Athletic Club 3-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Friday 21 November 2014
Result
Athletic Club 3-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Friday 21 November 2014, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Athletic Club 3-1 Espanyol: match report
Athletic Club beat Espanyol 3-1 in La Liga on Friday 21 November 2014. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Aduriz opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Aduriz (29'), Borja Viguera (44') and Iturraspe (78'). Espanyol scored through Víctor Sánchez (84').
Discipline: Athletic Club received no yellow cards; Espanyol received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 11th on 12 points from 11 and Espanyol 9th on 12 points from 11. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Espanyol 12th with 47.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Athletic Club wins, 2 draws and 6 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read D-W-W-D-L and Espanyol's D-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Aduriz
- 44'Goal · Borja Viguera
- 52'Yellow card · Lucas Vázquez
- 61'Yellow card · Felipe Caicedo
- 62'Yellow card · Javi López
- 75'Yellow card · Sergio García
- 75'Yellow card · Salva Sevilla
- 78'Goal · Iturraspe
- 84'Goal · Víctor Sánchez
Head-to-head
Team news
Athletic Club expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Mikel Balenziaga, Aymeric Laporte, Óscar de Marcos, Iturraspe, Mikel Rico, Susaeta, Muniain, Aritz Aduriz
Espanyol expected line-up (4-4-2)
Kiko Casilla, Diego Colotto, Javi López, Álvaro González, Juan Rafael Fuentes, Lucas Vázquez, José Alberto Cañas, Paco Montañés, Sergio García, Cristhian Stuani, Víctor Sánchez