Real Betis 1-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 7 December 2008
Result
Real Betis 1-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 7 December 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Real Betis 1-1 Espanyol: match report
Real Betis drew with Espanyol 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 7 December 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Achille Emana opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Real Betis's goal came from Achille Emana (57'). Espanyol scored through Ferran Corominas (71').
Discipline: Real Betis received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Betis were 12th on 17 points from 13 and Espanyol 18th on 12 points from 13. Real Betis went on to finish that season 17th with 42 points, and Espanyol 10th with 47.
Real Betis 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 Real Betis win, 4 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Real Betis's last five read L-W-W-W-L and Espanyol's L-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Sergio Sánchez
- 51'Yellow card · M. Smiljanić
- 56'Yellow card · Ángel Martínez
- 57'Goal · Achille Emana
- 71'Goal · Ferran Corominas
- 77'Yellow card · Arzu
- 81'Yellow card · Achille Emana
- 90+1'Yellow card · Román Martínez
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)
Casto, Damiá, Fabián Monzón, Nelson, Juanma, Arzu, Capi, Achille Emana, Sergio García, Juanito, Mehmet Aurelio
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Sergio Sánchez, Grégory Béranger, Nicolás Pareja, Dani Jarque, De la Peña, Milan Smiljanić, Angel Martinez, Nenê, Juanmi Callejón, Rufete