Espanyol 3-3 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 16 September 2012
Result
Espanyol 3-3 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 16 September 2012, 10:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Espanyol 3-3 Athletic Club: match report
Espanyol drew with Athletic Club 3-3 in La Liga on Sunday 16 September 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.
Javi López opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Javi López (18'), Joan Verdú (44') and Samuele Longo (80'). Athletic Club scored through Aduriz (56'), Fernando Llorente (71') and Aduriz (83').
Discipline: Espanyol received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Athletic Club received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 19th on 0 points from 3 and Athletic Club 16th on 3 points from 3. Espanyol went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Athletic Club 13th with 43.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletic Club in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 3 for Athletic Club.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-L-L and Athletic Club's W-L-L.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Javi López
- 26'Yellow card · Samuele Longo
- 26'Yellow card · Iker Muniain
- 29'Yellow card · Raúl Rodríguez
- 34'Yellow card · Iñigo Pérez
- 35'Yellow card · Iñigo Pérez
- 44'Goal · Joan Verdú
- 48'Yellow card · Carlos Gurpegi
- 53'Yellow card · Juan Forlin
- 56'Goal · Aduriz
- 61'Yellow card · Joan Verdú
- 71'Goal · Fernando Llorente
- 80'Goal · Samuele Longo
- 81'Second yellow · Samuele Longo
- 83'Yellow card · Mikel San José
- 83'Goal · Aduriz
- 84'Yellow card · Mikel San José
- 90+1'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cristian Álvarez, Javi López, Héctor Moreno, Raúl Rodríguez, Joan Verdú, Raúl Baena, Álvaro Vázquez, Vladimír Weiss, Víctor Sánchez, Dídac Vilà
Athletic Club line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Fernando Amorebieta, Óscar de Marcos, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Gurpegi, Muniain, Aritz Aduriz, Andoni Iraola, Isma López, Iñigo Pérez