Atlético de Madrid 1-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 24 February 2013
Result
Atlético de Madrid 1-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 24 February 2013, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Atlético de Madrid 1-0 Espanyol: match report
Atlético de Madrid beat Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 24 February 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Radamel Falcao of Atlético de Madrid in the 38th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 2nd on 53 points from 24 and Espanyol 13th on 29 points from 24. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 3rd with 76 points, and Espanyol 14th with 41.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Atlético de Madrid wins, 1 draw and 3 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Espanyol's W-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 14'Yellow card · Kiko Casilla
- 34'Yellow card · Gabi
- 34'Yellow card · Cristhian Stuani
- 34'Yellow card · Tiago
- 37'Yellow card · Héctor Moreno
- 38'Penalty goal · Radamel Falcao
- 45+4'Second yellow · Gabi
- 56'Yellow card · Arda Turan
- 58'Yellow card · Diego Colotto
- 79'Yellow card · Samuele Longo
- 90+2'Yellow card · Thibaut Courtois
- 90+2'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Thibaut Courtois, Diego Godín, Filipe Luís, Juanfran, Miranda, Tiago, Koke, Arda Turan, Gabi, R. Falcao, Diego Costa
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kiko Casilla, Juan Forlin, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Joan Capdevila, Diego Colotto, Víctor Sánchez, Joan Verdú, Simão, Cristhian Stuani, Sergio García