Valencia 1-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 2 January 2010
Result
Valencia 1-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 2 January 2010, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Valencia 1-0 Espanyol: match report
Valencia defeated Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on Saturday 2 January 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Nikola Zigic of Valencia in the 90th minute.
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 4th on 29 points from 15 and Espanyol 13th on 16 points from 15. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Espanyol 11th with 44.
Valencia 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 4 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 3 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read D-L-W-D-W and Espanyol's W-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Albelda
- 29'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 44'Yellow card · Javi Márquez
- 49'Yellow card · É. Banega
- 62'Yellow card · Moisés Hurtado
- 83'Yellow card · Javi Chica
- 90'Goal · Nikola Zigic
- 90'Yellow card · Nikola Zigic
Head-to-head
Team news
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Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, Bruno Saltor, David Navarro, Alexis Ruano, Miguel, Jordi Alba, Juan Mata, Éver Banega, David Villa, Joaquín, Albelda
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Facundo Roncaglia, Nicolás Pareja, Juan Forlin, Javi Márquez, Joan Verdú, Ferran Corominas, Moisés Hurtado, Juanmi Callejón, Luis Garcia