Levante 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Friday 15 April 2016
Result
Levante 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Friday 15 April 2016, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Levante 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Levante beat Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Friday 15 April 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Hernán Pérez opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Levante's goals came from Giuseppe Rossi (23') and Carl Medjani (66'). Espanyol scored through Hernán Pérez (7').
Discipline: Levante received 5 yellow cards; Espanyol received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Levante were 17th on 30 points from 32 and Espanyol 15th on 36 points from 32. Levante went on to finish that season 20th with 36 points, and Espanyol 16th with 41.
Levante lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Víctor Sánchez of Espanyol (8.4), ahead of Óscar Duarte (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Levante wins, 4 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Levante's last five read L-D-D-W-D and Espanyol's L-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Hernán Pérez
- 12'Yellow card · Deyverson
- 23'Goal · Giuseppe Rossi
- 39'Yellow card · J. Lerma
- 66'Goal · Carl Medjani
- 72'Yellow card · Juanfran
- 78'Yellow card · Verza
- 82'Yellow card · Mauricio Cuero
Head-to-head
Team news
Levante expected line-up (4-4-2)
Diego Mariño, Carl Medjani, Juanfran, Zouhair Feddal, Joan Verdú, Jefferson Lerma, Simão Mate, Giuseppe Rossi, Verza
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Pau López, Javi López, Álvaro González, Óscar Duarte, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Víctor Sánchez, Pape Diop, Abraham González, Hernán Pérez, Felipe Caicedo, Marco Asensio