Valencia 2-1 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Saturday 17 November 2012

Result

Valencia 2-1 Espanyol

La Liga · Saturday 17 November 2012, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Valencia 2-1 Espanyol: match report

Valencia defeated Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 17 November 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jonathan Viera opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Valencia's goals came from Jonathan Viera (16') and Roberto Soldado (90', penalty). Espanyol scored through Samuele Longo (31').

Discipline: Valencia received 9 yellow cards; Espanyol received 8 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Valencia were 9th on 15 points from 11 and Espanyol 18th on 9 points from 11. Valencia went on to finish that season 5th with 66 points, and Espanyol 14th with 41.

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, 1 draw and 4 for Espanyol.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Jonathan VieraValencia · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · David AlbeldaValencia
  • 25'Yellow card · AlbeldaValencia
  • 29'Yellow card · JonasValencia
  • 30'Yellow card · JonasValencia
  • 31'Goal · Samuele LongoEspanyol · 1-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Roberto SoldadoValencia
  • 43'Yellow card · Víctor RuizValencia
  • 57'Yellow card · Alberto Facundo CostaValencia
  • 60'Yellow card · Andrés GuardadoValencia
  • 66'Yellow card · Raúl RodríguezEspanyol
  • 66'Yellow card · Cristian ÁlvarezEspanyol
  • 70'Yellow card · Juan ForlinEspanyol
  • 78'Yellow card · BarragánValencia
  • 87'Red card · Héctor MorenoEspanyol
  • 87'Yellow card · Héctor MorenoEspanyol
  • 87'Yellow card · Sergio TejeraEspanyol
  • 87'Yellow card · Joan VerdúEspanyol
  • 87'Yellow card · Mubarak WakasoEspanyol
  • 88'Red card · Sergio GarcíaEspanyol
  • 88'Yellow card · TejeraEspanyol
  • 90'Penalty goal · Roberto SoldadoValencia · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Valencia 5, draws 1, Espanyol 4.

Team news

Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vicente Guaita, Jordi Alba, Ricardo Costa, Adil Rami, Tino Costa, Pablo Hernández, Sofiane Feghouli, Aritz Aduriz, Mehmet Topal

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

Cristian Álvarez, Raúl Rodríguez, Juan Forlin, Héctor Moreno, Víctor Álvarez, Víctor Sánchez, Joan Verdú, Mubarak Wakaso, Cristian Gómez, Sergio García, Samuele Longo