La Liga Gameweek 25 Sat, Feb 21 2026 · 20:00 Estádio Cívitas Metropolitano, Madrid
Atletico Madrid
4–2 Full time · HT 1–1 xG 3.15 – 1.06
Espanyol
  • A. Sørloth 21’, 72’
  • G. Simeone 49’
  • A. Lookman 58’
  • 6’ Jofre Carreras
  • 80’ Edu Expósito
Full match report oneScoredOdds · Value · Detailed stats →
Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Atletico Madrid come from behind to beat Espanyol

Atletico Madrid entered as clear favourites, yet Espanyol led 1–0 after 6 minutes through a Carreras goal. But Sørloth, Simeone and Lookman scored to turn it around for Atletico Madrid, who won 4–2. Atletico Madrid finished with the higher xG (3.15 vs 1.06).

Atletico Madrid ✓62%
Draw22%
Espanyol16%

Model vs reality

Atletico Madrid goals
4
Model 1.94 · xG 3.15
Espanyol goals
2
Model 0.88 · xG 1.06
Total goals
6
Model 2.82 · xG 4.21
Score 4–2
1%
Most likely 2–0 (11%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 54%
Both scored
Yes
Model 51%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchA. SørlothAtletico Madrid · 2 goals
9.0
  • RefereeAlejandro Muñiz Ruiz
  • VenueEstádio Cívitas Metropolitano
  • Table before kick-offAtletico Madrid 4th · Espanyol 6th

Timeline

  1. Jofre Carreras 0–1
    6’
  2. A. Sørloth 1–1Assist Marcos Llorente
    21’
  3. Half time · 1–1
  4. G. Simeone 2–1Assist Álex Baena
    49’
  5. ⇄ Ramon TerratsFor C. Riedel
    57’
  6. A. Lookman 3–1Assist M. Ruggeri
    58’
  7. ⇄ KokeFor Álex Baena
    61’
  8. ⇄ J. AlvarezFor A. Lookman
    61’
  9. ⇄ Edu ExpósitoFor Pol Lozano
    70’
  10. ⇄ R. Fernández JaénFor Kike García
    70’
  11. ⇄ C. NgongeFor T. Dolan
    70’
  12. A. Sørloth 4–1Assist M. Ruggeri
    72’
  13. ⇄ N. MolinaFor Marcos Llorente
    74’
  14. ⇄ T. AlmadaFor A. Griezmann
    74’
  15. ⇄ Pere MillaFor Jofre Carreras
    77’
  16. Edu Expósito 4–2
    80’
  17. C. NgongeYellow card · Diving
    83’
  18. ⇄ R. Le NormandFor G. Simeone
    84’
  19. Full time · 4–2

Team stats

Atletico Madrid18 shots · 16 in box, 2 outside
Espanyol8 shots · 5 in box, 3 outside
Atletico MadridEspanyol
61% Possession 39%
3.15 Expected goals (xG) 1.06
2.47 Expected points (xPts) 0.40
18 Shots 8
9 Shots on target 2
6 Shots off target 3
3 Blocked shots 3
16 Shots inside the box 5
2 Shots outside the box 3
661 Passes 410
86% Pass accuracy 78%
5 Corners 3
0 Goalkeeper saves 4
8 Fouls 9
0 Offsides 2
0 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
7.23 Team rating 6.36

Line-ups

Atletico Madrid 3-4-3

135.9 J. Oblak(G)
176.3 D. Hancko 187.2 Marc Pubill 147.3 Marcos Llorente A↓74’
38.7 M. Ruggeri AA 107.3 Álex Baena A↓61’ 57.2 J. Cardoso 207.6 G. Simeone ↓84’
226.9 A. Lookman ↓61’ 99.0★ A. Sørloth 76.6 A. Griezmann ↓74’
  • 13J. Oblak (G)5.9
  • 17D. Hancko6.3
  • 18Marc Pubill7.2
  • 14Marcos LlorenteA↓74’7.3
  • 3M. RuggeriA×28.7
  • 10Álex BaenaA↓61’7.3
  • 5J. Cardoso7.2
  • 20G. Simeone↓84’7.6
  • 22A. Lookman↓61’6.9
  • 9A. Sørloth ★9.0
  • 7A. Griezmann↓74’6.6

Substitutes used

  • 6Koke↑61’7.0
  • 19J. Alvarez↑61’6.2
  • 16N. Molina↑74’6.6
  • 11T. Almada↑74’6.7
  • 24R. Le Normand↑84’6.3

Unused: Mario de Luis, J. Musso, J. Giménez, C. Lenglet, O. Vargas

Espanyol 5-4-1

136.9 M. Dmitrović(G)
225.2 Carlos Romero 65.9 L. Cabrera 57.0 F. Calero Villa 386.2 C. Riedel ↓57’ 235.9 O. El Hilali
176.9 Jofre Carreras ↓77’ 106.5 Pol Lozano ↓70’ 46.7 Urko González 246.9 T. Dolan ↓70’
195.6 Kike García ↓70’
  • 13M. Dmitrović (G)6.9
  • 22Carlos Romero5.2
  • 6L. Cabrera5.9
  • 5F. Calero Villa7.0
  • 38C. Riedel↓57’6.2
  • 23O. El Hilali5.9
  • 17Jofre Carreras↓77’6.9
  • 10Pol Lozano↓70’6.5
  • 4Urko González6.7
  • 24T. Dolan↓70’6.9
  • 19Kike García↓70’5.6

Substitutes used

  • 14Ramon Terrats↑57’6.3
  • 8Edu Expósito↑70’7.6
  • 16C. Ngonge↑70’6.5
  • 9R. Fernández Jaén↑70’6.3
  • 11Pere Milla↑77’6.5

Unused: Ángel Fortuño, L. Serred, José Salinas, Rubén Sánchez, Miguel Rubio, Antoniu Roca, C. Pickel

Player stats

Top rated
A. SørlothAtletico Madrid9.0
2nd
M. RuggeriAtletico Madrid8.7
3rd
G. SimeoneAtletico Madrid7.6

Atletico Madrid

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
J. Oblak G 90 0 0 0 sv 0 71% 21 0 0 0/0 0/0 5.9
D. Hancko D 90 0 0 1 (1) 0 97% 88 0 2 0/0 1/0 6.3
Marc Pubill D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 88% 98 0 2 0/0 0/1 7.2
Marcos Llorente M 74 0 1 0 (0) 2 86% 66 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.3
M. Ruggeri D 90 0 2 1 (0) 3 89% 61 1 1 2/3 0/0 8.7
Álex Baena M 61 0 1 2 (0) 5 81% 32 0 1 0/1 0/2 7.3
J. Cardoso M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 86% 65 4 3 1/1 2/1 7.2
G. Simeone F 84 1 0 1 (1) 0 78% 60 1 0 2/3 1/1 7.6
A. Lookman F 61 1 0 2 (1) 0 85% 13 0 1 0/1 1/0 6.9
A. Sørloth F 90 2 0 3 (2) 1 84% 31 0 0 0/0 0/1 9.0
A. Griezmann F 74 0 0 4 (3) 2 83% 52 0 1 0/1 1/0 6.6
Koke M 29 0 0 0 (0) 1 97% 30 1 1 1/1 1/0 7.0
J. Alvarez F 29 0 0 0 (0) 0 78% 9 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.2
N. Molina D 16 0 0 0 (0) 0 75% 16 1 0 0/0 1/0 6.6
T. Almada M 16 0 0 1 (1) 1 86% 14 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.7
R. Le Normand D 6 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 5 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3

Espanyol

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
M. Dmitrović G 90 0 0 4 sv 0 48% 27 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.9
Carlos Romero D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 69% 32 0 3 1/2 0/0 5.2
L. Cabrera D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 76% 37 2 1 0/0 1/0 5.9
F. Calero Villa D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 94% 47 1 1 0/1 0/0 7.0
C. Riedel D 57 0 0 0 (0) 0 81% 27 2 2 0/0 2/0 6.2
O. El Hilali D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 72% 43 1 2 1/1 1/0 5.9
Jofre Carreras F 77 1 0 2 (1) 0 75% 20 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.9
Pol Lozano M 70 0 0 0 (0) 0 84% 45 0 2 0/0 1/1 6.5
Urko González M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 77% 44 1 0 1/1 0/0 6.7
T. Dolan M 70 0 0 0 (0) 1 94% 18 1 2 1/1 0/1 6.9
Kike García F 70 0 0 0 (0) 1 74% 23 0 0 1/1 1/1 5.6
Ramon Terrats M 33 0 0 0 (0) 0 87% 15 0 1 1/2 0/2 6.3
Edu Expósito M 20 1 0 2 (1) 1 75% 12 1 0 0/0 0/1 7.6
C. Ngonge F 20 0 0 1 (0) 0 100% 8 0 1 0/1 1/0 6.5
R. Fernández Jaén F 20 0 0 0 (0) 0 83% 6 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
Pere Milla M 13 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 6 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.5

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.