Espanyol vs Atletico Madrid 0-1

Atletico Madrid left Cornella with a 1-0 win after Alejandro Baena Rodríguez struck in the 89th minute. The only goal came from a move started by Julián Álvarez after he came on at half-time, with Baena himself having entered in the 62nd minute.

The first half brought bookings for Atletico Madrid, with Morten Hjulmand cautioned in the 22nd minute and Lee Kang-In in the 43rd. Atletico then made two changes at the break, sending on Alejandro Grimaldo for Daniel Martinez Moreno and Julián Álvarez for Ademola Lookman, but the interval arrived at 0-0.

Atletico kept changing the game through the second half, with Marcos Llorente replacing Pablo Barrios Rivas on 55 minutes and Alejandro Baena Rodríguez introduced for Lee Kang-In in the 62nd minute before Cristian Romero went off for Rodrigo Mendoza on 67 minutes. Espanyol also made two changes in the 73rd minute and two more on 82 minutes, but Atletico broke through late, Baena finishing Álvarez's assist in the 89th minute to make it 1-0. Espanyol had 29% of the ball to Atletico Madrid's 71% and made 268 passes to 670, while the visitors had 19 shots to 9, 6 on target to 1, and 12 corners to 4. Atletico also posted 1.03 xG to Espanyol's 0.5 and had 4 offsides to none, while Espanyol made 5 saves to Atletico Madrid's 1.

Atletico Madrid collected five yellow cards, for Morten Hjulmand, Lee Kang-In, Cristian Romero, Alejandro Baena Rodríguez and Rodrigo Mendoza. Espanyol were booked twice, with Roger Hinojo on 81 minutes and Unai Núñez in the 87th minute.