Valencia 2-0 Málaga: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 18 December 2011
Result
Valencia 2-0 Málaga
La Liga · Sunday 18 December 2011, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valencia 2-0 Málaga: match report
Valencia defeated Málaga 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 18 December 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.
Roberto Soldado opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Valencia's goals came from Roberto Soldado (36') and Roberto Soldado (62'). Málaga did not score.
Discipline: Valencia received 4 yellow cards; Málaga received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 30 points from 15 and Málaga 7th on 24 points from 15. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 61 points, and Málaga 4th with 58.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Málaga in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Valencia wins, 2 draws and 0 for Málaga.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Málaga's D-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · É. Banega
- 36'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 39'Yellow card · Albelda
- 43'Yellow card · Joris Mathijsen
- 59'Yellow card · Miguel
- 62'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 72'Yellow card · Martín Demichelis
- 87'Yellow card · Pablo Hernández
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jérémy Mathieu, Ricardo Costa, Tino Costa, Juan Mata, Pablo Hernández, Éver Banega, Aritz Aduriz, Mehmet Topal
Málaga line-up (4-4-2)
Willy Caballero, Jesús Gámez, Joris Mathijsen, Nacho Monreal, Jérémy Toulalan, Santi Cazorla, Isco, Joaquín, Salomón Rondón, Juanmi, Martín Demichelis