Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, October 3, 2021
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Espanyol LLDWL 2
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RCDE Stadium · 23,377 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Real 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.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

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

Highlights

01:59 Espanyol stuns Real Madrid in 2-1 win Watch on ESPN 00:36 De Tomas fires Espanyol into shock lead vs. Real Madrid Watch on ESPN 00:44 Aleix Vidal glides through Real Madrid for 2-0 Espanyol Watch on ESPN 00:38 Benzema's smart finish offers Real Madrid hope Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-1

Lineups

ESP · 4-1-4-1

  1. 13Diego LópezG
  2. 4Leandro CabreraCD-L
  3. 24Sergi GómezCD-R
  4. 20Keidi BareDM
  5. 3Adrià PedrosaLB
  6. 12Óscar GilRB
  7. 10Sergi DarderCM-L
  8. 14Óscar MelendoCM-R
  9. 23Adri EmbarbaLM
  10. 22Aleix VidalRM
  11. 11Raúl de TomásF

RMA · 4-1-3-2

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 6NachoCD-L
  3. 3Éder MilitãoCD-R
  4. 8Toni KroosSW
  5. 4David AlabaLB
  6. 17Lucas VázquezRB
  7. 10Luka ModricCM
  8. 25Eduardo CamavingaLM
  9. 15Federico ValverdeRM
  10. 20Vinícius JúniorCF-L
  11. 9Karim BenzemaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Adrián Embarba (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 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.
  3. 29' Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Eduardo Camavinga.
  5. 58' Substitution, Espanyol. Manu Morlanes replaces Óscar Melendo.
  6. 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.
  7. 62' Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Jovic replaces Luka Modric.
  8. 62' Substitution, Real Madrid. Casemiro replaces Toni Kroos.
  9. 65' Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Aleix Vidal.
  10. 65' Substitution, Espanyol. Wu Lei replaces Adrián Embarba.
  11. 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.
  12. 72' Substitution, Real Madrid. Eden Hazard replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  13. 79' Óscar Gil (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 81' Substitution, Espanyol. Dídac Vilá replaces Óscar Gil because of an injury.
  15. 82' Substitution, Espanyol. David López replaces Sergi Darder.

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