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Commentary
WOODMAN dived to his right to stop an accurate drive from Anderlecht's TERRIER.
15¹GOAL!! A mishit TERRIER shot fell to GAKPO who made no mistake from just outside the area. (1-0 Anderlecht)
16¹CAICEDO ran onto a great ball from PIATTI but hit his shot wide of the righthand post.
19¹WATKINS beat four Espanyol players and drove a golden opportunity over.
24¹LOPEZ knocked the ball to TERRIER who flicked it just beyond the near post.
29¹IAGO flicked a right foot shot just beyond the far post from close range.
33¹TERRIER was put clear by AGUILAR and he beat the Espanyol 'keeper but drilled his shot inches over.
38¹WATKINS flicked a simple chance past the near post.
40¹A shot from GAKPO was smothered by the 'keeper.
44¹GOAL!! A great solo effort from PIATTI who beat a number of defenders before rocketing the ball into the back of the net. (1-1)
46¹WATKINS worked the ball to GAKPO, TERRIER collected his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of WOODMAN.
A penalty box scramble resulted in MELENDO knocking a low shot wide.
12²A corner found TERRIER who flicked an effort inches over.
14²JAVI PUADO receives a yellow card for a high challenge.
15²SANTAMARÍA fluffed a simple chance.
20²GOAL!! Some good work by CAICEDO on the left, left IAGO yards clear, and he raced past the 'keeper and slammed the ball into the net. (2-1 Espanyol)
21²PIATTI beat LOPEZ and whacked the ball to MELENDO who blasted his shot wide.
23²PIATTI booted the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
26²A poor strike from JAVI PUADO rolled agonisingly wide.
31²A clever pass from TERRIER was hit goalbound by LOPEZ only for the Espanyol 'keeper to palm clear.
32²PIATTI touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Anderlecht 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
34²A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
34²A cross from PÉREZ left PIATTI in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
44²A brilliant strike from TERRIER was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper.

 
Espanyol
 
League position: 18
Home league form: LXLL
Overall league form: LLLXLLLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Freddie WOODMAN1Keylor NAVAS
VÍCTOR SÁNCHEZ Mata2Ruben AGUILAR(c)
ADRIÀ Giner PEDROSA3Josko GVARDIOL
Óscar MELENDO4Baptiste SANTAMARÍA
ÁLVARO González5Robin LE NORMAND
Bram NUYTINCK6Harry MAGUIRE
JAVI PUADO7Maxime LOPEZ
Pablo PIATTI8Mattéo GUENDOUZI
(p)Felipe CAICEDO9Ollie WATKINS(p)
(f)Hernán PÉREZ10Cody GAKPO(f)
(c)IAGO Aspas11Martin TERRIER
ManagerJohn Pickford
Papakouli DIOP  12  Rayan AÏT-NOURI
OIER Olazábal  13  Dean HENDERSON
RUBÉN Duarte  14  Aster VRANCKX
JAVI LÓPEZ  15  Dries MERTENS
WU Lei  16  Jordan TEZE
 
Anderlecht
 
League position: 5
Away league form: WLLW
Overall league form: WWLLLWWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Espanyol 2 Anderlecht 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 31,657, Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat, Referee: Lee Jong-Gook 6)

Piatti 44¹, Iago 20²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Gakpo 15¹
  
  
Javi Puado 14² 
47
46
37
37
76
1013
16
43%57%
Man of the match: Robin Le Normand