Espanyol 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 11 November 2007
Result
Espanyol 2-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 11 November 2007, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Espanyol 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
Espanyol beat Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 11 November 2007. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Gabilondo opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Espanyol's goals came from Raúl Tamudo (39') and an own goal by Aitor Ocio (90'). Athletic Club scored through Gabilondo (2').
Discipline: Espanyol received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 6th on 19 points from 11 and Athletic Club 12th on 13 points from 11. Espanyol went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Athletic Club 11th with 50.
Espanyol lined up in a 3-5-2 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Espanyol win, 2 draws and 1 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-D-D-W-W and Athletic Club's W-L-D-W-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Gabilondo
- 39'Goal · Raúl Tamudo
- 43'Yellow card · De la Peña
- 56'Yellow card · Clemente Rodríguez
- 61'Yellow card · Luis García
- 61'Yellow card · Koikili
- 63'Yellow card · Riera
- 70'Yellow card · Dani Jarque
- 70'Yellow card · Fernando Llorente
- 84'Yellow card · Javi Martínez
- 90'Second yellow · Dani Jarque
- 90'Own goal · Aitor Ocio
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (3-5-2)
Carlos Kameni, Clemente Rodríguez, Pablo Zabaleta, Marc Torrejón, Dani Jarque, Valdo, De la Peña, Albert Riera, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Raúl Tamudo
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Ustaritz, Fernando Amorebieta, Koikili, Aitor Ocio, Gabilondo, Orbaiz, Javi Martínez, Aritz Aduriz, Andoni Iraola, Joseba Etxeberria