Real Betis 1-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 22 September 2012
Result
Real Betis 1-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 22 September 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Real Betis 1-0 Espanyol: match report
Real Betis defeated Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on Saturday 22 September 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Paulão of Real Betis in the 18th minute.
Discipline: Real Betis received 6 yellow cards; Espanyol received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Real Betis were 8th on 6 points from 3 and Espanyol 19th on 1 point from 4. Real Betis went on to finish that season 8th with 50 points, and Espanyol 14th with 41.
Real Betis lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Betis win, 6 draws and 3 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Real Betis's last five read W-L-W and Espanyol's D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Paulão
- 26'Yellow card · Tejera
- 29'Yellow card · Beñat
- 45'Yellow card · Mubarak Wakaso
- 46'Yellow card · Rubén Pérez
- 52'Yellow card · Javi López
- 57'Yellow card · Nelson
- 67'Second yellow · Mubarak Wakaso
- 71'Yellow card · Nono
- 78'Yellow card · Cristhian Stuani
- 90'Yellow card · Salvador Agra
- 90+1'Yellow card · Casto
- 90+2'Yellow card · Cristian Álvarez
Head-to-head
Team news
Real Betis line-up (4-2-3-1)
Casto, Mario Alvarez, Paulão, Juankar, Nelson, Nacho, Rubén Pérez, Beñat, Alejandro Pozuelo, Salvador Agra, Rubén Castro
Espanyol line-up (4-3-1-2)
Cristian Álvarez, Raúl Rodríguez, Héctor Moreno, Javi López, Joan Capdevila, Sergio Tejera, Joan Verdú, Simão, Mubarak Wakaso, Cristhian Stuani, Víctor Sánchez