Espanyol 3-0 Granada: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 21 January 2012
Result
Espanyol 3-0 Granada
La Liga · Saturday 21 January 2012, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Espanyol 3-0 Granada: match report
Espanyol won against Granada 3-0 in La Liga on Saturday 21 January 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.
Raúl Baena opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Raúl Baena (26'), Joan Verdú (45+1', penalty) and Pedro Rostoll (80'). Granada did not score.
Discipline: Espanyol received 1 yellow card; Granada received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 9th on 25 points from 18 and Granada 17th on 19 points from 18. Espanyol went on to finish that season 14th with 46 points, and Granada 17th with 42.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Granada in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-D-W-W-L and Granada's L-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Raúl Baena
- 45'Yellow card · Allan Nyom
- 45+1'Penalty goal · Joan Verdú
- 77'Yellow card · Raúl Baena
- 80'Goal · Pedro Rostoll
- 82'Yellow card · Franco Jara
- 85'Yellow card · Jaime Romero
Team news
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Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kiko Casilla, Raúl Rodríguez, Ernesto Galán, Héctor Moreno, Juan Forlin, Raúl Baena, Joan Verdú, Romaric, Vladimír Weiss, Thievy Bifouma, Dídac Vilà
Granada line-up (4-2-3-1)
Júlio César, Allan Nyom, Diego Mainz, Guilherme Siqueira, Borja Gómez, Fran Rico, Mikel Rico, Dani Benítez, Ikechukwu Uche, Alexandre Geijo, Abel Gómez