Málaga 1-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Tuesday 25 March 2014
Result
Málaga 1-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Tuesday 25 March 2014, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Málaga 1-2 Espanyol: match report
Málaga were beaten by Espanyol 1-2 in La Liga on Tuesday 25 March 2014. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Sergio García opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Málaga's goal came from Pablo Pérez (34'). Espanyol scored through Sergio García (33') and Pizzi (76').
Discipline: Málaga received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Espanyol received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Málaga were 13th on 32 points from 29 and Espanyol 9th on 37 points from 29. Málaga went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Espanyol 13th with 42.
Málaga lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Málaga wins, 2 draws and 4 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Málaga's last five read W-L-W-D-D and Espanyol's D-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Cristhian Stuani
- 33'Goal · Sergio García
- 34'Goal · Pablo Pérez
- 51'Yellow card · Pablo Pérez
- 76'Goal · Pizzi
- 78'Second yellow · Pablo Pérez
- 90+3'Yellow card · Oleksandr Yakovenko
Head-to-head
Team news
Málaga line-up (4-2-3-1)
Willy Caballero, Weligton, Flávio, Vitorino Antunes, Marcos Angeleri, Francisco Portillo, Pablo Pérez, Nordin Amrabat, Samu, Sergi Darder, Roque Santa Cruz
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Kiko Casilla, Sidnei, David López, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Juan Rafael Fuentes, Víctor Sánchez, Pizzi, Cristhian Stuani, Sergio García, Jhon Córdoba