Málaga 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 21 February 2010
Result
Málaga 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 21 February 2010, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Málaga 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Málaga defeated Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 21 February 2010. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Fernando opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Málaga's goals came from Fernando (13') and Victor Obinna (75'). Espanyol scored through Víctor Ruiz (44').
Discipline: Málaga received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Málaga were 15th on 24 points from 22 and Espanyol 12th on 26 points from 22. Málaga went on to finish that season 17th with 37 points, and Espanyol 11th with 44.
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 1 Málaga win, 0 draws and 4 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read W-D-W-L-W and Espanyol's W-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Fernando
- 30'Yellow card · S. Benachour
- 44'Goal · Víctor Ruiz
- 44'Yellow card · José Callejón
- 44'Yellow card · Dani Toribio
- 51'Yellow card · Fernando
- 62'Yellow card · Manuel Torres Caturla
- 67'Yellow card · Víctor Ruiz
- 75'Goal · Victor Obinna
- 82'Yellow card · Duda
- 85'Red card · Jesús Gámez
Head-to-head
Team news
Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jesús Gámez, Weligton, Manuel Torres Caturla, Milan Stepanov, Duda, Dani Toribio, Felipe Caicedo, Javi López, Fernando, Selim Benachour, Gustavo Munúa Vera
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, David García, Nicolás Pareja, Víctor Ruiz, Javi Márquez, Joan Verdú, Raúl Baena, Juanmi Callejón, Luis Garcia, Iván Alonso