Match Report
Real Madrid edged past Espanyol 2-1 on 22 August 2026. Jude Bellingham opened the scoring inside the first 9 minutes for Real Madrid, set up by Arda Guler, to make it 1-0. Álex Calatrava levelled it in the 30th minute for Espanyol, set up by Coarasa, to make it 1-1. Real Madrid regained the lead through Carlos Espí late on, in the 90th minute to make it 2-1. Álex Calatrava (32'), Vinicius Junior (32'), Clemens Riedel (59') and Edu Expósito (84') were booked. The rating gap is a wide one: our current Elo ratings have Real Madrid 302 points stronger than Espanyol. On current ratings the model favours Real Madrid at 69.8% in this pairing, and Real Madrid won this one.