La Liga · Matchday 34Won
Espanyol0
Real Madrid2
Vinícius Jr. 55', Vinícius Jr. 66'
3 May · RCDE StadiumDetails
Espanyol 1–2 Real Madrid
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Match summary
Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2–1 at RCDE Stadium on 22 August 2026 in La Liga in front of 33,304 spectators. Bellingham 9' and Espí 90' scored for Real Madrid; Cala 30' replied for Espanyol.
It was Real Madrid's 38th win in 48 meetings between the clubs (38 wins, 4 draws, 6 defeats for Real Madrid). Real Madrid have won the last 3 meetings. Real Madrid went into the game with a recent run of W L W W W. Real Madrid are now 3rd on 27 points, Espanyol 14th on 11 in La Liga.
Line-ups
13Dmitrovic21Hinojo14Núñez5Riedel23El Hilali24Dolan8Expósito4Gonzalez22Cala28Hernandez9Fernández1Courtois18Carreras4Huijsen16Konaté24Dumfries8Valverde20Silva7Vinícius Jr.5Bellingham15Arda Güler10Mbappé
- Espanyol · Substitutes
- 26Rafael Bauza↑ 66'
- 16Vanja Drkusic↑ 66'
- 11Pere Milla ↑ 75'
- 10Pol Lozano ↑ 75'
- 17Jofre Carreras↑ 88'
- 1Ángel Fortuño
- 18Marcos Fernández
- 3Quilindschy Hartman
- 31Llorenç Serred
- 27Adama Timera
- 32José Ángel López
- 20Gabriel Moscardo
- Real Madrid · Substitutes
- 25Yan Diomande↑ 64'
- 17Marc Cucurella↑ 64'
- 6Eduardo Camavinga↑ 80'
- 12Trent Alexander-Arnold↑ 80'
- 19Carlos Espí ⚽↑ 80'
- 33Mario Rivas
- 36Alexis Ciria
- 21Brahim Díaz
- 29Jorge Cestero
- 26Sergio Mestre
- 13Andriy Lunin
- 22Antonio Rüdiger
Match events
- 9'GoalBellingham
- 30'GoalCala
- 32'Yellow cardCala
- 32'Yellow cardVinícius Jr.
- 59'Yellow cardClemens Riedel
- 64'SubstitutionDiomande for Carreras
- 64'SubstitutionCucurella for Arda Güler
- 66'SubstitutionRafael Bauza for Clemens Riedel
- 66'SubstitutionVanja Drkusic for Cala
- 75'SubstitutionPere Milla for Urko Gonzalez
- 75'SubstitutionPol Lozano for Javi Hernandez
- 80'SubstitutionCamavinga for Denzel Dumfries
- 80'SubstitutionAlexander-Arnold for Bellingham
- 80'SubstitutionEspí for Bernardo Silva
- 84'Yellow cardEdu Expósito
- 88'SubstitutionJofre Carreras for Edu Expósito
- 90'GoalEspí
- 90+1'Yellow cardPere Milla
- 90+4'Yellow cardPol Lozano
Real Madrid v Espanyol: head-to-head
All 48 meetings- 48Meetings
- 38Real Madrid wins
- 4Draws
- 6Espanyol wins
Previous meetings