Valencia 4-3 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 22 January 2011
Result
Valencia 4-3 Málaga
La Liga · Saturday 22 January 2011, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Valencia 4-3 Málaga: match report
Valencia beat Málaga 4-3 in La Liga on Saturday 22 January 2011. The half-time score was 1-2.
Salomón Rondón opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Valencia's goals came from Juan Mata (17', penalty), Andrzej Olszewski (53'), É. Banega (67') and Aduriz (90'). Málaga scored through Salomón Rondón (10'), Salomón Rondón (35') and Júlio Baptista (79').
Discipline: Valencia received 1 yellow card; Málaga received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 4th on 37 points from 19 and Málaga 16th on 17 points from 19. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Málaga 11th with 46.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Málaga in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Valencia wins, 2 draws and 0 for Málaga.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Málaga's L-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Salomón Rondón
- 15'Red card · Martín Demichelis
- 17'Penalty goal · Juan Mata
- 25'Yellow card · Júlio Baptista
- 31'Yellow card · Duda
- 33'Yellow card · Hedwiges Maduro
- 35'Goal · Salomón Rondón
- 53'Goal · Andrzej Olszewski
- 65'Red card · Hélder Rosario
- 67'Goal · É. Banega
- 68'Yellow card · Sergio Asenjo
- 79'Goal · Júlio Baptista
- 90'Yellow card · Apoño
- 90'Goal · Aduriz
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vicente Guaita, Dealbert, Marius Stankevicius, Jérémy Mathieu, Miguel, Jordi Alba, Hedwiges Maduro, Juan Mata, Pablo Hernández, Tino Costa, Aritz Aduriz
Málaga expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rubén, Eliseu, Jesús Gámez, Kris Stadsgaard, Weligton, Patrick Jan Mtiliga, Iván González, Duda, Recio, Salomón Rondón, Sebastián Fernández