Atlético Madrid 4:2 Espanyol: xG & match report · La Liga

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Match report · La Liga

Atlético Madrid Home 2.89 xG · 18 shots

Espanyol Away 1.06 xG · 8 shots

42 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

6' Jofre Carreras Espanyol · 0.70 xG chance 0–1
21' Alexander Sørloth Atlético Madrid · 0.25 xG chance 1–1
49' Giuliano Simeone Atlético Madrid · 0.41 xG chance 2–1
58' Ademola Lookman Atlético Madrid · 0.98 xG chance 3–1
72' Alexander Sørloth Atlético Madrid · 0.10 xG chance 4–1
80' Edu Expósito Espanyol · 0.02 xG chance 4–2

The shots behind it

Atlético Madrid Espanyol

Shots: 18; 8
On target: 9; 2
Inside the box: 16; 5
xG per shot: 0.16; 0.14
Open play xG: 1.80; 0.98
Set-piece xG: 1.09; 0.10
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: 1.06 for Espanyol.

Shot map

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All shots

26 shots · 3.97 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Atlético Madrid

1.17 xG created 0.99 xGA

D 1.25 created, 1.73 conceded against Real Sociedad
W 1.63 created, 0.85 conceded against Deportivo Alavés
W 1.48 created, 0.46 conceded against Mallorca
D 0.90 created, 0.37 conceded against Levante UD
L 0.66 created, 0.94 conceded against Real Betis
L 1.10 created, 1.56 conceded against Rayo Vallecano

Espanyol

0.96 xG created 1.72 xGA

D 1.36 created, 1.11 conceded against Levante UD
L 1.24 created, 1.90 conceded against Girona FC
L 1.35 created, 2.55 conceded against Valencia
L 0.69 created, 1.24 conceded against Deportivo Alavés
L 0.43 created, 0.76 conceded against Villarreal
D 0.71 created, 2.74 conceded against Celta Vigo

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

Head to head

Atlético Madrid: 0 won · 0 drawn · 1 lost

Espanyol 2:1 Atlético Madrid 17/08/2025 xG 1.26 – 1.10

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