Espanyol 1-0 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Friday 22 December 2017
Result
Espanyol 1-0 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Friday 22 December 2017, 20:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Espanyol 1-0 Atlético de Madrid: match report
Espanyol beat Atlético de Madrid 1-0 in La Liga on Friday 22 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Sergio García of Espanyol in the 88th minute.
Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 16th on 17 points from 16 and Atlético de Madrid 2nd on 36 points from 16. Espanyol went on to finish that season 13th with 49 points, and Atlético de Madrid 2nd with 79.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-2 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergio García of Espanyol (7.8), ahead of Aarón Martín (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Espanyol win, 2 draws and 7 for Atlético de Madrid.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-L-L-W-L and Atlético de Madrid's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 51'Yellow card · Saúl Ñíguez
- 73'Yellow card · Koke
- 82'Yellow card · Javi López
- 83'Yellow card · Gabi
- 88'Goal · Sergio García
- 89'Yellow card · Š. Vrsaljko
- 90+3'Yellow card · Pau López
- 90+4'Yellow card · Augusto Fernández
- 90+4'Yellow card · Augusto Fernández
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Pau López, Aarón Martín, Óscar Duarte, Javi López, Mario Hermoso, Léo Baptistão, David López, Javi Fuego, Sergi Darder, Gerard Moreno, Sergio García
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Jan Oblak, Diego Godín, Filipe Luís, Stefan Savić, Šime Vrsaljko, Thomas Partey, Koke, Saúl Ñíguez, Gabi, Antoine Griezmann, Fernando Torres