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FTMatchday 34

Espanyol vs Real Madrid: Prediction

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Match events

2 goals
EspanyolReal Madrid
  1. 14'Ferland Mendyon
  2. 22'Brahimyellow card
  3. 23'Vinícius Júnioryellow card
  4. Omar El Hilaliyellow card26'
  5. Edu Expósitoyellow card45'
  6. 50'Trent Alexander-Arnoldyellow card
  7. 53'Thiago Pitarchon
  8. 53'Brahimon
  9. 55'Vinícius Júniorassist Gonzalo García
  10. Rubén Sánchezon61'
  11. Edu Expósitoon61'
  12. 66'Vinícius Júniorassist Jude Bellingham
  13. Tyrhys Dolanon73'
  14. Roberto Fernándezon73'
  15. Ramon Terratson73'
  16. 75'Gonzalo Garcíayellow card
  17. 84'Aurelien Tchouamenion
  18. 84'Vinícius Júnioron
  19. Urko González de Zárateyellow card85'

Events from TheSportsDB. They can lag the live score by a few minutes.

Match stats

EspanyolReal Madrid
  • 34%Possession66%
  • 1.16Expected goals (xG)1.75
  • 17Shots15
  • 3Shots on target5
  • 5Corners6
  • 19Fouls16
  • 3Yellow cards4
  • 0Red cards0
  • 1Offsides2
  • 3Saves3
  • 307Passes631

Line-ups

Espanyol

  • 6Leandro Cabrera
  • 5Fernando Calero
  • 13Marko Dmitrović
  • 8Edu Expósito
  • 24Tyrhys Dolan
  • 4Urko González de Zárate
  • 2Rubén Sánchez
  • 14Ramon Terrats
  • 23Omar El Hilali
  • 22Carlos Romero
  • 9Roberto Fernández

Real Madrid

  • 22Antonio Rudiger
  • 7Vinícius Júnior
  • 12Trent Alexander-Arnold
  • 21Brahim
  • 13Andriy Lunin
  • 23Ferland Mendy
  • 8Federico Valverde
  • 14Aurelien Tchouameni
  • 5Jude Bellingham
  • 24Dean Huijsen
  • 45Thiago Pitarch

Tipster consensus

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Most likely score–
Expected goals (model)–
Team rating (Elo)1438 – 1567

Recent form

EspanyolLDLLD
Real MadridWLDWD
#TeamPGDPts
1Real Madrid35+4082
2Espanyol35-1341

Head to head

  • Espanyol 1–2 Real Madrid2026-08-22
  • Real Madrid 2–0 Espanyol2025-09-20

Match preview

Espanyol host Real Madrid in the La Liga on 3 May 2026. Espanyol sit 14th on 41 points and Real Madrid are 2nd on 82. Espanyol have won 0 of their last 5 (LDLLD), while Real Madrid have won 2 of 5 (WLDWD). In their last 2 meetings, Espanyol won 0, Real Madrid won 2 and 0 ended level. These are probabilities from past results, not guarantees: football upsets happen every week.

How this is worked out

Each club has an Elo rating that moves after every result (bigger wins move it more, home sides get a small boost). We turn the rating gap into expected goals and use a Poisson model to get win, draw and loss chances. The prediction is locked at kick-off and never edited.

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