Valencia 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 13 February 2016
Result
Valencia 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 13 February 2016, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Valencia 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Valencia defeated Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 13 February 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
Óscar Duarte opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Valencia's goals came from Álvaro Negredo (71') and Denis Cheryshev (76'). Espanyol scored through Óscar Duarte (52').
Discipline: Valencia received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 9th on 27 points from 23 and Espanyol 16th on 24 points from 23. Valencia went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Espanyol 16th with 41.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marco Asensio of Espanyol (8.0), ahead of João Cancelo (7.8).
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 L-L-D-W-L and Espanyol's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 33'Yellow card · Enzo Pérez
- 43'Yellow card · Pape Diop
- 52'Goal · Óscar Duarte
- 58'Yellow card · Abraham
- 71'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 76'Goal · Denis Cheryshev
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, João Cancelo, Aderllan Santos, Guilherme Siqueira, Aymen Abdennour, Sofiane Feghouli, Dani Parejo, Enzo Pérez, Rodrigo, Denis Cheryshev, Paco Alcácer
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Pau López, Víctor Álvarez, Javi López, Álvaro González, Óscar Duarte, Burgui, Abraham González, Pape Diop, Marco Asensio, Felipe Caicedo, Mamadou Sylla