Espanyol 1-3 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 28 August 2022
Result
Espanyol 1-3 Real Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 28 August 2022, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Espanyol 1-3 Real Madrid: match report
Espanyol were beaten by Real Madrid 1-3 in La Liga on Sunday 28 August 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Vinicius Junior opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Espanyol's goal came from Joselu (43'). Real Madrid scored through Vinicius Junior (12'), Karim Benzema (88') and Karim Benzema (90+10').
Discipline: Espanyol received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 16th on 1 point from 2 and Real Madrid 4th on 6 points from 2. Espanyol went on to finish that season 19th with 37 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 78.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Karim Benzema of Real Madrid (8.8), ahead of Joselu (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 0 draws and 8 for Real Madrid.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Vinicius Junior
- 43'Goal · Joselu
- 88'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 90+6'Red card · Benjamin Lecomte
- 90+10'Goal · Karim Benzema
Head-to-head
Team news
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Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Benjamin Lecomte, Óscar Gil, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, Brian Oliván, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Rubén Sánchez, Edu Expósito, Sergi Darder, Javi Puado, Joselu
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vázquez, Éder Militão, Antonio Rüdiger, David Alaba, Luka Modrić, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Toni Kroos, Federico Valverde, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior