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
Espanyol 0–0 Deportivo La Coruna
- Season
- La Liga
- 2026 · Regular Season - 12
- Venue
- RCDE StadiumCornella
Referee
Alejandro Quintero Gonzalez
La Liga: Espanyol and Deportivo La Coruna drew 0–0.
Top rated
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
Ángel Fortuño7.3
O. El Hilali7.1
L. Cabrera7.0
Leo Román7.7
Adrià Alti7.3
Luismi Cruz7.0
Chances and finishing
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.
- Espanyol
- Deportivo La Coruna
EspanyolGoals0xG0.72
- xG per shot
- 0.07
- Goals minus xG
- -0.72
Deportivo La CorunaGoals0xG0.32
- xG per shot
- 0.06
- Goals minus xG
- -0.32
How the chances split
Espanyol win 41%Draw 44%Deportivo La Coruna win 15%
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.
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| Espanyol | Deportivo La Coruna | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.72 | 0.32 |
| xG per shot | 0.065 | 0.064 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.72 | -0.32 |
| Espanyol win | 41% | |
| Draw | 44% | |
| Deportivo La Coruna win | 15% |
Goals & cards
- 39′Luismi CruzFoul
- 44′
- Leandro CabreraHandball73′
- Alejandro Santiago VargasFoul77′
- 81′Diego VillaresFoul
- 82′Lorenzo AmatucciFoul
- Gabriel MoscardoTime Wasting89′
- 89′Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArgument
- 39′
Key stats
- 64%Ball Possession36%
- 0.72Expected goals0.32
- 11Total Shots5
- 4Shots on goal1
- 9Corner Kicks5
Half by half
- Espanyol
- Deportivo La Coruna
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Espanyol | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deportivo La Coruna | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- Espanyol: 1 won, 1 drawn, 3 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Espanyol scored 6 and conceded 8 in their last 5 matches.
- Deportivo La Coruna: 2 won, 1 drawn, 2 lost in their last 5 matches.
- Deportivo La Coruna scored 8 and conceded 6 in their last 5 matches.
Recent form
Standings
Primera División
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 |  Sevilla | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 |  Athletic Club | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Deportivo La Coruna | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 |  Racing Santander | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 |  Alaves | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 11 |  Villarreal | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 |  Celta Vigo | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 |  Rayo Vallecano | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 15 |  Getafe | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
Timeline
- 39′Luismi CruzFoul
- 44′
- 45′Off: Luismi CruzOn: Diego Villares
- 45′Off: Yeremay HernándezOn: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 61′Off: David MellaOn: Adama Traoré
- Off: Álex Calatrava TorradoOn: Francisco Javier Hernandez Coarasa63′
- 72′Off: Mario SorianoOn: Marc Casadó
- Leandro CabreraHandball73′
- Alejandro Santiago VargasFoul77′
- Off: Pere MillaOn: Marcos Fernández78′
- Off: Tyrhys DolanOn: Bryan Zaragoza78′
- Off: Eduardo Expósito JaénOn: Gabriel Moscardo78′
- 81′Diego VillaresFoul
- 82′Lorenzo AmatucciFoul
- Off: Alejandro Santiago VargasOn: Vanja Drkusic87′
- Gabriel MoscardoTime Wasting89′
- 89′Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArgument
- 89′Off: Lorenzo AmatucciOn: Riki Rodríguez
- 39′
Chances and finishing
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.
- Espanyol
- Deportivo La Coruna
EspanyolGoals0xG0.72
- xG per shot
- 0.07
- Goals minus xG
- -0.72
Deportivo La CorunaGoals0xG0.32
- xG per shot
- 0.06
- Goals minus xG
- -0.32
How the chances split
Espanyol win 41%Draw 44%Deportivo La Coruna win 15%
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.
Show as a table
| Espanyol | Deportivo La Coruna | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 0.72 | 0.32 |
| xG per shot | 0.065 | 0.064 |
| Goals minus xG | -0.72 | -0.32 |
| Espanyol win | 41% | |
| Draw | 44% | |
| Deportivo La Coruna win | 15% |
Every shot, and how it ended
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
- Goals
- Saved
- Off target
- Blocked
Espanyol11 shots425
Deportivo La Coruna5 shots131
- 93Inside the box
- 22Outside the box
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| Espanyol | Deportivo La Coruna | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| Off target | 2 | 3 |
| Blocked | 5 | 1 |
| Inside the box | 9 | 3 |
| Outside the box | 2 | 2 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- Espanyol
- Deportivo La Coruna
64%Possession36%
84%426 of 506 passes79%221 of 281 passes
Show as a table
| Espanyol | Deportivo La Coruna | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 64% | 36% |
| Passes | 506 | 281 |
| Completed | 426 | 221 |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 79% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 1710Fouls
- 44Yellow cards
- 00Red cards
Show as a table
| Espanyol | Deportivo La Coruna | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 17 | 10 |
| Yellow cards | 4 | 4 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
Every player's rating
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
- Espanyol
- Deportivo La Coruna
Show as a table
| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Román | Deportivo La Coruna | 7.7 | 90 |
| Ángel Fortuño | Espanyol | 7.3 | 90 |
| Adrià Alti | Deportivo La Coruna | 7.3 | 90 |
| O. El Hilali | Espanyol | 7.1 | 90 |
| Luismi Cruz | Deportivo La Coruna | 7.0 | 45 |
| L. Cabrera | Espanyol | 7.0 | 90 |
| Q. Hartman | Espanyol | 6.9 | 90 |
| J. Giménez | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.9 | 90 |
| Pere Milla | Espanyol | 6.8 | 78 |
| Mario Soriano | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.8 | 72 |
| T. Dolan | Espanyol | 6.7 | 78 |
| Marcos Fernández | Espanyol | 6.7 | 12 |
| Miguel Loureiro | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.7 | 90 |
| G. Quagliata | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.7 | 90 |
| Marc Casadó | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.6 | 18 |
| Adama Traoré | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.6 | 29 |
| Edu Expósito | Espanyol | 6.6 | 78 |
| Javier Hernandez | Espanyol | 6.5 | 27 |
| Riki Rodríguez | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.5 | 1 |
| Bryan Zaragoza | Espanyol | 6.5 | 12 |
| Diego Villares | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.5 | 45 |
| Álex Calatrava | Espanyol | 6.4 | 63 |
| Peke | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.4 | 45 |
| Alejandro Santiago Vargas | Espanyol | 6.3 | 87 |
| Gabriel Moscardo | Espanyol | 6.3 | 12 |
| P. Aubameyang | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.3 | 45 |
| David Mella | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.3 | 61 |
| L. Amatucci | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.2 | 89 |
| B. Nsongo | Deportivo La Coruna | 6.2 | 90 |
| Roberto Fernández | Espanyol | 6.2 | 90 |
| V. Drkušić | Espanyol | 6.1 | 3 |
| Pol Lozano | Espanyol | 5.9 | 90 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
100%Ángel Fortuño
Ángel Fortuño- Saves
- 1
- Conceded
- 0
- Rating
- 7.3
100%Leo Román
Leo Román- Saves
- 4
- Conceded
- 0
- Rating
- 7.7
- Espanyol
- Deportivo La Coruna
Top stats
- 64%Ball Possession36%
- 0.72Expected goals0.32
- 11Total Shots5
- 4Shots on goal1
- 9Corner Kicks5
Shots
- 2Shots off Goal3
- 5Blocked shots1
- 9Shots insidebox3
- 2Shots outsidebox2
Passing
- 506Total passes281
- 426Passes accurate221
- 84%Pass accuracy79%
Defence & set pieces
- 1Goalkeeper Saves4
- 10Free Kicks15
Discipline
- 17Fouls10
- 4Yellow Cards4
- 0Red Cards0
Half by half
- Espanyol
- Deportivo La Coruna
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Espanyol | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deportivo La Coruna | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17.3Ángel Fortuño
226.4Álex Calatrava
96.2Roberto Fernández
116.8Pere Milla
326.2B. Nsongo
197.0Luismi Cruz
137.7Leo RománEspanyol3-4-1-2Deportivo La Coruna4-4-2Espanyol3-4-1-2Coach: Eder Sarabia
Bench
Deportivo La Coruna4-4-2Coach: Antonio Hidalgo
Bench
| 13M. DmitrovićG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15Bryan ZaragozaF | 12 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20Gabriel MoscardoM | 12 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5C. RiedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7Javi PuadoF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14Unai NúñezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32J. A. LopezD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28Javier HernandezM | 27 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2GorosabelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18Marcos FernándezF | 12 | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16V. DrkušićD | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26Rafel BauzàM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1Ángel FortuñoG | 90 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24T. DolanM | 78 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23O. El HilaliD | 90 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6L. CabreraD | 90 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3Q. HartmanD | 90 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro Santiago Vargas | 87 | 6.3 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11Pere MillaF | 78 | 6.8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10Pol LozanoM | 90 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8Edu ExpósitoM | 78 | 6.6 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22Álex CalatravaM | 63 | 6.4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9Roberto FernándezF | 90 | 6.2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Primera División
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Barcelona | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| 2 |  Real Madrid | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| 3 |  Atletico Madrid | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| 4 |  Real Betis | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 |  Real Sociedad | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Sevilla | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Deportivo La Coruna | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Racing Santander | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | Alaves | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 11 | Villarreal | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | Celta Vigo | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 | Rayo Vallecano | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 15 | Getafe | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 16 |  Osasuna | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 17 |  Elche | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 |  Levante | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 19 |  Valencia | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 20 |  Malaga | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 |