Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 20 September 2025
Result
Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 20 September 2025, 14:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol: match report
Real Madrid defeated Espanyol 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 20 September 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Éder Militão opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Éder Militão (22') and Kylian Mbappé (47'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Madrid were 1st on 12 points from 4 and Espanyol 3rd on 10 points from 4. Real Madrid went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Espanyol 11th with 46.
Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Éder Militão of Real Madrid (8.4), ahead of Federico Valverde (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Real Madrid wins, 0 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W and Espanyol's W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Éder Militão
- 37'Yellow card · Aurélien Tchouaméni
- 47'Goal · Kylian Mbappé
- 75'Yellow card · Franco Mastantuono
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Raúl Asencio, Éder Militão, Álvaro Carreras, Franco Mastantuono, Federico Valverde, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Vinicius Junior, Gonzalo García Torres, Kylian Mbappé
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Urko González de Zárate, Pol Lozano, Tyrhys Dolan, Edu Expósito, Javi Puado, Roberto Fernández