Real Madrid 1-1 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 16 December 2012

Result

Real Madrid 1-1 Espanyol

La Liga · Sunday 16 December 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Real Madrid 1-1 Espanyol: match report

Real Madrid drew with Espanyol 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 16 December 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Sergio García opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (45+1') and Fábio Coentrão (48'). Espanyol scored through Sergio García (31') and Juan Ángel Albín Leites (88').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 3rd on 30 points from 15 and Espanyol 19th on 11 points from 15. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Espanyol 14th with 41.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Real Madrid wins, 1 draw and 1 for Espanyol.

Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Espanyol's D-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Mubarak WakasoEspanyol
  • 31'Goal · Sergio GarcíaEspanyol · 0-1
  • 45+1'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · Fábio CoentrãoReal Madrid · 2-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Christian AlfonsoEspanyol
  • 70'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoReal Madrid
  • 79'Yellow card · Víctor SánchezEspanyol
  • 80'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid
  • 88'Goal · Juan Ángel Albín LeitesEspanyol · 2-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Juan Ángel Albín LeitesEspanyol

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Real Madrid 8, draws 1, Espanyol 1.

Team news

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

Iker Casillas, Pepe, Sergio Ramos, Fábio Coentrão, Álvaro Arbeloa, Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil, Xabi Alonso, Luka Modrić, Cristiano Ronaldo, Juanmi Callejón

Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kiko Casilla, Juan Forlin, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Diego Colotto, Víctor Álvarez, Víctor Sánchez, Joan Verdú, Simão, Mubarak Wakaso, Sergio García