La Liga Gameweek 5 Sat, Sep 20 2025 · 15:15 Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Real Madrid
2–0 Full time · HT 1–0 xG 1.35 – 0.83
Espanyol
  • Éder Militão 22’
  • K. Mbappé 47’
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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.

Real Madrid beat Espanyol

Real Madrid entered as clear favourites and won 2–0 through goals from Militão and Mbappé. Real Madrid finished with the higher xG (1.35 vs 0.83). On the chances created, Espanyol deserved more: 1.0 expected points against the 0 points they took.

Real Madrid ✓72%
Draw18%
Espanyol10%

Model vs reality

Real Madrid goals
2
Model 2.26 · xG 1.35
Espanyol goals
0
Model 0.71 · xG 0.83
Total goals
2
Model 2.97 · xG 2.18
Score 2–0
13%
Most likely 2–0 (13%)
Over 2.5
No
Model 57%
Both scored
No
Model 46%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchÉder MilitãoReal Madrid · 1 goal
8.6
  • RefereeJuan Martinez Munuera
  • VenueEstadio Santiago Bernabéu
  • Table before kick-offReal Madrid 1st · Espanyol 3rd

Timeline

  1. Éder Militão 1–0Assist F. Valverde
    22’
  2. A. TchouaméniYellow card · Tripping
    37’
  3. Half time · 1–0
  4. K. Mbappé 2–0Assist Vinícius
    47’
  5. ⇄ A. GülerFor Gonzalo García
    60’
  6. ⇄ L. KoleoshoFor Edu Expósito
    63’
  7. ⇄ Jofre CarrerasFor Pol Lozano
    63’
  8. ⇄ C. PickelFor T. Dolan
    63’
  9. Franco MastantuonoYellow card · Roughing
    75’
  10. ⇄ RodrygoFor Vinícius
    77’
  11. ⇄ Brahim DíazFor Franco Mastantuono
    77’
  12. ⇄ Kike GarcíaFor Javi Puado
    77’
  13. ⇄ Antoniu RocaFor R. Fernández Jaén
    84’
  14. ⇄ J. BellinghamFor K. Mbappé
    89’
  15. ⇄ E. CamavingaFor A. Tchouaméni
    89’
  16. Full time · 2–0

Team stats

Real Madrid16 shots · 11 in box, 5 outside
Espanyol5 shots · 3 in box, 2 outside
Real MadridEspanyol
73% Possession 27%
1.35 Expected goals (xG) 0.83
1.75 Expected points (xPts) 0.97
16 Shots 5
5 Shots on target 1
6 Shots off target 1
5 Blocked shots 3
11 Shots inside the box 3
5 Shots outside the box 2
748 Passes 271
93% Pass accuracy 83%
5 Corners 2
1 Goalkeeper saves 3
10 Fouls 20
1 Offsides 0
2 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
7.36 Team rating 6.51

Line-ups

Real Madrid 4-4-2

16.9 T. Courtois(G)
187.3 Álvaro Fernández 38.6★ Éder Militão 177.5 Raúl Asencio 27.2 Dani Carvajal
77.2 Vinícius A↓77’ 147.3 A. Tchouaméni ↓89’ 87.6 F. Valverde A 307.2 Franco Mastantuono ↓77’
107.9 K. Mbappé ↓89’ 166.2 Gonzalo García ↓60’
  • 1T. Courtois (G)6.9
  • 18Álvaro Fernández7.3
  • 3Éder Militão ★8.6
  • 17Raúl Asencio7.5
  • 2Dani Carvajal7.2
  • 7ViníciusA↓77’7.2
  • 14A. Tchouaméni↓89’7.3
  • 8F. ValverdeA7.6
  • 30Franco Mastantuono↓77’7.2
  • 10K. Mbappé↓89’7.9
  • 16Gonzalo García↓60’6.2

Substitutes used

  • 15A. Güler↑60’6.9
  • 21Brahim Díaz↑77’6.5
  • 5J. Bellingham↑89’
  • 6E. Camavinga↑89’
  • 11Rodrygo↑77’6.7

Unused: Sergio Mestre, A. Lunin, Fran García, D. Alaba, David Jiménez, Dani Ceballos, Endrick

Espanyol 4-2-3-1

137.0 M. Dmitrović(G)
226.3 Carlos Romero 66.3 L. Cabrera 56.2 F. Calero Villa 237.2 O. El Hilali
106.5 Pol Lozano ↓63’ 46.2 Urko González
76.3 Javi Puado ↓77’ 86.6 Edu Expósito ↓63’ 246.5 T. Dolan ↓63’
96.6 R. Fernández Jaén ↓84’
  • 13M. Dmitrović (G)7.0
  • 22Carlos Romero6.3
  • 6L. Cabrera6.3
  • 5F. Calero Villa6.2
  • 23O. El Hilali7.2
  • 10Pol Lozano↓63’6.5
  • 4Urko González6.2
  • 7Javi Puado↓77’6.3
  • 8Edu Expósito↓63’6.6
  • 24T. Dolan↓63’6.5
  • 9R. Fernández Jaén↓84’6.6

Substitutes used

  • 17Jofre Carreras↑63’6.3
  • 18C. Pickel↑63’6.9
  • 16L. Koleosho↑63’6.3
  • 20Antoniu Roca↑84’6.7
  • 19Kike García↑77’6.2

Unused: Ángel Fortuño, Miguel Rubio, Rubén Sánchez, José Salinas, C. Riedel, Ramon Terrats, Javi Hernández

Player stats

Top rated
Éder MilitãoReal Madrid8.6
2nd
K. MbappéReal Madrid7.9
3rd
F. ValverdeReal Madrid7.6

Real Madrid

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
T. Courtois G 90 0 0 1 sv 0 86% 29 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
Álvaro Fernández D 90 0 0 0 (0) 2 91% 93 1 2 1/3 1/4 7.3
Éder Militão D 90 1 0 2 (1) 1 93% 98 2 0 0/1 3/2 8.6
Raúl Asencio D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 97% 92 1 0 0/1 1/3 7.5
Dani Carvajal D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 92% 61 1 0 1/1 0/3 7.2
Vinícius F 77 0 1 3 (1) 2 87% 39 1 0 3/9 0/1 7.2
A. Tchouaméni M 89 0 0 0 (0) 0 97% 73 1 1 0/0 1/1 7.3
F. Valverde M 90 0 1 0 (0) 1 93% 74 3 1 1/1 1/0 7.6
Franco Mastantuono M 77 0 0 0 (0) 2 89% 45 3 0 6/9 2/3 7.2
K. Mbappé F 89 1 0 6 (3) 1 95% 55 0 0 1/2 0/1 7.9
Gonzalo García F 60 0 0 0 (0) 0 91% 23 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.2
A. Güler M 30 0 0 0 (0) 1 96% 26 1 0 0/0 1/1 6.9
Brahim Díaz M 13 0 0 0 (0) 0 89% 9 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.5
J. Bellingham M 1 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 4 1 0 0/0 0/0 —
E. Camavinga M 1 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 —
Rodrygo F 13 0 0 0 (0) 0 83% 6 1 0 0/1 0/0 6.7

Espanyol

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
M. Dmitrović G 90 0 0 3 sv 0 67% 21 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.0
Carlos Romero D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 90% 29 3 2 1/4 1/1 6.3
L. Cabrera D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 68% 28 0 1 0/0 1/0 6.3
F. Calero Villa D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 85% 34 1 2 0/0 0/0 6.2
O. El Hilali D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 97% 29 8 1 0/0 0/0 7.2
Pol Lozano M 63 0 0 0 (0) 0 94% 16 0 0 0/0 2/2 6.5
Urko González M 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 89% 28 2 0 0/2 1/0 6.2
Javi Puado F 77 0 0 0 (0) 1 92% 13 2 0 0/1 2/0 6.3
Edu Expósito M 63 0 0 1 (1) 1 75% 16 0 0 0/0 2/1 6.6
T. Dolan M 63 0 0 0 (0) 0 75% 20 2 0 2/4 2/1 6.5
R. Fernández Jaén F 84 0 0 0 (0) 0 75% 8 0 0 0/2 3/4 6.6
Jofre Carreras F 27 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 5 0 1 1/1 2/1 6.3
C. Pickel M 27 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 8 1 1 0/0 0/0 6.9
L. Koleosho F 27 0 0 0 (0) 0 75% 4 0 0 2/2 2/0 6.3
Antoniu Roca F 6 0 0 0 (0) 1 75% 4 1 0 1/2 1/0 6.7
Kike García F 13 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.2

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.