Atlético de Madrid 4-2 Valencia: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 19 April 2012
Result
Atlético de Madrid 4-2 Valencia
Europa League · Thursday 19 April 2012, 19:05 UTC · half-time 1-1
Atlético de Madrid 4-2 Valencia: match report
Atlético de Madrid defeated Valencia 4-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 19 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
R. Falcao opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from R. Falcao (18'), Miranda (49'), Adrián (54') and R. Falcao (78'). Valencia scored through Jonas (45+3') and Ricardo Costa (90+4').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Valencia received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 1st on 43 points from 16 and Valencia 34th on 13 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Atlético de Madrid wins, 5 draws and 3 for Valencia.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Valencia's W-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Sofiane Feghouli
- 18'Goal · R. Falcao
- 41'Yellow card · Arda Turan
- 45+3'Goal · Jonas
- 49'Goal · Miranda
- 54'Goal · Adrián
- 68'Yellow card · Diego Alves
- 78'Goal · R. Falcao
- 90+4'Goal · Ricardo Costa
- 90+5'Yellow card · Álvaro Domínguez
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Thibaut Courtois, Mario Suárez, Filipe Luís, Álvaro Domínguez, Juanfran, Arda Turan, R. Falcao, Adrián, Gabi, Diego, Miranda
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vicente Guaita, Adil Rami, Jérémy Mathieu, Jordi Alba, Ricardo Costa, Tino Costa, Jonas, Mehmet Topal, Antonio Barragán