Atlético de Madrid 3-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 22 April 2012
Result
Atlético de Madrid 3-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 22 April 2012, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Atlético de Madrid 3-1 Espanyol: match report
Atlético de Madrid defeated Espanyol 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 22 April 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Diego Godín opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Diego Godín (9'), Arda Turan (59') and Arda Turan (61'). Espanyol scored through Dídac Vilà (19').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 9th on 45 points from 33 and Espanyol 10th on 45 points from 33. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 5th with 56 points, and Espanyol 14th with 46.
Atlético de Madrid 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 4 Atlético de Madrid wins, 1 draw and 5 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read W-L-L-W-L and Espanyol's W-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Diego Godín
- 16'Yellow card · Gabi
- 19'Goal · Dídac Vilà
- 48'Yellow card · Diego Godín
- 58'Yellow card · Javi López
- 59'Goal · Arda Turan
- 61'Goal · Arda Turan
- 75'Yellow card · R. Falcao
- 79'Yellow card · Héctor Moreno
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Diego Godín, Filipe Luís, Álvaro Domínguez, Juanfran, Arda Turan, Eduardo Salvio, R. Falcao, Tiago, Gabi, Diego
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cristian Álvarez, Raúl Rodríguez, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Raúl Baena, Joan Verdú, Romaric, Philippe Coutinho, Sergio García, Kalu Uche, Dídac Vilà