Sevilla 3-2 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 1 February 2015
Result
Sevilla 3-2 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 1 February 2015, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Sevilla 3-2 Espanyol: match report
Sevilla beat Espanyol 3-2 in La Liga on Sunday 1 February 2015. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Cristhian Stuani opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Sevilla's goals came from Diogo Figueiras (26'), Vitolo (35') and Iago Aspas (89'). Espanyol scored through Cristhian Stuani (15', penalty) and Víctor Sánchez (77').
Discipline: Sevilla received 8 yellow cards; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sevilla were 6th on 37 points from 19 and Espanyol 8th on 25 points from 20. Sevilla went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Espanyol 12th with 47.
Sevilla 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 Sevilla wins, 5 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Sevilla's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Espanyol's W-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Aleix Vidal
- 13'Yellow card · José Alberto Cañas
- 14'Yellow card · Beto
- 15'Penalty goal · Cristhian Stuani
- 21'Yellow card · Víctor Sánchez
- 26'Goal · Diogo Figueiras
- 35'Goal · Vitolo
- 37'Yellow card · Vicente Iborra
- 40'Red card · Kiko Casilla
- 44'Yellow card · Alejandro Arribas
- 45+2'Yellow card · Lucas Vázquez
- 56'Yellow card · Diogo Figueiras
- 66'Yellow card · É. Banega
- 77'Goal · Víctor Sánchez
- 81'Yellow card · Carlos Bacca
- 89'Goal · Iago Aspas
- 89'Yellow card · Iago Aspas
Head-to-head
Team news
Sevilla line-up (4-2-3-1)
Beto, Diogo Figueiras, Alejandro Arribas, Timothée Kolodziejczak, Fernando Navarro, Daniel Carriço, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Aleix Vidal, Éver Banega, Vitolo, Iago Aspas
Espanyol expected line-up (4-4-2)
Kiko Casilla, Álvaro González, Lucas Vázquez, Juan Rafael Fuentes, José Alberto Cañas, Salva Sevilla, Sergio García, Cristhian Stuani