Real Madrid 2:0 Espanyol: xG & match report · La Liga

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Match report · La Liga

Real Madrid Home 1.18 xG · 16 shots

Espanyol Away 0.96 xG · 8 shots

20 The chances were evenly matched

Goals

22' Éder Militão Real Madrid · 0.03 xG chance 1–0
47' Kylian Mbappé Real Madrid · 0.02 xG chance 2–0

The shots behind it

Real Madrid Espanyol

Shots: 16; 8
On target: 5; 1
Inside the box: 11; 5
xG per shot: 0.08; 0.12
Open play xG: 1.19; 0.28
Set-piece xG: 0.03; 0.65
Penalties: —; —

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 1.23 for Real Madrid and 0.96 for Espanyol.

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All shots

24 shots · 2.15 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Real Madrid

2.14 xG created 0.95 xGA

W 1.64 created, 0.36 conceded against Osasuna
W 2.67 created, 0.50 conceded against Real Oviedo
W 1.82 created, 0.72 conceded against Mallorca
W 2.42 created, 2.23 conceded against Real Sociedad

Espanyol

1.67 xG created 1.43 xGA

W 1.26 created, 1.10 conceded against Atlético Madrid
D 1.84 created, 1.10 conceded against Real Sociedad
W 1.06 created, 1.35 conceded against Osasuna
W 2.51 created, 2.17 conceded against Mallorca

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

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