Espanyol 2-0 Real Betis: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 26 April 2009
Result
Espanyol 2-0 Real Betis
La Liga · Sunday 26 April 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Espanyol 2-0 Real Betis: match report
Espanyol beat Real Betis 2-0 in La Liga on Sunday 26 April 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Luis García opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Espanyol's goals came from Luis García (3') and Román Martínez (82'). Real Betis did not score.
Discipline: Espanyol received 1 yellow card; Real Betis received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 18th on 32 points from 32 and Real Betis 13th on 37 points from 32. Espanyol went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Real Betis 17th with 42.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Betis in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Espanyol win, 5 draws and 1 for Real Betis.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Real Betis's L-W-W-D-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Luis García
- 24'Yellow card · Iván Alonso Vallejo
- 38'Yellow card · Arzu
- 82'Goal · Román Martínez
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, David García, Sergio Sánchez, Nicolás Pareja, Dani Jarque, De la Peña, Nenê, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Raúl Tamudo, Iván Alonso
Real Betis line-up (4-4-1-1)
Ricardo, Melli, Fernando Vega, Nelson, Arzu, Mark González, Capi, Achille Emana, Edu, Ricardo Oliveira, Juanito