Valencia 3-1 Sevilla: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 19 April 2009
Result
Valencia 3-1 Sevilla
La Liga · Sunday 19 April 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Valencia 3-1 Sevilla: match report
Valencia beat Sevilla 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 19 April 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Julien Escudé opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Valencia's goals came from David Villa (45+1', penalty), Juan Mata (84', penalty) and Pablo Hernández (90+2'). Sevilla scored through Julien Escudé (9').
Discipline: Valencia received 7 yellow cards; Sevilla received 8 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Valencia were 5th on 49 points from 30 and Sevilla 3rd on 57 points from 30. Valencia went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Sevilla 3rd with 70.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sevilla in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Valencia win, 1 draw and 5 for Sevilla.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-W-W-D-L and Sevilla's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Julien Escudé
- 17'Yellow card · Jesús Navas
- 24'Yellow card · Aldo Duscher
- 26'Yellow card · Adriano
- 26'Yellow card · Sebastien Squillaci
- 30'Yellow card · Rubén Baraja
- 33'Yellow card · Miguel
- 43'Red card · Adriano
- 45+1'Penalty goal · David Villa
- 62'Yellow card · Juan Mata
- 63'Yellow card · Fernando Navarro
- 84'Penalty goal · Juan Mata
- 84'Yellow card · Palop
- 84'Yellow card · David Silva
- 87'Yellow card · Marchena
- 87'Yellow card · Morientes
- 88'Yellow card · Luís Fabiano
- 90+2'Goal · Pablo Hernández
- 90+3'Yellow card · Pablo Hernández
- 90+3'Yellow card · Frédéric Kanouté
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-2-3-1)
César, Raúl Albiol, Alexis Ruano, Miguel, Marchena, Juan Mata, David Silva, David Villa, Joaquín, Albelda, Rubén Baraja
Sevilla line-up (4-4-1-1)
Sébastien Squillaci, Adriano, Jesús Navas, Julien Escude, Fernando Navarro, Aldo Duscher, Renato, Romaric, Frédéric Kanouté, Palop, Diego Perotti