Espanyol 2-4 Sevilla: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 16 February 2008
Result
Espanyol 2-4 Sevilla
La Liga · Saturday 16 February 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Espanyol 2-4 Sevilla: match report
Espanyol were beaten by Sevilla 2-4 in La Liga on Saturday 16 February 2008. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Luís Fabiano opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Luis García (41') and Ferran Corominas (75'). Sevilla scored through Luís Fabiano (6'), Frédéric Kanouté (10'), Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen (74') and Diego Capel (77').
Discipline: Espanyol received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sevilla received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 5th on 39 points from 23 and Sevilla 7th on 33 points from 23. Espanyol went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Sevilla 4th with 64.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sevilla in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sevilla.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Sevilla's D-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Luís Fabiano
- 8'Yellow card · Pablo Zabaleta
- 10'Goal · Frédéric Kanouté
- 20'Yellow card · Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen
- 41'Goal · Luis García
- 45'Yellow card · De la Peña
- 65'Second yellow · Pablo Zabaleta
- 74'Goal · Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen
- 75'Goal · Ferran Corominas
- 77'Yellow card · Adriano
- 77'Goal · Diego Capel
- 80'Yellow card · Jesús Navas
- 85'Yellow card · Moisés Hurtado
- 88'Yellow card · Valdo
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Clemente Rodríguez, Pablo Zabaleta, Dani Jarque, Alberto Serran, Valdo, De la Peña, Albert Riera, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Ewerthon
Sevilla expected line-up (4-4-2)
Morgan De Sanctis, Dani Alves, Jesús Navas, Ivica Dragutinovic, Aquivaldo Mosquera, Julien Escude, Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen, Diego Capel, Renato, Luís Fabiano, Frédéric Kanouté