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 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.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Iván Alonso Vallejo
- 13'Yellow card · Joan Verdú
- 40'Goal · De la Peña
- 42'Goal · Lassad Nouioui
- 45'Yellow card · Alberto Lopo
- 51'Yellow card · Dani Jarque
- 55'Yellow card · Raúl Tamudo
- 62'Yellow card · Drazenko Prskalo
- 82'Yellow card · Nenê
- 90'Goal · Rufete
Head-to-head
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