LaLiga Santander: attendance for Matchday 7 of 2017-18, Real Madrid - Espanyol draws 71,205 fans

Matchday 7 of the 2017-18 LaLiga Santander season drew an average of 27,767 spectators per game from 29/09 to 01/10/2017. The average stadium fill rate was 76%.

Real Madrid CF - RCD Espanyol (2-0), the closing match of the round, on Sunday 01/10/2017 (kick-off at 20:45 CET), drew the biggest crowd of the weekend, with 71,205 at the Santiago Bernabeu (80,000 capacity; fill rate of 89%). Three matches drew more than 30,000 spectators, and all others less than 20,000.

The FC Barcelona - UD Las Palmas (3-0) match, on Sunday 01/10/2017 (kick-off 16:15 CET) , was played behind closed doors at the Camp Nou (99,354 capacity), at the request of the Catalan club, which initially wished not to play the game in order to express its solidarity with the independence cause, and to denounce violence by the Guardia Civil (Spanish police).

The referendum on self-determination in Catalonia was organised on 01/10/2017, despite the Spanish State's refusal to acknowledge it. If FC Barcelona had refused to play, it would have cost the club a 3-0 defeat on forfeit to Las Palmas, and an additional 3-point…