Spanish LALIGA

Real Madrid vs Espanyol 2021-22 LaLiga

  • 33': Rodrygo
  • 43': Rodrygo
  • 55': Marco Asensio
  • 81': Karim Benzema
FT
4 - 0

Real Madrid secure LaLiga title with victory over Espanyol

Rodrygo scored twice as Real Madrid beat Espanyol 4-0 at the Bernabeu on Saturday to clinch the LaLiga title.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 33': Goal! Real Madrid 1, Espanyol 0. Rodrygo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marcelo.
  • 42': Mariano (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 43': Goal! Real Madrid 2, Espanyol 0. Rodrygo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 46': Casemiro (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Goal! Real Madrid 3, Espanyol 0. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Eduardo Camavinga following a fast break.
  • 60': Substitution, Real Madrid. Toni Kroos replaces Luka Modric.
  • 60': Substitution, Real Madrid. Karim Benzema replaces Mariano.
  • 61': Substitution, Real Madrid. Isco replaces Casemiro.
  • 65': Substitution, Espanyol. Dídac Vilá replaces Tonny Vilhena.
  • 65': Substitution, Espanyol. Wu Lei replaces Raúl de Tomás.
  • 65': Substitution, Espanyol. Manu Morlanes replaces Óscar Melendo.
  • 75': Substitution, Real Madrid. Mario Gila replaces Eduardo Camavinga.
  • 75': Substitution, Real Madrid. Vinícius Júnior replaces Rodrygo.
  • 76': Substitution, Espanyol. Fran Mérida replaces Yangel Herrera.
  • 81': Goal! Real Madrid 4, Espanyol 0. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vinícius Júnior following a fast break.
  • 83': Substitution, Espanyol. David López replaces Fernando Calero.

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: Santiago Bernabéu
Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 58,686

Spanish LALIGA Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+47 Real Madrid 31 78 1
+28 Barcelona 31 70 3
+24 Girona 31 65 6
+23 Atlético Madrid 31 61 8
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Statistics

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6 Fouls 11
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
9 Corner Kicks 6
1 Saves 6
41.8 Possession 58.2
20 SHOTS 11
6 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
376 Accurate Passes 568
422 Passes 617
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
6 Accurate Crosses 2
26 Crosses 9
0.2 Cross % 0.2
33 Long Balls 34
20 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
5 Blocked Shots 1
9 Effective Tackles 11
14 Tackles 13
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
7 Interceptions 6
7 Effective Clearances 18
7 Clearances 18

Line-Ups

RMA Real Madrid (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Thibaut Courtois (GK)
5 Jesús Vallejo
14 Casemiro Yellow Card
12 Marcelo
17 Lucas Vázquez
25 Eduardo Camavinga
19 Dani Ceballos
10 Luka Modric
24 Mariano Yellow Card
21 Rodrygo
11 Marco Asensio

ESP Espanyol (4-4-2)

No. Name
13 Diego López (GK)
24 Sergi Gómez
5 Fernando Calero
4 Leandro Cabrera
22 Aleix Vidal
10 Sergi Darder
25 Yangel Herrera
19 Tonny Vilhena
14 Óscar Melendo
11 Raúl de Tomás
9 Javier Puado

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