Málaga 4-0 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 24 November 2012
Result
Málaga 4-0 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 24 November 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Málaga 4-0 Valencia: match report
Málaga defeated Valencia 4-0 in La Liga on Saturday 24 November 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
Francisco Portillo opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Málaga's goals came from Francisco Portillo (8'), Javier Saviola (75'), R. Santa Cruz (81') and Isco (90+2'). Valencia did not score.
Discipline: Málaga received 2 yellow cards; Valencia received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Málaga were 6th on 19 points from 12 and Valencia 10th on 18 points from 12. Málaga went on to finish that season 6th with 55 points, and Valencia 5th with 66.
Málaga lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Francisco Portillo of Málaga (8.3), ahead of Isco (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Málaga win, 2 draws and 7 for Valencia.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read D-L-L-D-W and Valencia's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Francisco Portillo
- 11'Yellow card · Andrés Guardado
- 29'Yellow card · É. Banega
- 40'Yellow card · Fernando Gago
- 59'Yellow card · Joaquín
- 64'Yellow card · Weligton
- 72'Yellow card · A. Costa
- 74'Yellow card · A. Rami
- 75'Goal · Javier Saviola
- 81'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 84'Second yellow · A. Rami
- 90+2'Goal · Isco
Head-to-head
Team news
Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Willy Caballero, Jesús Gámez, Weligton, Martín Demichelis, Eliseu, Ignacio Camacho, Joaquín, Jérémy Toulalan, Francisco Portillo, Isco, Javier Saviola
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vicente Guaita, Jordi Alba, Ricardo Costa, Adil Rami, Tino Costa, Pablo Hernández, Sofiane Feghouli, Aritz Aduriz, Mehmet Topal