Real Betis 1-1 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 7 December 2008

Result

Real Betis 1-1 Espanyol

La Liga · Sunday 7 December 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Real Betis 1-1 Espanyol: match report

Real Betis drew with Espanyol 1-1 in La Liga on Sunday 7 December 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Achille Emana opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Real Betis's goal came from Achille Emana (57'). Espanyol scored through Ferran Corominas (71').

Discipline: Real Betis received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Betis were 12th on 17 points from 13 and Espanyol 18th on 12 points from 13. Real Betis went on to finish that season 17th with 42 points, and Espanyol 10th with 47.

Real Betis lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Betis win, 4 draws and 1 for Espanyol.

Going into the match Real Betis's last five read L-W-W-W-L and Espanyol's L-L-L-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Sergio SánchezEspanyol
  • 51'Yellow card · M. SmiljanićEspanyol
  • 56'Yellow card · Ángel MartínezEspanyol
  • 57'Goal · Achille EmanaReal Betis · 1-0
  • 71'Goal · Ferran CorominasEspanyol · 1-1
  • 77'Yellow card · ArzuReal Betis
  • 81'Yellow card · Achille EmanaReal Betis
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Román MartínezEspanyol

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Real Betis 1, draws 4, Espanyol 1.

Team news

Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)

Casto, Damiá, Fabián Monzón, Nelson, Juanma, Arzu, Capi, Achille Emana, Sergio García, Juanito, Mehmet Aurelio

Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)

Carlos Kameni, Sergio Sánchez, Grégory Béranger, Nicolás Pareja, Dani Jarque, De la Peña, Milan Smiljanić, Angel Martinez, Nenê, Juanmi Callejón, Rufete