Real Betis 3-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 17 March 2018
Result
Real Betis 3-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 17 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Betis 3-0 Espanyol: match report
Real Betis beat Espanyol 3-0 in La Liga on Saturday 17 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Junior Firpo opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Real Betis's goals came from Junior Firpo (34'), Ryad Boudebouz (56') and Francis (69'). Espanyol did not score.
Discipline: Real Betis received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Real Betis were 8th on 40 points from 28 and Espanyol 13th on 35 points from 28. Real Betis went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Espanyol 13th with 49.
Real Betis lined up in a 3-5-2 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryad Boudebouz of Real Betis (8.6), ahead of Marc Bartra (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Real Betis wins, 2 draws and 5 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Real Betis's last five read W-L-D-W-L and Espanyol's W-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Junior Firpo
- 36'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 56'Goal · Ryad Boudebouz
- 69'Goal · Francis
- 81'Yellow card · Francis
- 89'Yellow card · Sergi Darder
- 90+3'Yellow card · Dídac Vila
- 90+3'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Betis line-up (3-5-2)
Antonio Adán, Jordi Amat, Marc Bartra, Aïssa Mandi, Javi García, Fabián Ruiz, Andrés Guardado, Francis Guerrero, Junior Firpo, Ryad Boudebouz, Loren Morón
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Pau López, Marc Navarro, Aarón Martín, Óscar Duarte, David López, Víctor Sánchez, Carlos Sánchez, Pablo Piatti, Granero, Gerard Moreno, Léo Baptistão