Espanyol 2-1 Almería: result and report
La Liga 2 · Sunday 20 December 2020
Result
Espanyol 2-1 Almería
La Liga 2 · Sunday 20 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Espanyol 2-1 Almería: match report
Espanyol defeated Almería 2-1 in La Liga 2 on Sunday 20 December 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Raúl de Tomás opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Raúl de Tomás (9') and Raúl de Tomás (84', penalty). Almería scored through José Corpas (51', penalty).
Discipline: Espanyol received 2 yellow cards; Almería received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 2nd on 39 points from 18 and Almería 3rd on 38 points from 18. Espanyol went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Almería 5th with 74.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-2 and Almería in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Raúl de Tomás of Espanyol (9.0), ahead of João Carvalho (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Espanyol wins, 3 draws and 2 for Almería.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Almería's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 0'Yellow card · José Martins Teixeira Gomes
- 9'Goal · Raúl de Tomás
- 25'Yellow card · Sergi Darder
- 26'Yellow card · Moreno
- 43'Yellow card · Iván Balliu
- 51'Penalty goal · José Corpas
- 83'Yellow card · José Corpas
- 84'Penalty goal · Raúl de Tomás
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Óscar Gil, David López, Lluís López, Adrià Pedrosa, Adrián Embarba, Keidi Bare, Sergi Darder, Javi Puado, Óscar Melendo, Raúl de Tomás
Almería line-up (4-2-3-1)
Giorgi Makaridze, Iván Balliu, Nikola Maras, Jorge Cuenca, Sergio Akieme, Manu Morlanes, Samú Costa, José Corpas, João Carvalho, José Carlos Lazo, Umar Sadiq