Espanyol 3-3 Atlético de Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Wednesday 24 May 2023

Result

Espanyol 3-3 Atlético de Madrid

La Liga · Wednesday 24 May 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Espanyol 3-3 Atlético de Madrid: match report

Espanyol drew with Atlético de Madrid 3-3 in La Liga on Wednesday 24 May 2023. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Saúl Ñíguez opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Espanyol's goals came from César Montes (64'), Joselu (76', penalty) and Vini Souza (79'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Saúl Ñíguez (21'), Antoine Griezmann (44') and Yannick Carrasco (46').

Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Espanyol were 19th on 34 points from 35 and Atlético de Madrid 3rd on 72 points from 35. Espanyol went on to finish that season 19th with 37 points, and Atlético de Madrid 3rd with 77.

Espanyol lined up in a 5-3-2 and Atlético de Madrid in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aleix Vidal of Espanyol (8.5), ahead of Ivo Grbic (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 5 for Atlético de Madrid.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Saúl ÑíguezAtlético de Madrid · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Antoine GriezmannAtlético de Madrid · 0-2
  • 46'Goal · Yannick CarrascoAtlético de Madrid · 0-3
  • 64'Goal · César MontesEspanyol · 1-3
  • 66'Yellow card · Aleix VidalEspanyol
  • 75'Yellow card · Ivo GrbicAtlético de Madrid
  • 76'Penalty goal · JoseluEspanyol · 2-3
  • 79'Goal · Vini SouzaEspanyol · 3-3
  • 80'Yellow card · Vini SouzaEspanyol
  • 89'Yellow card · Carlos MartínAtlético de Madrid
  • 90+4'Yellow card · José María GiménezAtlético de Madrid

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Espanyol 3, draws 2, Atlético de Madrid 5.

Team news

Espanyol line-up (5-3-2)

Fernando Pacheco, Óscar Gil, César Montes, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, Brian Oliván, Javi Puado, Sergi Darder, Denis Suárez, Joselu, Nico Melamed

Atlético de Madrid line-up (3-5-2)

Ivo Grbic, Nahuel Molina, Axel Witsel, José María Giménez, Mario Hermoso, Yannick Carrasco, Rodrigo De Paul, Koke, Saúl Ñíguez, Antoine Griezmann, Ángel Correa