Espanyol 4-0 Real Zaragoza: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 9 January 2011
Result
Espanyol 4-0 Real Zaragoza
La Liga · Sunday 9 January 2011, 16:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Espanyol 4-0 Real Zaragoza: match report
Espanyol beat Real Zaragoza 4-0 in La Liga on Sunday 9 January 2011. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Pablo Osvaldo opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Pablo Osvaldo (8'), Luis García (30', penalty), Álvaro Vázquez (34') and Sergio García (87'). Real Zaragoza did not score.
Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; Real Zaragoza received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 5th on 28 points from 17 and Real Zaragoza 18th on 13 points from 17. Espanyol went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Real Zaragoza 14th with 45.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Zaragoza in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Espanyol win, 4 draws and 3 for Real Zaragoza.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-L-L-W-W and Real Zaragoza's W-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Pablo Osvaldo
- 20'Yellow card · Jordi Amat
- 30'Penalty goal · Luis García
- 34'Goal · Álvaro Vázquez
- 49'Yellow card · Carlos Diogo Enseñat
- 50'Yellow card · Gabi
- 51'Yellow card · Florent Sinama-Pongolle
- 52'Yellow card · Javi Chica
- 52'Yellow card · Ádám Pintér
- 70'Yellow card · Ander Herrera
- 87'Goal · Sergio García
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Juan Forlin, Javi Chica, Javi Márquez, David García, Joan Verdú, Víctor Ruiz, Juanmi Callejón, Luis Garcia, Pablo Osvaldo, Aldo Duscher
Real Zaragoza expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Paredes, Carlos Diogo Enseñat, Gabi, Jorge Lopéz, Ander Herrera, Nicolás Bertolo, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Leo Franco, Jirí Jarosík