Matchday 1 · La Liga 2025-26 · August 17, 2025
Goals only: this source has no shots, so the replay comes from each side's goals over the season.
Espanyol 2–1 Atlético: lucky or expected?
Espanyol beat Atlético 2–1, but the goals lean toward Atlético: 4 wins in 10 to Espanyol’s 3, 3 end level. Rated on this season’s goals, Espanyol were expected to score 1.2 here and Atlético 1.5.
Full time
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
| 2 | |
| 1 |
What the goals say
Luck index +58 Espanyol lucky · −58 Atlético
Our source has this match’s goals but not its shots, so it is replayed from what each side’s goals over the season say: both teams rated on every goal scored and conceded, and the match played again 4,000 times from those ratings. How often does this result come out? How the goals-only replay works
Ten replays. Espanyol win 3, 3 end level, Atlético win 4.
- 1 ESP 2 ATM 1
- 2 ESP 2 ATM 1
- 3 ESP 2 ATM 0
- 4 ESP 0 ATM 0
- 5 ESP 1 ATM 1
- 6 ESP 3 ATM 3
- 7 ESP 0 ATM 3
- 8 ESP 0 ATM 2
- 9 ESP 0 ATM 1
- 10 ESP 1 ATM 2
The goals
Espanyol’s chance of winning
As low as 12% and as high as 100%. Numbers mark the goals, listed below.
| Minute | Goal | Score | Win chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 37' | Julian Alvarez (Atlético) | 0–1 | +30% Atlético |
| 2. 73' | Miguel Rubio (Espanyol) | 1–1 | +41% Espanyol |
| 3. 84' | Pere Milla (Espanyol) | 2–1 | +45% Espanyol |
Win chance: the scoring side’s chance of winning the moment before the goal against the moment after it, from the score and the minutes left. A draw counts half.
About these numbers
Scores and goals from openfootball (public domain). It has no shots, so there is no expected goals for this match and no finishing luck: the replay, the in-game win probability and the luck index are our own models, built from the season’s goals alone (methodology and validation). The luck index is how far the result was from what the goals say. Espanyol win 42% of replays (a draw counted as half).
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