Valencia 2-1 Huesca: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 23 December 2018
Result
Valencia 2-1 Huesca
La Liga · Sunday 23 December 2018, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valencia 2-1 Huesca: match report
Valencia beat Huesca 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 23 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Dani Parejo opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Valencia's goals came from Dani Parejo (25') and Cristiano Piccini (90+4'). Huesca scored through Cucho Hernández (72', penalty).
Discipline: Valencia received 7 yellow cards; Huesca received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 14th on 19 points from 16 and Huesca 20th on 8 points from 16. Valencia went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and Huesca 19th with 33.
Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Huesca in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dani Parejo of Valencia (9.7), ahead of Roberto Santamaría (7.8).
Going into the match Valencia's last five read D-D-L-W-W and Huesca's D-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Dani Parejo
- 31'Yellow card · Santi Mina
- 34'Yellow card · Denis Cheryshev
- 49'Yellow card · Ezequiel Garay
- 54'Yellow card · Pablo Insua
- 63'Yellow card · Rodrigo
- 72'Penalty goal · Cucho Hernández
- 82'Yellow card · Samuele Longo
- 84'Yellow card · José Gayà
- 84'Yellow card · Christian Rivera
- 87'Yellow card · Carlos Soler
- 90+4'Goal · Cristiano Piccini
- 90+4'Yellow card · Cristiano Piccini
- 90+5'Yellow card · Xabi Etxeita
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Neto, Cristiano Piccini, Ezequiel Garay, Mouctar Diakhaby, José Gayà, Daniel Wass, Dani Parejo, Carlos Soler, Denis Cheryshev, Santi Mina, Rodrigo
Huesca line-up (4-1-4-1)
Roberto Santamaría, Jorge Miramón, Pablo Insua, Xabier Etxeita, Carlos Akapo, Damián Marcelo Musto, Moi Gómez, Cristian Rivera, Gonzalo Melero, David Ferreiro, Cucho Hernández