Atlético de Madrid 4-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 21 February 2026
Result
Atlético de Madrid 4-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 21 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Atlético de Madrid 4-2 Espanyol: match report
Atlético de Madrid won against Espanyol 4-2 in La Liga on Saturday 21 February 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Jofre Carreras opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Alexander Sørloth (21'), Giuliano Simeone (49'), Ademola Lookman (58') and Alexander Sørloth (72'). Espanyol scored through Jofre Carreras (6') and Edu Expósito (80').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received no yellow cards; Espanyol received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 4th on 45 points from 24 and Espanyol 6th on 35 points from 24. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and Espanyol 11th with 46.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexander Sørloth of Atlético de Madrid (8.4), ahead of Matteo Ruggeri (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Atlético de Madrid wins, 5 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Jofre Carreras
- 21'Goal · Alexander Sørloth
- 49'Goal · Giuliano Simeone
- 58'Goal · Ademola Lookman
- 72'Goal · Alexander Sørloth
- 80'Goal · Edu Expósito
- 83'Yellow card · Cyril Ngonge
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Jan Oblak, Marcos Llorente, Marc Pubill, Dávid Hancko, Matteo Ruggeri, Giuliano Simeone, Johnny Cardoso, Álex Baena, Ademola Lookman, Antoine Griezmann, Alexander Sørloth
Espanyol line-up (5-4-1)
Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Clemens Riedel, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Tyrhys Dolan, Urko González de Zárate, Pol Lozano, Jofre Carreras, Kike García