Athletic Club 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 12 December 2010
Result
Athletic Club 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 12 December 2010, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Athletic Club 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Athletic Club beat Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 12 December 2010. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Pablo Osvaldo opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Fernando Llorente (73') and David López (78'). Espanyol scored through Pablo Osvaldo (33').
Discipline: Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 11th on 19 points from 14 and Espanyol 4th on 28 points from 14. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Espanyol 10th with 47.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Athletic Club wins, 3 draws and 4 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Espanyol's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Javi Chica
- 33'Goal · Pablo Osvaldo
- 51'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 67'Yellow card · Carlos Gurpegi
- 73'Goal · Fernando Llorente
- 78'Goal · David López
- 80'Yellow card · Orbaiz
- 83'Yellow card · Pablo Osvaldo
- 90+2'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
- 90+4'Yellow card · Joan Verdú
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Jon Aurtenetxe, Fernando Amorebieta, Susaeta, Muniain, Javi Martínez, Gurpegi, Fernando Llorente, Mikel San José, Andoni Iraola
Espanyol line-up (4-1-4-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Víctor Ruiz, Juan Forlin, Jordi Amat, Luis Garcia, Juanmi Callejón, Pablo Osvaldo, Joan Verdú, Aldo Duscher, Jesús Dátolo