Valencia 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 2 January 2011
Result
Valencia 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 2 January 2011, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Valencia 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Valencia beat Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 2 January 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
Aduriz opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Valencia's goals came from Aduriz (29') and Juan Mata (90'). Espanyol scored through an own goal by Ricardo Costa (45').
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 4th on 28 points from 16 and Espanyol 5th on 28 points from 16. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Espanyol 10th with 47.
Valencia lined up in a 5-4-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 3 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-D-L-W-D and Espanyol's L-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Aduriz
- 32'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 39'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
- 45'Own goal · Ricardo Costa
- 54'Yellow card · Ricardo Costa
- 60'Red card · Aduriz
- 65'Yellow card · Mehmet Topal
- 67'Yellow card · Jesús Dátolo
- 90'Goal · Juan Mata
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia expected line-up (5-4-1)
César, Ricardo Costa, Miguel, Jérémy Mathieu, David Navarro, Juan Mata, Tino Costa, Pablo Hernández, Hedwiges Maduro, Aritz Aduriz, Joaquín
Espanyol expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Juan Forlin, Javi Chica, Javi Márquez, David García, Joan Verdú, Víctor Ruiz, Juanmi Callejón, Luis Garcia, Pablo Osvaldo, Aldo Duscher