Real Madrid CF vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, La Liga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2024-25

Real Madrid CF

4 – 1

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RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Sat 21 Sep 2024 · 19:00 UTC Estadio Santiago Bernabeu 72,284 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 54' Jofre Carreras Pages

Dani Carvajal 59' 1–1

Rodrygo 75' 2–1

Vinicius Junior 78' 3–1

Kylian Mbappe pen 90' 4–1

Y 10' Pol Lozano

Kylian Mbappe 32' Y

Federico Valverde 61' Y

Jude Bellingham 82' Y

Vinicius Junior 82' Y

Overview

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Real Madrid CF vs RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — La Liga at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Real Madrid CF 7 games · 15 pts (2026/27)
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 7 games · 7 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jose Munuera Montero (Spain)
Assistant 1 Inigo Prieto Lopez (Spain)
Assistant 2 Antonio Martinez Moreno (Spain)

4 games this season 🟨 3.5/game ⚽ 19.8 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	7	21
2	Club Atlético de Madrid	7	16
3	Real Betis Balompié	7	16
4	Real Madrid CF	7	15
5	Sevilla FC	7	13
6	Deportivo Alavés	7	11
7	RC Deportivo La Coruña	7	10
8	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	7	10
9	CA Osasuna	7	8
10	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	7	8
11	Villarreal CF	7	8
12	Athletic Club	6	8
13	Getafe CF	7	8
14	RC Celta de Vigo	7	7
15	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	7	7
16	Real Racing Club de Santander	7	7
17	Levante UD	6	5
18	Elche CF	7	5
19	Valencia CF	7	4
20	Málaga CF	7	3

Head-to-Head

Real Madrid CF 13 games · Avg 2.9 goals RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Last 5 meetings

2024-09-21 Real Madrid CF 4–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2023-03-11 Real Madrid CF 3–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2022-08-28 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 1–3 Real Madrid CF 2022-04-30 Real Madrid CF 4–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2021-10-03 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid CF

Recent Form

Real Madrid CF

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Sep	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	H	4–1	W
17 Sep	VfB Stuttgart	H	3–1	W
14 Sep	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	A	2–0	W
01 Sep	Real Betis Balompié	H	2–0	W
29 Aug	UD Las Palmas	A	1–1	D
25 Aug	Real Valladolid CF	H	3–0	W

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Sep	Real Madrid CF	A	1–4	L
14 Sep	Deportivo Alavés	H	3–2	W
31 Aug	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	H	2–1	W
28 Aug	Club Atlético de Madrid	A	0–0	D
24 Aug	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	H	0–1	L
19 Aug	Real Valladolid CF	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

Real Madrid CF		RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
#4	Position	#15
15	Points	7
7	Played	7
5 / 0 / 2	W / D / L	2 / 1 / 4
18	Scored	10
8	Conceded	10
+10	GD	+0
2.14	PPG	1.00
71%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

46% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Real Madrid CF this season

29% Clean Sheets
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona this season

Real Madrid CF are 4th (15 pts). RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are 15th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Madrid CF

0-15

2/–

16-30

3/1

31-45

3/1

46-60

1/3

61-75

1/1

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

0-15

2/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/–

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/1

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Madrid CF

Kylian Mbappe	7 G	2 A
Jude Bellingham	3 G	2 A
Carlos Espi	2 G
Vinicius Junior	1 G	3 A

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

Roberto Fernandez	6 G
Tyrhys Dolan	1 G
Alex Calatrava	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Real Madrid CF and RCD Espanyol de Barcelona.
5' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
10' The referee has no hesitation. Pol Lozano is booked for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — card on 10.
15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
20' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
25' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Madrid CF and RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
30' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
32' Poor challenge from Kylian Mbappe. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
37' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona have won 331 goals from 289 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
42' Morocco international Omar El Hilali has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
46' Alejo Veliz gets the nod from RCD Espanyol de Barcelona. He replaces Walid Cheddira and will look to change the dynamic.
51' It’s high time Carlo Ancelotti made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
54' Jofre Carreras Pages makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and RCD Espanyol de Barcelona are in front.
55' A change in the Real Madrid CF ranks — Arda Guler exits the field as Vinicius Junior enters on 55.
59' The deadlock is broken! Dani Carvajal gets on the scoresheet on 59 minutes.
59' The whistle greets Dani Carvajal as he departs to be replaced by Lucas Vazquez.
61' It’s gonna be a card for Federico Valverde.
66' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
67' Another substitution for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona to replace Pol Lozano by Jose Gragera on 67 minute.
72' It looks surprising RCD Espanyol de Barcelona does not make any changes. Arda Guler has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
75' The Brazil Rodrygo breaks the deadlock on 75 minutes. 2-1!
76' Time for substitution for RCD Espanyol de Barcelona. Alvaro Tejero is replaced by Aguado.
78' GOAL! Vinicius Junior fires home to make it 3-1!
80' Pere Milla gets the nod from RCD Espanyol de Barcelona. He replaces Javi Puado and will look to change the dynamic.
82' Jude Bellingham catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 82.
83' A tactical swap from Real Madrid CF — Endrick on, Rodrygo off on 83 minutes.
84' Antonio Rudiger is replacing Jude Bellingham for the Real Madrid CF side.
89' RCD Espanyol de Barcelona come into this ranked 12 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
90' Goal! Kylian Mbappe scores his 296 goal in 522 matches.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 4-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Real Madrid CF Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

22
Antonio Rudiger ↑ 84'
23
Ferland Mendy
13
Andriy Lunin
17
Lucas Vazquez ↑ 59'
18
Jesus Vallejo
7
Vinicius Junior ↑ 55'
16
Endrick ↑ 83'
26
Fran Gonzalez

Coach Carlo Ancelotti

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Lineups

5-3-2

Starting XI

7
Javi Puado ↓ Pere Milla 80'
6
Leandro Cabrera
4
Marash Kumbulla
12
Alvaro Tejero ↓ Aguado 76'
20
Alex Kral
10
Pol Lozano ↓ Jose Gragera 67'
17
Jofre Carreras Pages ↓ Irvin Cardona 76'
1
Joan Garcia
23
Omar El Hilali
16
Walid Cheddira ↓ Alejo Veliz 46'
22
Carlos Romero

Bench

13
Pacheco
3
Sergi Gomez
11
Pere Milla ↑ 80'
14
Brian Olivan
18
Aguado ↑ 76'
5
Fernando Calero
24
Irvin Cardona ↑ 76'
37
Naci Unuvar
33
Angel Fortuno Vinas
9
Alejo Veliz ↑ 46'
15
Jose Gragera ↑ 67'
19
Salvi

Coach Manolo González

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Karim Benzema	7
Vinicius Junior	5
Marco Asensio	4
Rodrygo	4
Joselu	2
Eder Militao	2
Carlos Romero	1
Aleix Vidal	1

Head to Head

Real Madrid CF Form

2024-09-21 Real Madrid CF 4–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona W 2024-09-17 Real Madrid CF 3–1 VfB Stuttgart W 2024-09-14 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 0–2 Real Madrid CF W 2024-09-01 Real Madrid CF 2–0 Real Betis Balompié W 2024-08-29 UD Las Palmas 1–1 Real Madrid CF D 2024-08-25 Real Madrid CF 3–0 Real Valladolid CF W

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Form

2024-09-21 Real Madrid CF 4–1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L 2024-09-14 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 3–2 Deportivo Alavés W 2024-08-31 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 2–1 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid W 2024-08-28 Club Atlético de Madrid 0–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona D 2024-08-24 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 0–1 Real Sociedad de Fútbol L 2024-08-19 Real Valladolid CF 1–0 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.83 Real Madrid CF xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.89 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona xG

I would bet for: Real Madrid CF to win 73% + Over 2.5 goals 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Madrid CF73% Draw17% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona10%

Actual: Real Madrid CF win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 3.72

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Real Madrid CF or Draw

89%

Draw or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

27%

Real Madrid CF or RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

83%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Madrid CF57% Draw34% RCD Espanyol de Barcelona9%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

9.9%

3 – 0

2 – 1

8.5%

3 – 1

7.9%

1 – 1

6.8%

1 – 0

6.8%

4 – 0

6.3%

4 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

3.7%

5 – 0

3.6%

0 – 0

3.6%

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Real Madrid CF

Handicap	Real Madrid CF covers	Push	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona covers
-2.5	35%	—	65%
-2	35%	21%	44%
-1.5	56%	—	44%
-1	56%	20%	24%
-0.5	76%	—	24%
+0.5	91%	—	9%
+1	91%	6%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Real Madrid CF keeps clean sheet

42% ✓

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.