Espanyol 2-3 Valencia: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 13 April 2013
Result
Espanyol 2-3 Valencia
La Liga · Saturday 13 April 2013, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Espanyol 2-3 Valencia: match report
Espanyol lost to Valencia 2-3 in La Liga on Saturday 13 April 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.
Mubarak Wakaso opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Espanyol's goals came from Mubarak Wakaso (45+1'), Joan Verdú (82') and Sergio García (90+3'). Valencia scored through Sergio Canales (53'), Jonas (87') and Roberto Soldado (90+1').
Discipline: Espanyol received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Valencia received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 13th on 37 points from 30 and Valencia 6th on 47 points from 30. Espanyol went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Valencia 5th with 66.
Espanyol lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Valencia in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Espanyol wins, 1 draw and 6 for Valencia.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read W-D-W-L-D and Valencia's D-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 0'Yellow card · Héctor Moreno
- 23'Yellow card · Ricardo Costa
- 45+1'Goal · Mubarak Wakaso
- 53'Goal · Sergio Canales
- 62'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 82'Goal · Joan Verdú
- 87'Goal · Jonas
- 90+1'Goal · Roberto Soldado
- 90+2'Yellow card · Albelda
- 90+3'Red card · Raúl Rodríguez
- 90+3'Goal · Sergio García
- 90+4'Yellow card · Héctor Moreno
Head-to-head
Team news
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kiko Casilla, Felipe Mattioni, Juan Forlin, Héctor Moreno, Joan Capdevila, Diego Colotto, Víctor Sánchez, Joan Verdú, Mubarak Wakaso, Cristhian Stuani, Sergio García
Valencia expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ricardo Costa, Jordi Alba, Adil Rami, Jonas, Tino Costa, Sofiane Feghouli, Aritz Aduriz, Pablo Hernández, Mehmet Topal