diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 0082a4c84..a0c4af92f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -646,7 +646,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     @staticmethod
     def _og_regexes(prop):
         content_re = r'content=(?:"([^>]+?)"|\'([^>]+?)\'|\s*([^\s"\'=<>`]+?))'
-        property_re = r'(?:name|property)=[\'"]?og:%s[\'"]?' % re.escape(prop)
+        property_re = (r'(?:name|property)=(?:\'og:%(prop)s\'|"og:%(prop)s"|\s*og:%(prop)s\b)'
+                       % {'prop': re.escape(prop)})
         template = r'<meta[^>]+?%s[^>]+?%s'
         return [
             template % (property_re, content_re),