Girona 2-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 1 April 2023
Result
Girona 2-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 1 April 2023, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Girona 2-1 Espanyol: match report
Girona beat Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Saturday 1 April 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Arnau Martínez opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Girona's goals came from Arnau Martínez (53') and Cristhian Stuani (88', penalty). Espanyol scored through Martin Braithwaite (73').
Discipline: Girona received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Girona were 12th on 31 points from 26 and Espanyol 17th on 27 points from 26. Girona went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Espanyol 19th with 37.
Girona lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Espanyol in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Arnau Martínez of Girona (8.1), ahead of Javi Hernández (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Girona wins, 1 draw and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Girona's last five read D-L-L-W-W and Espanyol's L-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Oriol Romeu
- 35'Yellow card · Iván Martín
- 53'Goal · Arnau Martínez
- 71'Red card · Reinier
- 71'Yellow card · Taty Castellanos
- 73'Goal · Martin Braithwaite
- 83'Red card · Sergi Gómez
- 83'Yellow card · Denis Suárez
- 87'Yellow card · Fernando Calero
- 88'Penalty goal · Cristhian Stuani
- 90+2'Yellow card · Arnau Martínez
Head-to-head
Team news
Girona line-up (4-1-4-1)
Paulo Gazzaniga, Arnau Martínez, Santiago Bueno, David López, Javi Hernández, Oriol Romeu, Viktor Tsygankov, Iván Martín, Borja García, Toni Villa, Taty Castellanos
Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)
Fernando Pacheco, Rubén Sánchez, César Montes, Sergi Gómez Solà, Óscar Gil, Javi Puado, Vinicius de Souza Costa, José Gragera, Martin Braithwaite, Sergi Darder, Joselu