
Counter-Attacking Masterclass: Madrid Edges Clásico Thriller
The away side absorbed sustained possession and delivered two lethal counter-attacks to secure a decisive 2–1 rivalry victory.
Ludistat
Referee
Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez
La Liga: Atletico Madrid beat Deportivo La Coruna 1–0. Goals: Julián Álvarez 48'.
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
| When | Atletico Madrid | Deportivo La Coruna |
|---|---|---|
| 48′ · Julián Álvarez | 1 | 0 |
| 90′ | 1 | 0 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Atletico Madrid | Deportivo La Coruna | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.44 | 2.02 |
| xG per shot | 0.072 | 0.135 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.44 | -2.02 |
| Atletico Madrid win | 27% | |
| Draw | 22% | |
| Deportivo La Coruna win | 51% |
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atletico Madrid | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Deportivo La Coruna | 0 | 0 | 0 |
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 30 | |
| 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 | |
| 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Atletico Madrid | Deportivo La Coruna | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.44 | 2.02 |
| xG per shot | 0.072 | 0.135 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.44 | -2.02 |
| Atletico Madrid win | 27% | |
| Draw | 22% | |
| Deportivo La Coruna win | 51% |
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
| Atletico Madrid | Deportivo La Coruna | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| Off target | 12 | 7 |
| Blocked | 4 | 3 |
| Inside the box | 6 | 10 |
| Outside the box | 14 | 5 |
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
| Atletico Madrid | Deportivo La Coruna | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 56% | 44% |
| Passes | 545 | 434 |
| Completed | 482 | 377 |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 87% |
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
| Atletico Madrid | Deportivo La Coruna | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 11 | 6 |
| Yellow cards | 4 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 1 | 0 |
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Álvarez | Atletico Madrid | 8.2 | 90 |
| Álex Grimaldo | Atletico Madrid | 8.0 | 90 |
| J. Oblak | Atletico Madrid | 7.8 | 90 |
| D. Hancko | Atletico Madrid | 7.7 | 90 |
| Robin Le Normand | Atletico Madrid | 7.5 | 45 |
| Marcos Llorente | Atletico Madrid | 7.3 | 90 |
| Marc Pubill | Atletico Madrid | 7.3 | 90 |
| J. Giménez | Deportivo La Coruna | 7.2 | 90 |
| M. Hjulmand | Atletico Madrid | 7.2 | 80 |
| Adrià Alti | Deportivo La Coruna | 7.2 | 90 |
| Álex Baena | Atletico Madrid | 7.0 | 90 |
| Pablo Barrios | Atletico Madrid | 7.0 | 45 |
| Mario Soriano | Deportivo La Coruna | 7.0 | 90 |
| Diego Villares | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.9 | 58 |
| Rodrigo Mendoza | Atletico Madrid | 6.9 | 10 |
| G. Simeone | Atletico Madrid | 6.9 | 45 |
| Miguel Loureiro | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.8 | 90 |
| David Mella | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.7 | 58 |
| Peke | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.6 | 90 |
| Jonathan Asp Jensen | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.5 | 10 |
| Adama Traoré | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.5 | 32 |
| A. Lookman | Atletico Madrid | 6.4 | 45 |
| Luismi Cruz | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.4 | 32 |
| G. Quagliata | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.4 | 80 |
| A. Sørloth | Atletico Madrid | 6.4 | 23 |
| Riki Rodríguez | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.3 | 6 |
| Kevin Sánchez | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.3 | 10 |
| Lee Kang-In | Atletico Madrid | 6.2 | 67 |
| L. Amatucci | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.2 | 84 |
| B. Nsongo | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.1 | 80 |
| Leo Román | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.0 | 90 |
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
J. Oblak
Leo Román| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atletico Madrid | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Deportivo La Coruna | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coach: D. Simeone
Bench
Coach: Antonio Hidalgo
Bench
3Arnau ComasD
19Luismi CruzF
17AngeliñoD
25Álvaro FernándezG
18Jonathan Asp JensenM
35ruben lopezM
23Ximo NavarroD
4L. NoubiD
14Riki RodríguezM
33Kevin SánchezF
24Adama TraoréF
5Dani BarciaD| 11A. LookmanF | 45 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19J. ÁlvarezF | 90 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10Álex BaenaM | 90 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8Pablo BarriosM | 45 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23M. HjulmandM | 80 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22Álex GrimaldoD | 90 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17D. HanckoD | 90 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7Lee Kang-InF | 67 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14Marcos LlorenteD | 90 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13J. OblakG | 90 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 18Marc PubillD | 90 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46J. CastilloM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15J. DavidF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27J. DominguezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25Salvador EsquivelG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24Robin Le NormandD | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3O. VargasM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9A. SørlothF | 23 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20G. SimeoneF | 45 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16Arnau OrtizF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1J. MussoG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4Rodrigo MendozaM | 10 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30Dani MartÃnezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 30 | |
| 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 | |
| 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 |