Espanyol 2-3 Sevilla: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 21 May 2011
Result
Espanyol 2-3 Sevilla
La Liga · Saturday 21 May 2011, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Espanyol 2-3 Sevilla: match report
Espanyol were beaten by Sevilla 2-3 in La Liga on Saturday 21 May 2011. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Álvaro Negredo opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Espanyol's goals came from Pablo Osvaldo (55') and Joan Verdú (73'). Sevilla scored through Álvaro Negredo (3'), Frédéric Kanouté (45+1') and Álvaro Negredo (63').
Discipline: Espanyol received no yellow cards; Sevilla received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 9th on 47 points from 37 and Sevilla 5th on 56 points from 37. Espanyol went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Sevilla 5th with 59.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sevilla in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Espanyol wins, 2 draws and 4 for Sevilla.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Sevilla's W-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 45+1'Goal · Frédéric Kanouté
- 48'Yellow card · Martín Cáceres
- 55'Goal · Pablo Osvaldo
- 63'Goal · Álvaro Negredo
- 73'Goal · Joan Verdú
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cristian Álvarez, Javi Chica, Jordi Amat, Ernesto Galán, Javi López, Raúl Rodríguez, Joan Verdú, Luis Garcia, Pablo Osvaldo, Álvaro Vázquez, Iván Alonso
Sevilla line-up (4-4-2)
Javi Varas, Martín Cáceres, Julien Escude, Sergio Sánchez, Mouhamadou Dabo, Romaric, Alejandro Alfaro, Gary Medel, Luis Alberto, Frédéric Kanouté, Álvaro Negredo