Espanyol vs Real Madrid, 2021-22 LaLiga
· Spanish LALIGAReal Madrid struggles continue with shock defeat at Espanyol
Real Madrid's struggles continued as they sustained a shocking 2-1 defeat at Espanyol on Sunday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Toni Kroos (Real Madrid).
- 1': Óscar Melendo (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 1': Eder Militão (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 1': Foul by Adrià Pedrosa (Espanyol).
- 4': Attempt saved. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior.
- 6': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Óscar Gil.
- 7': Foul by Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid).
- 7': Óscar Melendo (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Attempt saved. Adrián Embarba (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Óscar Melendo.
- 9': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
- 11': Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 11': Foul by Adrián Embarba (Espanyol).
- 11': Adrián Embarba (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 13': Foul by Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid).
- 13': Óscar Gil (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Attempt saved. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 16': Foul by Toni Kroos (Real Madrid).
- 16': Óscar Melendo (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Goal! Espanyol 1, Real Madrid 0. Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrián Embarba with a cross.
- 19': Attempt missed. Eder Militão (Real Madrid) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is just a bit too high. Assisted by Nacho.
- 21': Attempt saved. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 24': Foul by Eder Militão (Real Madrid).
- 24': Óscar Melendo (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 29': Foul by Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid).
- 29': Keidi Bare (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 31': Foul by Adrián Embarba (Espanyol).
- 31': Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 32': Attempt blocked. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
- 34': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Óscar Gil.
- 36': Offside, Real Madrid. Toni Kroos tries a through ball, but David Alaba is caught offside.
- 36': Foul by Adrián Embarba (Espanyol).
- 36': Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Foul by Karim Benzema (Real Madrid).
- 37': Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Attempt missed. Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Adrián Embarba.
- 40': Foul by Óscar Gil (Espanyol).
- 40': Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
- 40': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Adrià Pedrosa.
- 41': Foul by Óscar Melendo (Espanyol).
- 41': Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 42': Attempt missed. Eder Militão (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Alaba with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 43': Corner, Espanyol. Conceded by Lucas Vázquez.
- 45': Attempt missed. Óscar Gil (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Keidi Bare.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Adrián Embarba.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Espanyol 1, Real Madrid 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Espanyol 1, Real Madrid 0.
- 45': Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Eduardo Camavinga.
- 49': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Sergi Gómez.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Alaba.
- 50': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Leandro Cabrera.
- 50': Attempt missed. Eder Militão (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a cross following a corner.
- 55': Offside, Real Madrid. Toni Kroos tries a through ball, but David Alaba is caught offside.
- 57': Aleix Vidal (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Nacho (Real Madrid).
- 58': Substitution, Espanyol. Manu Morlanes replaces Óscar Melendo.
- 59': Adrián Embarba (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid).
- 60': Foul by Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid).
- 60': Óscar Gil (Espanyol) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Goal! Espanyol 2, Real Madrid 0. Aleix Vidal (Espanyol) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Keidi Bare.
- 62': Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Jovic replaces Luka Modric.
- 62': Substitution, Real Madrid. Casemiro replaces Toni Kroos.
- 62': Attempt blocked. David Alaba (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Casemiro (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
- 63': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Keidi Bare.
- 64': Attempt missed. Sergi Darder (Espanyol) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Adrián Embarba following a fast break.
- 65': Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Aleix Vidal.
- 65': Substitution, Espanyol. Wu Lei replaces Adrián Embarba.
- 65': Hand ball by Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid).
- 66': Foul by Óscar Gil (Espanyol).
- 66': Nacho (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Offside, Real Madrid. Karim Benzema tries a through ball, but Luka Jovic is caught offside.
- 69': Attempt missed. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Alaba with a cross.
- 70': Attempt saved. Sergi Darder (Espanyol) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Raúl de Tomás.
- 71': Goal! Espanyol 2, Real Madrid 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luka Jovic following a fast break.
- 72': Offside, Espanyol. Keidi Bare tries a through ball, but Raúl de Tomás is caught offside.
- 72': Substitution, Real Madrid. Eden Hazard replaces Vinícius Júnior.
- 73': Eder Militão (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 73': Foul by Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol).
- 74': Attempt missed. David Alaba (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
- 77': Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Foul by Sergi Darder (Espanyol).
- 78': Foul by Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol).
- 78': Luka Jovic (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Adrià Pedrosa.
- 79': Óscar Gil (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
- 79': Attempt missed. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez with a cross following a corner.
- 81': Substitution, Espanyol. Dídac Vilá replaces Óscar Gil because of an injury.
- 82': Substitution, Espanyol. David López replaces Sergi Darder.
- 84': Offside, Real Madrid. Rodrygo tries a through ball, but Karim Benzema is caught offside.
- 85': Eden Hazard (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 85': Foul by Dídac Vilá (Espanyol).
- 86': Attempt missed. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 87': Foul by David López (Espanyol).
- 87': Rodrygo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 88': Attempt blocked. David Alaba (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90': Hand ball by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid).
- 90'+1': Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid).
- 90'+1': Nicolás Melamed (Espanyol) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+5': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Dídac Vilá.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Eder Militão (Real Madrid) header from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Karim Benzema with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Espanyol 2, Real Madrid 1.
- 0': Match ends, Espanyol 2, Real Madrid 1.
Statistics
 RMA |
ESP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 12 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 1 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 2 | Saves | 3 |
| 65.5 | Possession | 34.5 |
| 18 | SHOTS | 8 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 526 | Accurate Passes | 250 |
| 581 | Passes | 311 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 7 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 31 | Crosses | 9 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 43 | Long Balls | 51 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 22 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 16 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 8 | Effective Clearances | 27 |
| 8 | Clearances | 27 |
Game Information
Competition: Spanish LALIGA
Venue: RCDE Stadium
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 23,377
Venue: RCDE Stadium
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 23,377
LALIGA Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 28 | +49 | 70 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 28 | +36 | 66 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 28 | +22 | 57 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 28 | +18 | 55 |
Line-Ups
Espanyol (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Diego López (GK) |
| 4 | Leandro Cabrera |
| 24 | Sergi Gómez |
| 20 | Keidi Bare |
| 3 | Adrià Pedrosa |
| 12 | Óscar Gil  |
| 10 | Sergi Darder |
| 14 | Óscar Melendo |
| 23 | Adri Embarba |
| 22 | Aleix Vidal |
| 11 | Raúl de Tomás |
Real Madrid (4-1-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Thibaut Courtois (GK) |
| 6 | Nacho |
| 3 | Éder Militão |
| 8 | Toni Kroos |
| 4 | David Alaba |
| 17 | Lucas Vázquez |
| 10 | Luka Modric |
| 25 | Eduardo Camavinga |
| 15 | Federico Valverde |
| 20 | Vinícius Júnior |
| 9 | Karim Benzema |
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