Valencia 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 3 December 2011
Result
Valencia 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 3 December 2011, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valencia 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Valencia defeated Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 3 December 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
A. Costa opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Valencia's goals came from A. Costa (6', penalty) and Roberto Soldado (80'). Espanyol scored through Héctor Moreno (69').
Discipline: Valencia received 6 yellow cards; Espanyol received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 27 points from 13 and Espanyol 9th on 17 points from 13. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 61 points, and Espanyol 14th with 46.
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 5 Valencia wins, 2 draws and 3 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Espanyol's L-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 6'Penalty goal · A. Costa
- 6'Yellow card · Dídac Vilà
- 18'Yellow card · Barragán
- 32'Yellow card · Jordi Amat
- 32'Yellow card · A. Rami
- 42'Yellow card · A. Costa
- 44'Yellow card · Vladimir Weiss
- 53'Yellow card · Ernesto Galán
- 57'Yellow card · Mehmet Topal
- 64'Yellow card · Pablo Hernández
- 69'Goal · Héctor Moreno
- 80'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 84'Yellow card · Jordi Alba
- 88'Yellow card · Raúl Rodríguez
Head-to-head
Team news
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Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, Adil Rami, Dealbert, Jordi Alba, Jérémy Mathieu, Pablo Hernández, Tino Costa, Aritz Aduriz, Pablo Piatti, Mehmet Topal, Antonio Barragán
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cristian Álvarez, Raúl Rodríguez, Ernesto Galán, Héctor Moreno, Juan Forlin, Joan Verdú, Cristian Gómez, Álvaro Vázquez, Vladimír Weiss, Thievy Bifouma, Dídac Vilà