Espanyol 3-0 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 3 May 2009
Result
Espanyol 3-0 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 3 May 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Espanyol 3-0 Valencia: match report
Espanyol defeated Valencia 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday 3 May 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Román Martínez opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Román Martínez (66'), Nicolás Pareja (82') and Nenê (90+2', penalty). Valencia did not score.
Discipline: Espanyol received 1 yellow card; Valencia received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 16th on 35 points from 33 and Valencia 4th on 56 points from 33. Espanyol went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Valencia 6th with 62.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 1 draw and 4 for Valencia.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Valencia's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 66'Goal · Román Martínez
- 82'Goal · Nicolás Pareja
- 83'Yellow card · Nicolás Pareja
- 90+1'Yellow card · Pablo Hernández
- 90+2'Penalty goal · Nenê
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Sergio Sánchez, Nicolás Pareja, Dani Jarque, De la Peña, Nenê, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Raúl Tamudo, Iván Alonso
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, Raúl Albiol, Alexis Ruano, Miguel, Hedwiges Maduro, Marchena, Juan Mata, David Silva, David Villa, Joaquín, Rubén Baraja