Espanyol 1-2 Real Madrid: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 22 August 2026

Result

Espanyol 1-2 Real Madrid

La Liga · Saturday 22 August 2026, 19:30 UTC · RCDE Stadium, Cornella de Llobregat · half-time 1-1

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Espanyol 1-2 Real Madrid: match report

Espanyol lost to Real Madrid 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 22 August 2026 at RCDE Stadium. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jude Bellingham opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Espanyol's goal came from Álex Calatrava (30'). Real Madrid scored through Jude Bellingham (9') and Carlos Espí (90').

Discipline: Espanyol received 5 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 1 yellow card.

In the current table Espanyol are 14th on 11 points and Real Madrid are 3rd on 27 points.

Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Arda Güler of Real Madrid (8.1), ahead of Jude Bellingham (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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Jude BellinghamReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 30'Goal · Álex CalatravaEspanyol · 1-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Álex CalatravaEspanyol
  • 32'Yellow card · Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid
  • 59'Yellow card · Clemens RiedelEspanyol
  • 84'Yellow card · Edu ExpósitoEspanyol
  • 90'Goal · Carlos EspíReal Madrid · 1-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Pere MillaEspanyol
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Pol LozanoEspanyol

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3Real Madrid119022810+1827LWWWW
14Espanyol113261314-111LDLLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Espanyol 2, draws 0, Real Madrid 8.

Team news

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Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)

Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Clemens Riedel, Unai Núñez, Roger Hinojo, Álex Calatrava, Urko González de Zárate, Edu Expósito, Tyrhys Dolan, Roberto Fernández, Javi Hernández

Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)

Thibaut Courtois, Denzel Dumfries, Ibrahima Konaté, Dean Huijsen, Álvaro Carreras, Bernardo Silva, Federico Valverde, Arda Güler, Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappé

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