Espanyol 4-2 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 11 December 2011
Result
Espanyol 4-2 Atlético de Madrid
La Liga · Sunday 11 December 2011, 20:30 UTC · half-time 3-1
Espanyol 4-2 Atlético de Madrid: match report
Espanyol won against Atlético de Madrid 4-2 in La Liga on Sunday 11 December 2011. The half-time score was 3-1.
Joan Verdú opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Joan Verdú (5'), Joan Verdú (8'), Romaric (19') and Sergio García (54'). Atlético de Madrid scored through R. Falcao (32') and Arda Turan (83').
Discipline: Espanyol received 3 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 11th on 17 points from 14 and Atlético de Madrid 9th on 19 points from 14. Espanyol went on to finish that season 14th with 46 points, and Atlético de Madrid 5th with 56.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Espanyol wins, 1 draw and 4 for Atlético de Madrid.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-L-D-D-L and Atlético de Madrid's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Joan Verdú
- 8'Goal · Joan Verdú
- 19'Goal · Romaric
- 27'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 32'Goal · R. Falcao
- 40'Yellow card · Sergio García
- 54'Goal · Sergio García
- 63'Yellow card · Raúl Baena
- 66'Yellow card · Paulo Assunção
- 76'Yellow card · Carlos Gallego
- 83'Goal · Arda Turan
- 84'Yellow card · Miranda
- 90+1'Yellow card · Diego Godín
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cristian Álvarez, Raúl Rodríguez, Ernesto Galán, Héctor Moreno, Juan Forlin, Joan Verdú, Romaric, Pedro Rostoll, Sergio García, Thievy Bifouma, Dídac Vilà
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thibaut Courtois, Diego Godín, Mario Suárez, Filipe Luís, Arda Turan, Eduardo Salvio, R. Falcao, Gabi, Carlos Gallego, Diego, Miranda