Athletic Club 1-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 4 January 2009
Result
Athletic Club 1-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 4 January 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Athletic Club 1-1 Espanyol: match report
Athletic Club drew with Espanyol 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 4 January 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
Moisés Hurtado opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Athletic Club's goal came from Andoni Iraola (81'). Espanyol scored through Moisés Hurtado (37').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 12th on 19 points from 16 and Espanyol 18th on 13 points from 16. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Espanyol 10th with 47.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Athletic Club wins, 2 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Espanyol's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Nicolás Pareja
- 22'Yellow card · Aitor Ocio
- 37'Goal · Moisés Hurtado
- 56'Yellow card · Rufete
- 57'Yellow card · Dani Jarque
- 72'Yellow card · Mikel Balenziaga
- 77'Yellow card · Moisés Hurtado
- 81'Goal · Andoni Iraola
- 90+1'Yellow card · Carlos Gurpegi
- 90+1'Yellow card · C. Kameni
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Fernando Amorebieta, Aitor Ocio, Mikel Balenziaga, Susaeta, Orbaiz, Javi Martínez, Ion Vélez, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Sergio Sánchez, Nicolás Pareja, Dani Jarque, Angel Martinez, Nenê, Ferran Corominas, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Rufete