Deportivo Alavés 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 2 September 2018
Result
Deportivo Alavés 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 2 September 2018, 14:15 UTC · half-time 0-1
Deportivo Alavés 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Deportivo Alavés defeated Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 2 September 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Léo Baptistão opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Deportivo Alavés's goals came from Borja Bastón (57') and Rubén Sobrino (59'). Espanyol scored through Léo Baptistão (42', penalty).
Discipline: Deportivo Alavés received 4 yellow cards; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Deportivo Alavés were 17th on 1 point from 2 and Espanyol 6th on 4 points from 2. Deportivo Alavés went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Espanyol 7th with 53.
Deportivo Alavés lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Fernando Pacheco of Deportivo Alavés (7.8), ahead of Rubén Duarte Sánchez (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Deportivo Alavés win, 3 draws and 2 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Mubarak Wakaso
- 19'Yellow card · Manu García
- 39'Yellow card · Víctor Laguardia
- 40'Yellow card · Fernando Pacheco
- 42'Penalty goal · Léo Baptistão
- 44'Yellow card · Sergi Darder
- 45+4'Yellow card · Borja Iglesias
- 57'Goal · Borja Bastón
- 59'Goal · Rubén Sobrino
- 90+3'Yellow card · Léo Baptistão
Head-to-head
Team news
Deportivo Alavés line-up (4-4-2)
Fernando Pacheco, Martín Aguirregabiria, Víctor Laguardia, Guillermo Maripán, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Ibai Gómez Pérez, Mubarak Wakaso, Manu García, Jony, Borja Bastón, Rubén Sobrino
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Diego López, Javi López, David López, Mario Hermoso, Dídac Vilà, Granero, Marc Roca, Sergi Darder, Léo Baptistão, Borja Iglesias, Sergio García