Valencia 2-3 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 15 November 2008
Result
Valencia 2-3 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Saturday 15 November 2008, 21:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Valencia 2-3 Sporting Gijón: match report
Valencia were beaten by Sporting Gijón 2-3 in La Liga on Saturday 15 November 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Luis Morán opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Valencia's goals came from David Villa (68', penalty) and Juan Mata (90'). Sporting Gijón scored through Luis Morán (19'), David Barral (51') and Diego Castro (81').
Discipline: Valencia received 2 yellow cards; Sporting Gijón received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 3rd on 23 points from 10 and Sporting Gijón 12th on 12 points from 10. Valencia went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Sporting Gijón 16th with 43.
Valencia lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read W-L-D-W-W and Sporting Gijón's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Luis Morán
- 39'Yellow card · Borja
- 51'Goal · David Barral
- 55'Yellow card · David Barral
- 57'Yellow card · Albelda
- 68'Penalty goal · David Villa
- 75'Yellow card · Rubén Baraja
- 81'Goal · Diego Castro
- 90'Goal · Juan Mata
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-4-1-1)
Renan, Raúl Albiol, Miguel, Emiliano Moretti, Marchena, Vicente, Juan Mata, Manuel Fernandes, David Villa, Joaquín, Albelda
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Borja, Roberto Canella, Gerard, Sastre, Michel, Diego Castro, Diego Camacho, Mate Bilic, Luis Morán, David Barral