# Espanyol 0–1 Atlético de Madrid · Ratings and player of the match · 2026-27 La Liga | Sir Balone > Ratings for every player in Espanyol v Atlético de Madrid (0–1), matchday 9, 2026-27 La Liga. Player of the match: Cristian Romero (66). URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/espanyol-atletico-de-madrid-2026-10-17/ Datos al: 2026-11-02 Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/). § La Liga · 2026-27 · Matchday 9 ## [Espanyol](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/espanyol-528/2026-27/) 0 – 1 [Atlético de Madrid](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/atletico-de-madrid-7980/2026-27/) - 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. 66 Player of the match ### [Cristian Romero](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/cristian-romero-333731/) Atlético de Madrid · 67' Produced **1.35×** and cost **0.42×** their position's average Added - 10 final-third passes 2.2× - 3 aerials won 3.2× - 67 passes 1.8× Took away - 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. **Espanyol** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Ángel Fortuño](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/angel-fortuno-37336430/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 57 | | [Leandro Cabrera](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/leandro-cabrera-185573/) | Defender | 90 | 55 | | [Vanja Drkusic](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/vanja-drkusic-21413492/) | Defender | 64 | 55 | | [Edu Expósito](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/edu-exposito-188057/) | Midfielder | 73 | 45 | | [Clemens Riedel](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/clemens-riedel-37539733/) | Defender | 90 | 42 | | [Unai Núñez](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/unai-nunez-447240/) | Defender | 26 | 41 | | [Pol Lozano](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pol-lozano-532364/) | Midfielder | 90 | 40 | | [Bryan Zaragoza](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/bryan-zaragoza-37544065/) | Forward | 82 | 40 | | [Roberto Fernández](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/roberto-fernandez-37568657/) | Forward | 82 | 33 | | [Roger Hinojo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/roger-hinojo-37731254/) | Defender | 90 | 29 | | [Omar El Hilali](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/omar-el-hilali-37543901/) | Defender | 90 | 28 | | [Javi Hernández](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/javi-hernandez-37658956/) | Midfielder | 73 | 24 | | [Gabriel Moscardo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/gabriel-moscardo-37691726/) | Midfielder | 17 | no rating | | [Álex Calatrava](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alex-calatrava-37544761/) | Midfielder | 17 | no rating | | [Javi Puado](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/javi-puado-448290/) | Forward | 8 | no rating | | [Marcos Fernández](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/marcos-fernandez-37608472/) | Forward | 8 | no rating | **Atlético de Madrid** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Marcos Llorente](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/marcos-llorente-186795/) | Defender | 35 | 80 | | [Álex Baena](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alex-baena-7698436/) | Forward | 28 | 74 | | [Julián Alvarez](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/julian-alvarez-21394947/) | Forward | 44 | 68 | | [Cristian Romero](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/cristian-romero-333731/) ★ | Defender | 67 | 66 | | [Morten Hjulmand](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/morten-hjulmand-540189/) | Midfielder | 90 | 61 | | [Dávid Hancko](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/david-hancko-181449/) | Defender | 90 | 60 | | [Marc Pubill](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/marc-pubill-37551089/) | Defender | 90 | 60 | | Dani Martinez | Defender | 46 | 60 | | [Jan Oblak](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jan-oblak-159276/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 57 | | [Pablo Barrios](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pablo-barrios-37423008/) | Midfielder | 55 | 56 | | [Alejandro Grimaldo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alejandro-grimaldo-160208/) | Defender | 44 | 52 | | [Kang-in Lee](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/kang-in-lee-9967153/) | Midfielder | 62 | 49 | | [Giuliano Simeone](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/giuliano-simeone-37577657/) | Forward | 90 | 46 | | [Rodrigo Mendoza](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/rodrigo-mendoza-37602079/) | Midfielder | 23 | 45 | | [Jonathan David](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jonathan-david-16827175/) | Forward | 90 | 37 | | [Ademola Lookman](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ademola-lookman-5321/) | 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. ### Share this match [See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos/19732659)