Valencia 3-1 Real Zaragoza: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 8 November 2009
Result
Valencia 3-1 Real Zaragoza
La Liga · Sunday 8 November 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Valencia 3-1 Real Zaragoza: match report
Valencia beat Real Zaragoza 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 8 November 2009. The half-time score was 3-0.
Juan Mata opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Valencia's goals came from Juan Mata (17'), David Villa (40') and Pablo Hernández (41'). Real Zaragoza scored through Abel Aguilar (65').
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards; Real Zaragoza received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 5th on 18 points from 9 and Real Zaragoza 13th on 11 points from 9. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Real Zaragoza 14th with 41.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Zaragoza in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Valencia wins, 3 draws and 0 for Real Zaragoza.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Real Zaragoza's W-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Juan Mata
- 22'Yellow card · Rubén Pulido
- 34'Yellow card · Leonardo Ponzio
- 40'Goal · David Villa
- 41'Goal · Pablo Hernández
- 52'Yellow card · David Villa
- 64'Yellow card · Lafita
- 65'Goal · Abel Aguilar
- 76'Yellow card · César
- 83'Yellow card · Roberto Ayala
- 89'Yellow card · Álex Sánchez
Head-to-head
Team news
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Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, David Navarro, Dealbert, Jérémy Mathieu, Miguel, Juan Mata, Pablo Hernández, David Silva, Éver Banega, David Villa, Albelda
Real Zaragoza line-up (4-2-3-1)
Javier López Vallejo, Paredes, Roberto Ayala, Francisco Pavón, Rubén Pulido, Jorge Lopéz, Ander Herrera, Abel Aguilar, Ángel Lafita, Ewerthon, Leonardo Ponzio