Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 1 October 2017
Result
Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 1 October 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol: match report
Real Madrid defeated Espanyol 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 1 October 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Isco opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Isco (30') and Isco (71'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 6th on 11 points from 6 and Espanyol 14th on 8 points from 6. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 76 points, and Espanyol 13th with 49.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Espanyol in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Isco of Real Madrid (9.7), ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Real Madrid wins, 2 draws and 0 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-L-W-D-D and Espanyol's W-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Isco
- 36'Yellow card · Nacho Fernández
- 65'Yellow card · Sergio Sánchez
- 71'Goal · Isco
- 77'Yellow card · Casemiro
- 90'Yellow card · Aarón Martín
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-1-2)
Keylor Navas, Sergio Ramos, Raphaël Varane, Nacho Fernández, Achraf Hakimi, Toni Kroos, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Isco, Cristiano Ronaldo, Marco Asensio
Espanyol line-up (4-5-1)
Pau López, Aarón Martín, David López, Mario Hermoso, Sergio Sánchez, José Jurado, Léo Baptistão, Javi Fuego, Marc Roca, Sergi Darder, Gerard Moreno