Espanyol 0-2 Girona: result and report
La Liga · Friday 16 January 2026
Result
Espanyol 0-2 Girona
La Liga · Friday 16 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Espanyol 0-2 Girona: match report
Espanyol lost to Girona 0-2 in La Liga on Friday 16 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.
Vladyslav Vanat opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Espanyol did not score. Girona scored through Vladyslav Vanat (45+3', penalty) and Vladyslav Vanat (90+3', penalty).
Discipline: Espanyol received 5 yellow cards; Girona received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 5th on 34 points from 19 and Girona 13th on 21 points from 19. Espanyol went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Girona 19th with 41.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Girona in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hugo Rincón of Girona (7.8), ahead of Jofre Carreras (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Espanyol wins, 3 draws and 4 for Girona.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Girona's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · Arnau Martínez
- 45'Yellow card · Omar El Hilali
- 45+3'Penalty goal · Vladyslav Vanat
- 69'Yellow card · Joel Roca
- 76'Yellow card · Paulo Gazzaniga
- 76'Yellow card · Rubén Sánchez
- 81'Yellow card · Jofre Carreras
- 82'Yellow card · Antoniu Roca
- 87'Yellow card · Álex Moreno
- 89'Yellow card · Carlos Romero
- 89'Yellow card · Vladyslav Vanat
- 90+3'Penalty goal · Vladyslav Vanat
Head-to-head
Team news
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Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Urko González de Zárate, Pol Lozano, Tyrhys Dolan, Edu Expósito, Pere Milla, Roberto Fernández
Girona line-up (4-2-3-1)
Paulo Gazzaniga, Hugo Rincón, Vitor Reis, Daley Blind, Álex Moreno, Iván Martín, Arnau Martínez, Viktor Tsygankov, Thomas Lemar, Bryan Gil, Vladyslav Vanat