Valencia 1-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 8 April 2018
Result
Valencia 1-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 8 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valencia 1-0 Espanyol: match report
Valencia won against Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 8 April 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Rodrigo of Valencia in the 7th minute.
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 4th on 62 points from 30 and Espanyol 14th on 36 points from 30. Valencia went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and Espanyol 13th with 49.
Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Neto of Valencia (8.4), level with Gabriel Paulista (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Espanyol's D-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Rodrigo
- 15'Yellow card · Carlos Sánchez
- 53'Yellow card · Carlos Soler
- 54'Yellow card · Ezequiel Garay
- 68'Yellow card · Léo Baptistão
- 90+2'Yellow card · Geoffrey Kondogbia
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Neto, Gabriel Paulista, José Gayà, Martín Montoya, Ezequiel Garay, Gonçalo Guedes, Dani Parejo, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Carlos Soler, Simone Zaza, Rodrigo
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pau López, Marc Navarro, Dídac Vilà, David López, Mario Hermoso, Carlos Sánchez, José Jurado, Óscar Melendo, Pablo Piatti, Sergi Darder, Gerard Moreno