Espanyol 2-2 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 11 January 2009
Result
Espanyol 2-2 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 11 January 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Espanyol 2-2 Almería: match report
Espanyol drew with Almería 2-2 in La Liga on Sunday 11 January 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.
K. Uche opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Román Martínez (62') and Nicolás Pareja (90+3'). Almería scored through K. Uche (4') and K. Uche (53').
Discipline: Espanyol received 5 yellow cards; Almería received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 18th on 14 points from 17 and Almería 15th on 19 points from 17. Espanyol went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Almería 12th with 46.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-2 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Espanyol wins, 0 draws and 2 for Almería.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-L-L-D-L and Almería's W-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · K. Uche
- 34'Yellow card · Corona
- 53'Goal · K. Uche
- 59'Yellow card · Sergio Sánchez
- 62'Goal · Román Martínez
- 64'Yellow card · Chico Flores
- 70'Yellow card · Nicolás Pareja
- 77'Yellow card · Moisés Hurtado
- 88'Yellow card · Javi Chica
- 90+1'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 90+2'Yellow card · Dani Jarque
- 90+3'Goal · Nicolás Pareja
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Sergio Sánchez, Nicolás Pareja, Dani Jarque, Angel Martinez, Nenê, Ferran Corominas, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Rufete
Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, Bruno Saltor, Chico Flores, Juanma Ortiz, Mane, Hernán Pellerano, Crusat, Corona, Juanito, Kalu Uche, Soriano