Match Report
3 points for Espanyol (12th), 9 for Real Madrid (2nd): a 6-point gap. Per game in the league, Espanyol were scoring 1.67 and conceding 1.33, Real Madrid 3.33 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.42 goals per team per game.
Real Madrid came in having won three on the spin, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for Espanyol against 13/15 for Real Madrid.
The sides have met 32 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Espanyol, 2 draws and 27 for Real Madrid, at 2.94 goals per meeting.
J. Sánchez Martínez officiated: 100 games logged, averaging 3.1 yellow cards each. The venue was RCDE Stadium, with room for 40,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Espanyol: Álex Calatrava (30') · Real Madrid: Jude Bellingham (9'), Carlos Espí (90')
Key stats
Possession: Espanyol 37% · Real Madrid 63% · Total shots: 8-21 · On target: 3-8 · Corners: 0-8