Overview

• Leaders Real Madrid have opened LaLiga with four wins and beat Marseille 2-1 in midweek through two Kylian Mbappé penalties, taking him to 50 club goals since 2024.
• Trent Alexander-Arnold is set for a multi-week absence with a hamstring injury, Antonio Rüdiger remains out long term, Ferland Mendy is sidelined, and Dean Huijsen faces a one-game ban under appeal after LaLiga acknowledged an officiating error.
• Jude Bellingham and Eduardo Camavinga were medically cleared and named on the bench against Marseille and are expected by reports to feature against Espanyol.
• Endrick trained fully with the group for the first time since May and is reported as available for selection; he was left off Brazil’s U20 World Cup squad to focus on regaining fitness at Real Madrid.
• Espanyol arrive third with 10 points and unbeaten, though top scorer Pere Milla is suspended, and they have not won at the Bernabéu since 1996.