Valencia 4-0 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 16 April 2006

Result

Valencia 4-0 Espanyol

La Liga · Sunday 16 April 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Valencia 4-0 Espanyol: match report

Valencia defeated Espanyol 4-0 in La Liga on Sunday 16 April 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.

David Villa opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Valencia's goals came from David Villa (39', penalty), Roberto Ayala (66'), Mista (69') and Rubén Baraja (85'). Espanyol did not score.

Discipline: Valencia received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 59 points from 32 and Espanyol 16th on 34 points from 32. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 69 points, and Espanyol 15th with 41.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valencia win, 0 draws and 0 for Espanyol.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Sergio SánchezEspanyol
  • 32'Yellow card · Fábio AurélioValencia
  • 38'Yellow card · Nascimento CostaEspanyol
  • 39'Penalty goal · David VillaValencia · 1-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Luis GarcíaEspanyol
  • 60'Second yellow · Nascimento CostaEspanyol
  • 66'Goal · Roberto AyalaValencia · 2-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Moisés HurtadoEspanyol
  • 69'Goal · MistaValencia · 3-0
  • 85'Goal · Rubén BarajaValencia · 4-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Valencia 1, draws 0, Espanyol 0.

Team news

Valencia line-up

Cañizares, Miguel, Fábio Aurélio, Roberto Ayala, Amadeo Carboni, Raúl Albiol, David Villa, Albelda, Rubén Baraja, Miguel Ángel Angulo, Mario Regueiro Pintos

Espanyol line-up

Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, David García, Pablo Zabaleta, Sergio Sánchez, Eduardo Costa, De la Peña, Ferran Corominas, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Raúl Tamudo, Mauricio Pochettino