Sevilla 4-1 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 6 April 2014
Result
Sevilla 4-1 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 6 April 2014, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Sevilla 4-1 Espanyol: match report
Sevilla defeated Espanyol 4-1 in La Liga on Sunday 6 April 2014. The half-time score was 2-0.
Stephane M'Bia opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Sevilla's goals came from Stephane M'Bia (18'), Kévin Gameiro (45'), Kévin Gameiro (84') and Ivan Rakitic (89'). Espanyol scored through Sergio García (47', penalty).
Discipline: Sevilla received 3 yellow cards; Espanyol received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sevilla were 5th on 51 points from 31 and Espanyol 9th on 40 points from 31. Sevilla went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Espanyol 13th with 42.
Sevilla lined up in a 4-4-2 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sevilla wins, 5 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Sevilla's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Espanyol's L-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Stephane M'Bia
- 41'Yellow card · David López
- 45'Goal · Kévin Gameiro
- 47'Yellow card · Federico Fazio
- 47'Penalty goal · Sergio García
- 51'Yellow card · Stephane M'Bia
- 60'Yellow card · Diogo Figueiras
- 84'Goal · Kévin Gameiro
- 89'Goal · Ivan Rakitic
Head-to-head
Team news
Sevilla line-up (4-4-2)
Beto, Federico Fazio, Diogo Figueiras, Alberto Moreno, Nicolás Pareja, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Piotr Trochowski, Vitolo, Mehmet Yozgatlı, Carlos Bacca, Kévin Gameiro
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Germán Parreño, Raúl Rodríguez, Sidnei, David López, Javi López, Juan Rafael Fuentes, Pizzi, Abraham González, Cristhian Stuani, Sergio García, Simão