Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, March 11, 2023
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Estadio Bernabéu · 59,782 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

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Real Madrid start crucial week with important win over Espanyol

Real Madrid fought back from a goal down to win 3-1 against Espanyol at the Bernabeu ahead of a week in which they face Liverpool and Barcelona.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
2
29.5
Possession
70.5
10
SHOTS
22
3
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
210
Accurate Passes
585
260
Passes
639
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
16
0.4
Cross %
0.2
47
Long Balls
39
22
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
3
Blocked Shots
8
11
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
16
Interceptions
2
25
Effective Clearances
14
25
Clearances
14

Highlights

01:03 Joselu gives Espanyol early lead at Real Madrid Watch on ESPN 00:27 Vinicius Jr. draws Real Madrid level Watch on ESPN 01:06 Tchouameni's delightful assist sets up Militao header for Real Madrid Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-1

Lineups

RMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 6NachoCD-L
  3. 3Éder MilitãoCD-R
  4. 12Eduardo CamavingaLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 18Aurélien TchouaméniCM
  7. 8Toni KroosLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 21RodrygoF
  10. 20Vinícius JúniorLF
  11. 15Federico ValverdeRF

Substitutes

  1. 26Luis LópezSUB
  2. 17Lucas VázquezSUB
  3. 39Álvaro RodríguezSUB
  4. 5Jesús VallejoSUB
  5. 22Antonio RüdigerSUB
  6. 24Mariano DíazSUB
  7. 13Andriy LuninSUB
  8. 11Marco AsensioSUB
  9. 16Álvaro OdriozolaSUB
  10. 19Dani CeballosSUB
  11. 7Eden HazardSUB

ESP · 4-4-2

  1. 13Fernando PachecoG
  2. 24Sergi GómezCD-L
  3. 23César MontesCD-R
  4. 4Leandro CabreraLB
  5. 2Óscar GilRB
  6. 15José GrageraCM-L
  7. 12Vinicius SouzaCM-R
  8. 17Martin BraithwaiteLM
  9. 27Rubén SánchezRM
  10. 9JoseluCF-L
  11. 10Sergi DarderCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Fernando CaleroSUB
  2. 19Dani GómezSUB
  3. 18Ronael Pierre-GabrielSUB
  4. 20Edu ExpósitoSUB
  5. 25Álvaro FernándezSUB
  6. 6Denis SuárezSUB
  7. 21Nicolás MelamedSUB
  8. 14Brian OlivánSUB
  9. 16LazoSUB
  10. 1Joan GarcíaSUB
  11. 7Javier PuadoSUB
  12. 22Aleix VidalSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Real Madrid 0, Espanyol 1. Joselu (Espanyol) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rubén Sánchez.
  2. 19' Leandro Cabrera (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 22' Goal! Real Madrid 1, Espanyol 1. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
  4. 32' Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 39' Goal! Real Madrid 2, Espanyol 1. Éder Militão (Real Madrid) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Aurélien Tchouaméni with a cross following a corner.
  6. 56' Óscar Gil (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 69' Substitution, Espanyol. Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel replaces Óscar Gil.
  8. 72' Substitution, Real Madrid. Marco Asensio replaces Luka Modric.
  9. 74' Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Ceballos replaces Toni Kroos.
  10. 74' Substitution, Real Madrid. Antonio Rüdiger replaces Aurélien Tchouaméni.
  11. 75' Substitution, Espanyol. Javier Puado replaces Rubén Sánchez.
  12. 75' Substitution, Espanyol. Denis Suárez replaces José Gragera.
  13. 84' Substitution, Espanyol. Aleix Vidal replaces Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel because of an injury.
  14. 84' Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Sergi Gómez.
  15. 86' Dani Ceballos (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 87' Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90' Substitution, Real Madrid. Álvaro Rodríguez replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  18. 90'+3' Goal! Real Madrid 3, Espanyol 1. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nacho.

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