Elche 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 5 October 2013
Result
Elche 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 5 October 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Elche 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Elche beat Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 5 October 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.
Ferran Corominas opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Elche's goals came from Ferran Corominas (40') and Ferran Corominas (74'). Espanyol scored through Thievy Bifouma (65').
Discipline: Elche received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Elche were 17th on 6 points from 7 and Espanyol 7th on 11 points from 7. Elche went on to finish that season 16th with 40 points, and Espanyol 13th with 42.
Elche lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Elche's last five read W-L-L-D-D and Espanyol's L-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Ferran Corominas
- 65'Goal · Thievy Bifouma
- 72'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 74'Yellow card · Ferran Corominas
- 74'Goal · Ferran Corominas
- 84'Yellow card · David López
- 87'Second yellow · Víctor Sánchez
Team news
Elche line-up (4-2-3-1)
Manu Herrera, Damián Suárez, David Lombán, Domingo Cisma, Charlie Dean I'Anson, Rubén Pérez, Carles Gil, Fidel, Javi Márquez, Ferran Corominas, Manu Del Moral
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Kiko Casilla, Raúl Rodríguez, David López, Javi López, Juan Rafael Fuentes, Diego Colotto, Víctor Sánchez, Abraham González, Cristhian Stuani, Sergio García, Simão