Espanyol 0-1 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 30 November 2008
Result
Espanyol 0-1 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Sunday 30 November 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Espanyol 0-1 Sporting Gijón: match report
Espanyol were beaten by Sporting Gijón 0-1 in La Liga on Sunday 30 November 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Carmelo of Sporting Gijón in the 30th minute.
Discipline: Espanyol received 5 yellow cards; Sporting Gijón received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Espanyol were 16th on 12 points from 12 and Sporting Gijón 12th on 15 points from 12. Espanyol went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Sporting Gijón 16th with 43.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Sporting Gijón's L-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Carmelo
- 35'Yellow card · Moisés Hurtado
- 60'Yellow card · Soriano
- 67'Yellow card · Jesús Lacruz
- 72'Yellow card · Román Martínez
- 77'Yellow card · Luis García
- 84'Yellow card · Kike Mateo
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Jesús Lacruz, Sergio Sánchez, Grégory Béranger, Dani Jarque, Angel Martinez, Nenê, Ferran Corominas, Moisés Hurtado, Luis Garcia, Raúl Tamudo
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Pedro, Iván Hernández, Roberto Canella, Gerard, Sastre, Carmelo, Diego Castro, Diego Camacho, Matabuena, Mate Bilic