Espanyol 4-0 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 15 April 2012
Result
Espanyol 4-0 Valencia
La Liga · Sunday 15 April 2012, 10:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Espanyol 4-0 Valencia: match report
Espanyol beat Valencia 4-0 in La Liga on Sunday 15 April 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.
Cristian Gómez opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Cristian Gómez (16'), Joan Verdú (30'), Álvaro Vázquez (58') and K. Uche (80'). Valencia did not score.
Discipline: Espanyol received 3 yellow cards; Valencia received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 10th on 42 points from 32 and Valencia 3rd on 52 points from 32. Espanyol went on to finish that season 14th with 46 points, and Valencia 3rd with 61.
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 3 Espanyol wins, 1 draw and 6 for Valencia.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-D-D-L-D and Valencia's W-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 16'Goal · Cristian Gómez
- 22'Yellow card · Pablo Hernández
- 30'Goal · Joan Verdú
- 33'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
- 58'Goal · Álvaro Vázquez
- 71'Yellow card · A. Costa
- 72'Yellow card · Raúl Baena
- 72'Yellow card · Jérémy Mathieu
- 73'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 80'Goal · K. Uche
- 88'Yellow card · Aduriz
Head-to-head
Team news
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Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cristian Álvarez, Raúl Rodríguez, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Raúl Baena, Joan Verdú, Cristian Gómez, Sergio García, Kalu Uche, Vladimír Weiss, Dídac Vilà
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vicente Guaita, Adil Rami, Jordi Alba, Ricardo Costa, Jérémy Mathieu, Pablo Hernández, Dani Parejo, Tino Costa, Jonas, Mehmet Topal, Antonio Barragán