Valencia 1-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Friday 31 December 2021
Result
Valencia 1-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Friday 31 December 2021, 15:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Valencia 1-2 Espanyol: match report
Valencia lost to Espanyol 1-2 in La Liga on Friday 31 December 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.
Omar Alderete opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Valencia's goal came from Omar Alderete (51'). Espanyol scored through Raúl de Tomás (83', penalty) and Javi Puado (88').
Discipline: Valencia received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 8th on 28 points from 18 and Espanyol 11th on 23 points from 18. Valencia went on to finish that season 9th with 48 points, and Espanyol 14th with 42.
Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Javi Puado of Espanyol (8.1), ahead of Jofre Carreras (8.0).
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-D-D and Espanyol's L-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Thierry Correia
- 19'Yellow card · Gonçalo Guedes
- 30'Yellow card · Nico Melamed
- 51'Goal · Omar Alderete
- 63'Yellow card · Daniel Wass
- 78'Yellow card · Rubo Iranzo
- 79'Yellow card · Hugo Duro
- 79'Yellow card · Óscar Gil
- 82'Second yellow · Hugo Duro
- 83'Penalty goal · Raúl de Tomás
- 88'Goal · Javi Puado
- 90+3'Yellow card · Adrià Pedrosa
- 90+6'Yellow card · Jasper Cillessen
Head-to-head
Team news
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Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Jasper Cillessen, Thierry Correia, Hugo Guillamón, Omar Alderete, Jesús Vázquez, Hélder Costa, Carlos Soler, Daniel Wass, Hugo Duro, Maxi Gómez, Gonçalo Guedes
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Diego López, Aleix Vidal, Sergi Gómez Solà, Leandro Cabrera, Adrià Pedrosa, Keidi Bare, Sergi Darder, Nico Melamed, Adrián Embarba, Loren Morón, Raúl de Tomás