Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, June 28, 2020
Real Madrid LWWWW 1
–
Espanyol LWDLL 0
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RCDE Stadium

Match Report

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Brilliant Benzema assist helps Real Madrid go clear at the top

Real Madrid beat Espanyol 1-0 on Sunday to wrestle control of the La Liga race from Barcelona.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
19
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
0
5
Saves
5
68.7
Possession
31.3
14
SHOTS
8
6
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
626
Accurate Passes
248
710
Passes
325
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
15
Crosses
7
0.2
Cross %
0.4
94
Long Balls
42
67
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
8
14
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
12
3
Effective Clearances
22
3
Clearances
22

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-1

Lineups

ESP · 4-4-1-1

  1. 13Diego LópezG
  2. 18Leandro CabreraCD-L
  3. 20Bernardo EspinosaCD-R
  4. 17Dídac VilàLB
  5. 34Víctor GómezRB
  6. 21Marc RocaCM-L
  7. 15David LópezCM-R
  8. 10Sergi DarderLM
  9. 7Wu LeiRM
  10. 11Raúl de TomásF
  11. 23Adri EmbarbaRCF

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 13Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 5Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 14CasemiroCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 15Federico ValverdeRM
  9. 9Karim BenzemaF
  10. 7Eden HazardLF
  11. 22IscoRF

Timeline

  1. 45' Goal! Espanyol 0, Real Madrid 1. Casemiro (Real Madrid) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
  2. 45' Substitution, Espanyol. Adrià Pedrosa replaces Dídac Vilá.
  3. 57' Substitution, Espanyol. Óscar Melendo replaces Wu Lei.
  4. 64' Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Isco.
  5. 64' Substitution, Real Madrid. Vinícius Júnior replaces Eden Hazard.
  6. 68' Adrià Pedrosa (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 69' Substitution, Espanyol. Jonathan Calleri replaces Adrián Embarba.
  8. 69' Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Sergi Darder.
  9. 84' Substitution, Espanyol. Pol Lozano replaces David López.
  10. 87' Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

LALIGA News

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Video Flick 'not accepting excuses' after Barcelona's El Clásico defeat Flick 'not accepting excuses' after Barcelona's El Clásico defeat Video Real Madrid take the Clásico Alex Kirkland recaps Real Madrid's performance against rivals Barcelona. News Sam Marsden Pedri says Barcelona paid for stupid mistakes in loss to Real Madrid Midfielder Pedri lamented stupid makes and slowness on the ball as Barcelona's perfect start to the LaLiga season was ended by Real Madrid in the Clásico at Spotify Camp Nou on Sunday. News Alex Kirkland José Mourinho not satisfied with just beating Barcelona: 'Real Madrid play to win the league' José Mourinho said he's setting his sights even higher after Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 in Sunday's Clásico, saying "Real Madrid play to win the league, not to win at Camp Nou."