Espanyol
La Liga · 2026Espanyol 1–2 Real Madrid · La Liga
This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.
Match at a glance
Real Madrid won 1–2.
- Shots
- 8–21
- Shots on target
- 3–8
- Expected goals
- 1.12–2.92
- Possession
- 37%–63%
Full time
What the match recorded
Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2–1. Recorded in this match (Espanyol – Real Madrid): shots 8–21, shots on target 3–8, expected goals 1.12–2.92, possession 37%–63%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.
This match
Match statistics
Every shot
Shot map
Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.
- off target
- on target
- goal
- penalty
- size = xG
Espanyol: 8 shots, 3 on target, 1.13 xG. Real Madrid: 21 shots, 8 on target, 3.05 xG.
How the match built
Expected-goals timeline
Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.
The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Espanyol 1.13 xG · Real Madrid 3.05 xG.
History
Head-to-head
Recent meetings between these teams.
Last 5 meetings
Season-opening preview
Current-season evidence is still building.
This competition's new season has only just started, so PitchMath does not yet hold enough completed matches for a current-season grade. The comparison below is last season's recorded data, shown as historical context.
1 / 2 matches toward the first current-season grade
Current season so far
Completed matches in the season being played. Kept separate from the historical block below.
- Espanyol2 matches
- Real Madrid1 matches
Previous-season context
Recorded season totals from the source competition. Not current form.
Both clubs played the same competition and season, so these values are directly comparable.
Espanyol
- Competition
- La Liga
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 38 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 24 May 2026
- Goals scored1.13 goals/match
- Goals allowed1.45 goals/match
- Expected goals1.28 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.45 xG/match
- Shots12.6 shots/match
- Shots allowed13.7 shots/match
- Shots on target4.16 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed5.13 shots/match
- Possession42.4%
- Corners4.68 corners/match
- Corners allowed4.84 corners/match
- Cards2.34 cards/match
- Fouls13.7 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency26%
- Scoring frequency76%
Real Madrid
- Competition
- La Liga
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 38 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 24 May 2026
- Goals scored2.03 goals/match
- Goals allowed0.92 goals/match
- Expected goals2.03 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.07 xG/match
- Shots17.5 shots/match
- Shots allowed10.8 shots/match
- Shots on target6.66 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed3.21 shots/match
- Possession59.4%
- Corners6.29 corners/match
- Corners allowed3.66 corners/match
- Cards2.1 cards/match
- Fouls10 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency37%
- Scoring frequency89%
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis
- At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
- At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
- Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.
Known unknowns
- Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
- Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
- The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
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