Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, April 9, 2016
Atlético Madrid WWLWL 3
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Espanyol LWDWD 1
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ATM123
ESP101
RCDE Stadium · 24,024 att.

Match Report

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Atletico Madrid defeat Espanyol to stay in La Liga title race

Fernando Torres, Antoine Griezmann and Koke scored as Atletico Madrid came from behind to beat Espanyol 3-1 and remain in the title race.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
2
47.1
Possession
52.9
14
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
286
Accurate Passes
328
389
Passes
431
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
83
27
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
18
14
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
11
32
Clearances
17

Head to Head

ATM leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ESP · 5-3-2

  1. 13Pau LópezG
  2. 6Enzo RocoCD
  3. 24Óscar DuarteCD-L
  4. 22Álvaro GonzálezCD-R
  5. 3Rubén DuarteLB
  6. 16Javi LópezRB
  7. 12Pape DiopCM
  8. 10Abraham GonzalezCM-L
  9. 4Victor SánchezCM-R
  10. 7Gerard MorenoCF-L
  11. 25Marco AsensioCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 28Mamadou SyllaSUB
  2. 8Salva SevillaSUB
  3. 19Joan JordánSUB
  4. 1Giedrius ArlauskisSUB
  5. 20Felipe CaicedoSUB
  6. 9BurguiSUB
  7. 5Víctor ÁlvarezSUB

ATM · 4-3-3

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 19Lucas HernándezCD-L
  3. 2Diego GodínCD-R
  4. 3Filipe LuísLB
  5. 20JuanfranRB
  6. 12Augusto FernándezCM
  7. 6KokeLM
  8. 14GabiRM
  9. 9Fernando TorresF
  10. 21Yannick CarrascoLF
  11. 7Antoine GriezmannRF

Substitutes

  1. 18Jesús GámezSUB
  2. 16Ángel CorreaSUB
  3. 22Thomas ParteySUB
  4. 8Matías KranevitterSUB
  5. 1Miguel Ángel MoyàSUB
  6. 23Luciano ViettoSUB
  7. 17Saúl ÑíguezSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Víctor Sánchez (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Goal! Espanyol 1, Atlético de Madrid 0. Pape Diop (Espanyol) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marco Asensio with a cross following a corner.
  3. 35' Goal! Espanyol 1, Atlético de Madrid 1. Fernando Torres (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Koke with a through ball.
  4. 45' Pape Diop (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 58' Goal! Espanyol 1, Atlético de Madrid 2. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Koke with a through ball.
  6. 61' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Thomas Partey replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  7. 61' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  8. 64' Filipe Luis (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 64' Substitution, Espanyol. Felipe Caicedo replaces Rubén Duarte.
  10. 74' Substitution, Espanyol. Mamadou Sylla replaces Javi López.
  11. 78' Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 83' Substitution, Espanyol. Burgui replaces Víctor Sánchez.
  13. 85' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Saúl Ñíguez replaces Augusto Fernández.
  14. 89' Goal! Espanyol 1, Atlético de Madrid 3. Koke (Atlético de Madrid) header from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fernando Torres.

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