Espanyol 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Monday 2 May 2011
Result
Espanyol 2-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Monday 2 May 2011, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Espanyol 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
Espanyol beat Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Monday 2 May 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Pablo Osvaldo opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Pablo Osvaldo (35') and Iván Alonso Vallejo (76'). Athletic Club scored through Susaeta (44').
Discipline: Espanyol received 3 yellow cards; Athletic Club received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 8th on 43 points from 33 and Athletic Club 7th on 51 points from 33. Espanyol went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Athletic Club 7th with 58.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 4 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-D-D-L-L and Athletic Club's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Pablo Osvaldo
- 42'Yellow card · Joan Verdú
- 43'Yellow card · José Callejón
- 44'Goal · Susaeta
- 53'Yellow card · Andoni Iraola
- 76'Goal · Iván Alonso Vallejo
- 81'Yellow card · Pedro Rostoll
- 85'Yellow card · Javi Martínez
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Jordi Amat, Ernesto Galán, Raúl Rodríguez, Javi Márquez, Joan Verdú, Juanmi Callejón, Luis Garcia, Pablo Osvaldo, Iván Alonso
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Fernando Amorebieta, Castillo, Ekiza, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Gurpegi, Javi Martínez, Muniain, Toquero, Andoni Iraola