Málaga 4-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 January 2009
Result
Málaga 4-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 18 January 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Málaga 4-0 Espanyol: match report
Málaga won against Espanyol 4-0 in La Liga on Sunday 18 January 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Adrián opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Málaga's goals came from Adrián (35'), Apoño (56', penalty), Nabil Baha (84', penalty) and Albert Luque (90+1'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: Málaga received no yellow cards; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Málaga were 8th on 28 points from 18 and Espanyol 18th on 15 points from 18. Málaga went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Espanyol 10th with 47.
Málaga lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Málaga wins, 0 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Espanyol's D-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Adrián
- 56'Yellow card · Moisés Hurtado
- 56'Penalty goal · Apoño
- 84'Yellow card · Dani Jarque
- 84'Penalty goal · Nabil Baha
- 89'Yellow card · Ferran Corominas
- 90+1'Goal · Albert Luque
Head-to-head
Team news
Málaga expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alexis Ruano, Nacho, Gabriel, Gerardo, Jorge Ribeiro, Jesús Gámez, Duda, Apoño, Pablo Couñago, Nabil Baha
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Jesús Lacruz, Sergio Sánchez, Dani Jarque, Román Martínez, Nenê, Moisés Hurtado, Óscar Sielva, Luis Garcia, Rufete