Sporting Gijón 1-2 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 17 December 2011

Result

Sporting Gijón 1-2 Espanyol

La Liga · Saturday 17 December 2011, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sporting Gijón 1-2 Espanyol: match report

Sporting Gijón lost to Espanyol 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 17 December 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.

Thievy Bifouma opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Sporting Gijón's goal came from David Barral (60'). Espanyol scored through Thievy Bifouma (2') and Sergio García (84').

Discipline: Sporting Gijón received no yellow cards; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting Gijón were 18th on 15 points from 15 and Espanyol 8th on 20 points from 15. Sporting Gijón went on to finish that season 19th with 37 points, and Espanyol 14th with 46.

Sporting Gijón 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 3 Sporting Gijón wins, 1 draw and 2 for Espanyol.

Going into the match Sporting Gijón's last five read W-L-L-W-D and Espanyol's W-L-L-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Thievy BifoumaEspanyol · 0-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Vladimir WeissEspanyol
  • 60'Goal · David BarralSporting Gijón · 1-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Pedro RostollEspanyol
  • 84'Goal · Sergio GarcíaEspanyol · 1-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Sporting Gijón 3, draws 1, Espanyol 2.

Team news

Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)

Juan Pablo, Iván Hernández, Roberto Canella, Damián Suárez, Castro, Rivera, Grégory Arnolin, Oscar Trejo, Nacho Novo, Miguel de las Cuevas, David Barral

Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)

Cristian Álvarez, Raúl Rodríguez, Ernesto Galán, Héctor Moreno, Raúl Baena, Joan Verdú, Romaric, Sergio García, Vladimír Weiss, Thievy Bifouma, Dídac Vilà