Espanyol 2-0 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 1 March 2008
Result
Espanyol 2-0 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 1 March 2008, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Espanyol 2-0 Valencia: match report
Espanyol won against Valencia 2-0 in La Liga on Saturday 1 March 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Luis García opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Espanyol's goals came from Luis García (3') and Luis García (50', penalty). Valencia did not score.
Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; Valencia received 7 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 6th on 39 points from 25 and Valencia 9th on 35 points from 25. Espanyol went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Valencia 10th with 51.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Espanyol win, 1 draw and 3 for Valencia.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Valencia's D-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Luis García
- 10'Yellow card · Moisés Hurtado
- 27'Yellow card · É. Banega
- 27'Yellow card · Marco Caneira
- 45'Yellow card · Ángel Martínez
- 50'Penalty goal · Luis García
- 50'Yellow card · David Silva
- 58'Yellow card · Emiliano Moretti
- 59'Yellow card · Hedwiges Maduro
- 73'Yellow card · Nikola Zigic
- 80'Second yellow · Hedwiges Maduro
- 85'Yellow card · Rubén Baraja
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, David García, Pablo Zabaleta, Marc Torrejón, Dani Jarque, Valdo, De la Peña, Albert Riera, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Jonathan Soriano
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Timo Hildebrand, Raúl Albiol, Marco Caneira, Iván Helguera, Emiliano Moretti, Hedwiges Maduro, Éver Banega, Juan Mata, David Silva, David Villa, Joaquín