Girona 1-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 6 April 2019
Result
Girona 1-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 6 April 2019, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Girona 1-2 Espanyol: match report
Girona were beaten by Espanyol 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 6 April 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Sergi Darder opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Girona's goal came from Cristhian Stuani (80', penalty). Espanyol scored through Sergi Darder (59') and an own goal by Bono (89').
Discipline: Girona received 5 yellow cards; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Girona were 14th on 34 points from 30 and Espanyol 13th on 35 points from 30. Girona went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and Espanyol 7th with 53.
Girona lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sergi Darder of Espanyol (8.3), ahead of Cristhian Stuani (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Girona wins, 0 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Girona's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Espanyol's D-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Javi López
- 35'Yellow card · Cristhian Stuani
- 43'Yellow card · Álex Granell
- 58'Yellow card · Pere Pons
- 59'Goal · Sergi Darder
- 62'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 73'Yellow card · Douglas Luiz
- 80'Penalty goal · Cristhian Stuani
- 89'Own goal · Bono
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jonás Ramalho
Head-to-head
Team news
Girona line-up (4-2-3-1)
Yassine Bounou, Pedro Porro, Juanpe, Bernardo Espinosa, Marc Muniesa, Alex Granell, Pere Pons, Portu, Borja García, Choco Lozano, Cristhian Stuani
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Diego López, Roberto Rosales, Naldo, Mario Hermoso, Javi López, Óscar Melendo, Víctor Sánchez, Marc Roca, Sergi Darder, Borja Iglesias, Wu Lei