1	0.06	0.14	2
Sergi Gómez	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Fernando Calero	DEF	87	0	0.00	0.02	1
Leandro Cabrera	DEF	90	1	0.06	0.47	2
Óscar Melendo	MID	69	1	0.08	0.15	4
Sergi Darder	MID	90	2	0.03	0.06	2
Yangel Herrera	MID	80	2	0.03	0.00	0
Tonny Vilhena	MID	69	3	0.08	0.09	3
Javi Puado	FWD	90	4	1.13	0.08	2
Raúl de Tomás	FWD	69	4	0.11	0.00	0
Wu Lei	Sub	21	1	0.05	0.58	1
Dídac Vilá	Sub	21	0	0.00	0.01	1
Manuel Morlanes	Sub	21	0	0.00	0.00	0
Fran Mérida	Sub	10	1	0.01	0.01	1
David López	Sub	3	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Real Madrid win 67% Avg odds 1.44

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.81

Espanyol win 13% Avg odds 7.22

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

Form going into the game

Real Madrid L W W W W

Espanyol W L W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Espanyol 2-1 Real Madrid, 03 Oct 21 Next meeting: Espanyol 1-3 Real Madrid, 28 Aug 22 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.