Espanyol 0-2 Real Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 3 May 2026
Result
Espanyol 0-2 Real Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 3 May 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Espanyol 0-2 Real Madrid: match report
Espanyol lost to Real Madrid 0-2 in La Liga on Sunday 3 May 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
Vinicius Junior opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Espanyol did not score. Real Madrid scored through Vinicius Junior (55') and Vinicius Junior (66').
Discipline: Espanyol received 3 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 12th on 39 points from 33 and Real Madrid 2nd on 74 points from 33. Espanyol went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Real Madrid 2nd with 86.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid (9.2), ahead of Aurélien Tchouaméni (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 0 draws and 8 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-L-L-D-L and Real Madrid's D-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Brahim Díaz
- 23'Yellow card · Vinicius Junior
- 26'Yellow card · Omar El Hilali
- 45+2'Yellow card · Edu Expósito
- 50'Yellow card · Trent Alexander-Arnold
- 55'Goal · Vinicius Junior
- 66'Goal · Vinicius Junior
- 75'Yellow card · Gonzalo García
- 85'Yellow card · Urko González de Zárate
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Urko González de Zárate, Edu Expósito, Rubén Sánchez, Ramón Terrats, Tyrhys Dolan, Roberto Fernández
Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Andriy Lunin, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Antonio Rüdiger, Dean Huijsen, Ferland Mendy, Federico Valverde, Thiago Pitarch, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham, Brahim Díaz