Espanyol 2-0 Almería: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 20 December 2009
Result
Espanyol 2-0 Almería
La Liga · Sunday 20 December 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Espanyol 2-0 Almería: match report
Espanyol defeated Almería 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 20 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Javi Márquez opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Javi Márquez (44') and Ferran Corominas (80'). Almería did not score.
Discipline: Espanyol received 3 yellow cards; Almería received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 17th on 13 points from 14 and Almería 16th on 13 points from 14. Espanyol went on to finish that season 11th with 44 points, and Almería 13th with 42.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Espanyol win, 1 draw and 2 for Almería.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Almería's D-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · Facundo Roncaglia
- 43'Yellow card · Pablo Piatti
- 44'Goal · Javi Márquez
- 44'Yellow card · Domingo Cisma
- 44'Yellow card · Luis García
- 60'Yellow card · Soriano
- 80'Goal · Ferran Corominas
- 89'Yellow card · Iván Alonso Vallejo
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Facundo Roncaglia, Nicolás Pareja, Víctor Ruiz, Javi Márquez, Joan Verdú, Moisés Hurtado, Juanmi Callejón, Luis Garcia, Iván Alonso
Almería expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, Hernán Pellerano, Guilherme Santos, Chico Flores, Crusat, Nieto, Kalu Uche, Álvaro Negredo, Pablo Piatti, Soriano