Espanyol 3-1 Deportivo A Coruña: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 5 April 2009

Result

Espanyol 3-1 Deportivo A Coruña

La Liga · Sunday 5 April 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Espanyol · Deportivo A Coruña · La Liga predictions

Espanyol 3-1 Deportivo A Coruña: match report

Espanyol won against Deportivo A Coruña 3-1 in La Liga on Sunday 5 April 2009. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Iván Alonso Vallejo opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Iván Alonso Vallejo (12'), De la Peña (40') and Rufete (90'). Deportivo A Coruña scored through Lassad Nouioui (42').

Discipline: Espanyol received 3 yellow cards; Deportivo A Coruña received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Espanyol were 20th on 22 points from 28 and Deportivo A Coruña 7th on 43 points from 28. Espanyol went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Deportivo A Coruña 7th with 58.

Espanyol lined up in a 4-4-2 and Deportivo A Coruña in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 1 draw and 4 for Deportivo A Coruña.

Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-D-L-L-W and Deportivo A Coruña's D-L-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Iván Alonso VallejoEspanyol · 1-0
  • 13'Yellow card · Joan VerdúDeportivo A Coruña
  • 40'Goal · De la PeñaEspanyol · 2-0
  • 42'Goal · Lassad NouiouiDeportivo A Coruña · 2-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Alberto LopoDeportivo A Coruña
  • 51'Yellow card · Dani JarqueEspanyol
  • 55'Yellow card · Raúl TamudoEspanyol
  • 62'Yellow card · Drazenko PrskaloDeportivo A Coruña
  • 82'Yellow card · NenêEspanyol
  • 90'Goal · RufeteEspanyol · 3-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Espanyol 2, draws 1, Deportivo A Coruña 4.

Team news

Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)

Carlos Kameni, David García, Sergio Sánchez, Nicolás Pareja, Dani Jarque, De la Peña, Nenê, Moisés Hurtado, Juanmi Callejón, Raúl Tamudo, Iván Alonso

Deportivo A Coruña expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Aranzubia, Filipe Luís, Alberto Lopo, Joan Verdú, Ángel Lafita, Andrés Guardado, Riki, Zé Castro, Manuel Pablo, Julián de Guzmán