Espanyol 2-0 Castellón: result and report
La Liga 2 · Sunday 10 January 2021
Result
Espanyol 2-0 Castellón
La Liga 2 · Sunday 10 January 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Espanyol 2-0 Castellón: match report
Espanyol defeated Castellón 2-0 in La Liga 2 on Sunday 10 January 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.
Nico Melamed opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Nico Melamed (7') and Javi Puado (36'). Castellón did not score.
Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; Castellón received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 1st on 42 points from 20 and Castellón 20th on 19 points from 20. Espanyol went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Castellón 21st with 41.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Castellón in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Javi Puado of Espanyol (8.3), ahead of Adrià Pedrosa (7.8).
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Castellón's L-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Nico Melamed
- 31'Yellow card · Nico Melamed
- 36'Goal · Javi Puado
- 53'Goal
- 80'Yellow card · Adrián Embarba
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego López, Miguel Llambrich, David López, Fernando Calero, Adrià Pedrosa, Sergi Darder, Keidi Bare, Adrián Embarba, Nico Melamed, Javi Puado, Raúl de Tomás
Castellón line-up (5-4-1)
Álvaro Campos, Guillem Jaime, Iago Indias, Rafa Gálvez, Eneko Satrústegui, Marc Mateu, Álvaro Fidalgo, Josep Señé, Arturo Molina, Paolo Fernandes, Igor Zlatanovic