Espanyol 0–1 Atlético de Madrid
- Baena 89'
17 October 2026
The match in data
Atlético de Madrid beat Espanyol 1–0 on 17 October 2026, on matchday 9 of the 2026-27 La Liga.
Player of the match: Cristian Romero (Atlético de Madrid), rated 66, thanks above all to 10 final-third passes and 3 aerials won. Romero produced 1.4 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Espanyol, the highest-rated player was Ángel Fortuño, with 57.
Cristian Romero
Atlético de Madrid · 67'
Produced 1.35× and cost 0.42× their position's average
- 10 final-third passes 2.2×
- 3 aerials won 3.2×
- 67 passes 1.8×
- 4 duels lost 1.6×
- 1 misplaced pass 0.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ángel Fortuño | Goalkeeper | 90 | 57 |
| Leandro Cabrera | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Vanja Drkusic | Defender | 64 | 55 |
| Edu Expósito | Midfielder | 73 | 45 |
| Clemens Riedel | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Unai Núñez | Defender | 26 | 41 |
| Pol Lozano | Midfielder | 90 | 40 |
| Bryan Zaragoza | Forward | 82 | 40 |
| Roberto Fernández | Forward | 82 | 33 |
| Roger Hinojo | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| Omar El Hilali | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Javi Hernández | Midfielder | 73 | 24 |
| Gabriel Moscardo | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Álex Calatrava | Midfielder | 17 | no rating |
| Javi Puado | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Marcos Fernández | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcos Llorente | Defender | 35 | 80 |
| Álex Baena | Forward | 28 | 74 |
| Julián Alvarez | Forward | 44 | 68 |
| Cristian Romero ★ | Defender | 67 | 66 |
| Morten Hjulmand | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Dávid Hancko | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Marc Pubill | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Dani Martinez | Defender | 46 | 60 |
| Jan Oblak | Goalkeeper | 90 | 57 |
| Pablo Barrios | Midfielder | 55 | 56 |
| Alejandro Grimaldo | Defender | 44 | 52 |
| Kang-in Lee | Midfielder | 62 | 49 |
| Giuliano Simeone | Forward | 90 | 46 |
| Rodrigo Mendoza | Midfielder | 23 | 45 |
| Jonathan David | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| Ademola Lookman | Forward | 46 | 26 |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Espanyol player recovered the most balls?
Leandro Cabrera, with 8 recoveries. Next: Clemens Riedel 4, Edu Expósito 4.
In Espanyol's 0–1 defeat against Atlético de Madrid, Leandro Cabrera led defensive efforts with 8 ball recoveries. Cabrera doubled the tally of Clemens Riedel and Edu Expósito, who managed 4 each.
Which Atlético de Madrid player won the most duels?
Giuliano Simeone, with 7 duels won. Next: Dávid Hancko 5, Cristian Romero 5.
In Atlético de Madrid's 0–1 away victory, Giuliano Simeone led individual battles by winning 7 duels. Simeone finished ahead of defenders Dávid Hancko and Cristian Romero, who recorded 5 each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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