Almería 3-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 5 February 2011
Result
Almería 3-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 5 February 2011, 17:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Almería 3-2 Espanyol: match report
Almería beat Espanyol 3-2 in La Liga on Saturday 5 February 2011. The half-time score was 3-1.
Marcelo Silva opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Almería's goals came from Marcelo Silva (5'), K. Uche (7') and H. Bernardello (18'). Espanyol scored through Joan Verdú (34') and Álvaro Vázquez (49').
Discipline: Almería received 5 yellow cards; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Almería were 19th on 17 points from 21 and Espanyol 6th on 35 points from 21. Almería went on to finish that season 20th with 30 points, and Espanyol 10th with 47.
Almería lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Almería wins, 1 draw and 4 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Almería's last five read L-W-D-L-L and Espanyol's L-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Marcelo Silva
- 7'Goal · K. Uche
- 18'Goal · H. Bernardello
- 20'Yellow card · Ernesto Galán
- 23'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 34'Goal · Joan Verdú
- 40'Yellow card · Crusat
- 45'Yellow card · Joan Verdú
- 47'Yellow card · Modeste M'bami
- 49'Goal · Álvaro Vázquez
- 64'Yellow card · Fabián Vargas Rivera
- 70'Yellow card · Michel Macedo
- 90'Yellow card · Diego Alves
Head-to-head
Team news
Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Alves, Michael Jakobsen, Marcelo Silva, Michel Macedo, Santiago Wilmer Acasiete Ariadela, Crusat, Modeste M'bami, Hernán Bernardello, Kalu Uche, Pablo Piatti, Leonardo Ulloa
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, David García, Jordi Amat, Ernesto Galán, Juan Forlin, Javi Márquez, Joan Verdú, Juanmi Callejón, Luis Garcia, Sergio García