Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, February 18, 2017
Espanyol LWWWL 0
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Real Madrid WDWWW 2
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RMA112
Estadio Bernabéu · 72,234 att.

Match Report

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Gareth Bale marks return with goal as Real Madrid beat Espanyol

Gareth Bale marked his return to action with a goal as Real Madrid opened up a four-point lead at the top of La Liga with a 2-0 win over Espanyol.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
13
1
Saves
1
31.9
Possession
68.1
3
SHOTS
13
1
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
235
Accurate Passes
575
314
Passes
652
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
8
6
Crosses
37
0.2
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
78
30
Accurate Long Balls
56
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
11
22
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
31
Effective Clearances
7
31
Clearances
7

Head to Head

RMA leads series 5-0

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 13Kiko CasillaG
  2. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 6NachoLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 8Toni KroosCM
  7. 16Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 22IscoRM
  9. 21Álvaro MorataF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 17Lucas VázquezRF

ESP · 4-5-1

  1. 13Diego LópezG
  2. 23Diego ReyesCD-L
  3. 6Óscar DuarteCD-R
  4. 12Aarón MartínLB
  5. 15David LópezRB
  6. 14José Manuel JuradoCM-L
  7. 20Pape DiopCM-R
  8. 18Javi FuegoAM
  9. 19Pablo PiattiLM
  10. 7Gerard MorenoRM
  11. 9José Antonio ReyesF

Timeline

  1. 28' Gerard Moreno (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 33' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Espanyol 0. Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Isco with a cross.
  3. 41' Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Espanyol. Hernán Pérez replaces Reyes.
  5. 48' Isco (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 53' Javi Fuego (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Substitution, Real Madrid. Casemiro replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  8. 68' Papakouly Diop (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 71' Substitution, Real Madrid. Gareth Bale replaces Álvaro Morata.
  10. 80' Aarón Martín (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 81' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marcelo replaces Nacho.
  12. 82' Substitution, Espanyol. Álvaro Vázquez replaces Jurado.
  13. 82' Casemiro (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 83' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Espanyol 0. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Isco with a through ball following a fast break.

LALIGA News

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