Espanyol conquers Real Madrid 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT. Espanyol beat Real Madrid to win 2-1.

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Espanyol conquers Real Madrid 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT. Espanyol prevailed over Real Madrid to win 2-1. It was Espanyol to strike first with a goal of R. de Tomas at the 17′. Then A. Vidal scored again for Espanyol in the 60′ minute with a goal. Eventually, K. Benzema reduced the distance for Real Madrid with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​ It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the RCDE Stadium stadium in Cornella de Llobregat on Sunday and it started at 2:15 pm local time. The referee was Guillermo Cuadra Fernández with the help of Roberto Díaz Pérez Del Palomar and Juan José López Mir. The 4th official was Daniel Pastoriza Iglesias. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 24.9 degrees Celsius or 76.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Espanyol

2 - 1

Team 1

Real Madrid

  • ! 35 Ball Possession 65
Shots
  • 8 Total 20
  • 4 On Target 6
  • 4 Off Target 14
  • 0 Shots blocked 3
  • 86 Attack 115
  • 32 Dangerous attack 79
  • 61 Ball safe 63
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 8
  • 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 13 Total 13
  • 2 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Real Madrid was in firm control of the ball 65% while Espanyol was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Real Madrid was more aggressive with 79 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Espanyol succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Espanyol shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Real Madrid shot 20 times, 6 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Espanyol received 2 yellow cards (A. Embarba and O. Gil). On the other side, Real Madrid received 1 yellow card (E. Camavinga).

Match Timeline

11'
17'
29'
Eduardo Camavinga- Yellow
46'
Rodrygo- sub ->E. Camavinga
58'
60'
62'
62'
Nico Melamed- sub ->A. Vidal
64'
65'
71'
72'
Óscar Gil- Yellow
79'
81'
82'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Real Madrid
86
38
FC Barcelona
73
38
Atlético Madrid
71
38
Sevilla
70
38
Real Betis
65
38
Real Sociedad
62
38
Villarreal
59
38
Athletic Club
55
38
Valencia
48
38
Osasuna
47
38
Celta de Vigo
46
38
Rayo Vallecano
42
38
Elche
42
38
Espanyol
42
38
Getafe
39
38
Cádiz
39
38
Mallorca
39
38
Granada
38
38
Levante
35
38
Deportivo Alavés
31
38

After this match, Espanyol will have 9 points like Elche to stay in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Real Madrid will stay with 17 points like Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad to stay in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga, Espanyol will host Cádiz on the 18th of October with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Espanyol (0 draws).

Real Madrid will play away agasint FC Barcelona on the 24th of October with a 18-12 head to head in favor of FC Barcelona (12 draws).

Espanyol – Formation

Espanyol
G
Diego López 13.Spain
6.7
D
Leandro Cabrera 4.Uruguay
6.4
D
Sergi Gómez 24.Spain
6.8
D
Adrià Pedrosa 3.Spain
6.7
D
Óscar Gil 12.Spain
6.7
81' 79'
M
Aleix Vidal 22.Spain
7.3
64' Goals60'
M
Sergi Darder 10.Spain
7.0
82'
M
Keidi Bare 20.Albania
6.9
M
Óscar Melendo 14.Spain
7.0
58'
M
Adrián Embarba 23.Spain
7.5
65' 11'
F
Raúl de Tomás 11.Spain
7.3
Goals17'
Substitutes
G
Joan García 34.Spain
D
D. Vilá 17.Spain
6.3
81'
D
Álvaro García 33.Spain
D
David López 15.Spain
6.5
82'
M
Nico Melamed 21.Spain
6.1
64'
M
Manu Morlanes 6.Spain
6.4
58'
M
Gori 32.Spain
M
Álvaro Vadillo 19.Spain
F
Lei Wu 7.China
6.4
65'
F
Loren Morón 16.Spain
F
L. Dimata 18.Belgium

Espanyol started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Vicente Moreno Peris decided to play with the following team: Diego López (6.7), Óscar Gil (6.7), Sergi Gómez (6.8), Leandro Cabrera (6.4), Adrià Pedrosa (6.7), Keidi Bare (6.9), Aleix Vidal (7.3), Óscar Melendo (7.0), Sergi Darder (7.0), Adrián Embarba (7.5) and Raúl de Tomás (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Wu Lei (6.4), Nicolás Melamed (6.1), Manuel Morlanes (6.4), Joan Garcia, Dídac Vila (6.3), Álvaro García, Loren Morón, Gori, David López (6.5), Landry Dimata and Álvaro Vadillo.

Espanyol could not rely on the presence of D. Vila (injured).

Substitutions

Espanyol made 5 changes: O. Melendo for M. Morlanes (58′), A. Vidal for Wu Lei (64′), A. Embarba for N. Melamed (65′), O. Gil for D. Vila (81′) and S. Darder for D. Lopez (82′).

Best player: Adrián Embarba​

The player that probably impressed the most for Espanyol was Adrián Embarba even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 16 passes (75% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Real Madrid – Formation

Real Madrid
G
Thibaut Courtois  1.Belgium
6.4
D
David Alaba  4.Austria
6.8
D
Nacho Fernández  6.Spain
6.3
D
Éder Militão 3.Brazil
6.8
D
Lucas Vázquez 17.Spain
7.0
M
Luka Modric  10.Croatia
6.1
62'
M
Toni Kroos 8.Germany
6.7
62'
M
Federico Valverde 15.Uruguay
7.1
M
Eduardo Camavinga 25.France
6.4
46' 29'
F
K. Benzema 9.France
8.1
Goals71'
F
Vinicius Junior  20.Brazil
6.8
72'
Substitutes
G
Andriy Lunin 13.Ukraine
G
Luis López 26.Spain
D
Miguel Gutiérrez 35.Spain
D
Jesús Vallejo 5.Spain
M
Casimiro 14.Brazil
7.3
62'
F
Rodrygo 21.Brazil
6.6
46'
F
Luka Jović 16.Serbia
7.0
62'
F
Eden Hazard 7.Belgium
6.6
72'

Real Madrid started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).

On the other side, Carlo Ancelotti played with: Thibaut Courtois (6.4), Lucas Vázquez (7.0), Éder Militão (6.8), Nacho Fernández (6.3), David Alaba (6.8), Toni Kroos (6.7), Federico Valverde (7.1), Luka Modrić (6.1), Eduardo Camavinga (6.4), Karim Benzema (8.1) and Vinícius Júnior (6.8).

They had on the bench: Casemiro (7.3), Miguel Gutiérrez, Rodrygo (6.6), Luka Jović (7.0), Eden Hazard (6.6), Andriy Lunin, Jesús Vallejo and Luis López.

Substitutions

Real Madrid made 4 changes: E. Camavinga for Rodrygo (46′), L. Modric for L. Jovic (62′), T. Kroos for Casemiro (62′) and Vinicius Junior for E. Hazard (72′).

Best player: Karim Benzema​

The player that probably impressed the most for Real Madrid was Karim Benzema.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 53 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga.​