Valencia 1-2 Sevilla: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 26 February 2012
Result
Valencia 1-2 Sevilla
La Liga · Sunday 26 February 2012, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Valencia 1-2 Sevilla: match report
Valencia lost to Sevilla 1-2 in La Liga on Sunday 26 February 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
A. Costa opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Valencia's goal came from A. Costa (25'). Sevilla scored through G. Medel (36') and Jesús Navas (70').
Discipline: Valencia received 3 yellow cards; Sevilla received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 40 points from 23 and Sevilla 12th on 29 points from 23. Valencia went on to finish that season 3rd with 61 points, and Sevilla 9th with 50.
Valencia lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sevilla in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Valencia wins, 1 draw and 6 for Sevilla.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-W-D-D-D and Sevilla's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Albelda
- 25'Goal · A. Costa
- 36'Goal · G. Medel
- 63'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 70'Goal · Jesús Navas
- 75'Yellow card · Aduriz
- 87'Yellow card · Fernando Navarro
- 90'Yellow card · G. Medel
Head-to-head
Team news
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Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vicente Guaita, Bruno Saltor, Adil Rami, Dealbert, Pablo Hernández, Éver Banega, Aritz Aduriz, Pablo Piatti, Jonas, Mehmet Topal
Sevilla line-up (4-4-2)
Fernando Navarro, Emir Spahić, Jesús Navas, Julien Escude, Coke, Gary Medel, Ivan Rakitić, José Antonio Reyes, Álvaro Negredo, Frédéric Kanouté, Palop