Spanish LALIGA

Espanyol vs Real Madrid 2021-22 LaLiga

  • 17': Raúl de Tomás
  • 60': Aleix Vidal
FT
2 - 1
  • 71': Karim Benzema

Real Madrid struggles continue with shock defeat at Espanyol

Real Madrid's struggles continued as they sustained a shocking 2-1 defeat at Espanyol on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 11': Adrián Embarba (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 17': Goal! Espanyol 1, Real Madrid 0. Raúl de Tomás (Espanyol) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrián Embarba with a cross.
  • 29': Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Eduardo Camavinga.
  • 58': Substitution, Espanyol. Manu Morlanes replaces Óscar Melendo.
  • 60': Goal! Espanyol 2, Real Madrid 0. Aleix Vidal (Espanyol) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Keidi Bare.
  • 62': Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Jovic replaces Luka Modric.
  • 62': Substitution, Real Madrid. Casemiro replaces Toni Kroos.
  • 65': Substitution, Espanyol. Nicolás Melamed replaces Aleix Vidal.
  • 65': Substitution, Espanyol. Wu Lei replaces Adrián Embarba.
  • 71': Goal! Espanyol 2, Real Madrid 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luka Jovic following a fast break.
  • 72': Substitution, Real Madrid. Eden Hazard replaces Vinícius Júnior.
  • 79': Óscar Gil (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  • 81': Substitution, Espanyol. Dídac Vilá replaces Óscar Gil because of an injury.
  • 82': Substitution, Espanyol. David López replaces Sergi Darder.

Game Information

Competition: Spanish LALIGA

Venue: RCDE Stadium
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 23,377

Spanish LALIGA Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+58 Barcelona 34 79 5
+36 Real Madrid 34 75 5
+29 Atlético Madrid 34 67 5
+24 Athletic Club 34 61 5
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Statistics

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13 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 1
8 Corner Kicks 2
2 Saves 3
65.5 Possession 34.5
18 SHOTS 8
4 ON GOAL 4
0.2 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
526 Accurate Passes 250
581 Passes 311
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
7 Accurate Crosses 3
31 Crosses 9
0.2 Cross % 0.3
43 Long Balls 51
30 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.7 Long Balls % 0.4
6 Blocked Shots 0
9 Effective Tackles 11
16 Tackles 14
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
5 Interceptions 7
8 Effective Clearances 27
8 Clearances 27

Line-Ups

ESP Espanyol (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
13 Diego López (GK)
4 Leandro Cabrera
24 Sergi Gómez
20 Keidi Bare
3 Adrià Pedrosa
12 Óscar Gil Yellow Card
10 Sergi Darder
14 Óscar Melendo
23 Adri Embarba Yellow Card
22 Aleix Vidal
11 Raúl de Tomás

RMA Real Madrid (4-1-3-2)

No. Name
1 Thibaut Courtois (GK)
6 Nacho
3 Éder Militão
8 Toni Kroos
4 David Alaba
17 Lucas Vázquez
10 Luka Modric
25 Eduardo Camavinga Yellow Card
15 Federico Valverde
20 Vinícius Júnior
9 Karim Benzema

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