Valencia 2-1 Girona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 6 January 2018
Result
Valencia 2-1 Girona
La Liga · Saturday 6 January 2018, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Valencia 2-1 Girona: match report
Valencia won against Girona 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 6 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
Portu opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Valencia's goals came from an own goal by Jonás Ramalho (27') and Dani Parejo (48', penalty). Girona scored through Portu (8').
Discipline: Valencia received 5 yellow cards; Girona received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 34 points from 17 and Girona 10th on 23 points from 17. Valencia went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and Girona 10th with 51.
Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Girona in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dani Parejo of Valencia (8.6), ahead of Johan Mojica (7.7).
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-L-W-L-D and Girona's L-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Portu
- 16'Yellow card · J. Mojica
- 24'Yellow card · Andreas Pereira
- 27'Own goal · Jonás Ramalho
- 27'Yellow card · Portu
- 35'Yellow card · Ezequiel Garay
- 48'Penalty goal · Dani Parejo
- 55'Yellow card · Bernardo Espinosa
- 76'Yellow card · Geoffrey Kondogbia
- 76'Yellow card · Cristhian Stuani
- 84'Yellow card · David Timor
- 85'Yellow card · Nemanja Maksimović
- 86'Yellow card · Gabriel Paulista
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Neto, Gabriel Paulista, José Gayà, Ezequiel Garay, Nacho Vidal, Gonçalo Guedes, Dani Parejo, Andreas Pereira, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Rodrigo, Santi Mina
Girona line-up (3-5-2)
Yassine Bounou, Bernardo Espinosa, Jonas Ramalho, Juanpe, Johan Mojica, Alex Granell, Pere Pons, David Timor, Pablo Maffeo, Cristhian Stuani, Portu