Sevilla 6-4 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 20 August 2016
Result
Sevilla 6-4 Espanyol
La Liga · Saturday 20 August 2016, 20:15 UTC · half-time 3-3
Sevilla 6-4 Espanyol: match report
Sevilla defeated Espanyol 6-4 in La Liga on Saturday 20 August 2016. The half-time score was 3-3.
Pablo Piatti opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Sevilla's goals came from Pablo Sarabia (15'), Luciano Vietto (22'), Luciano Vietto (45+1'), Franco Vázquez (54'), Wissam Ben Yedder (66') and Hiroshi Kiyotake (74'). Espanyol scored through Pablo Piatti (8'), Hernán Pérez (26'), Víctor Sánchez (44') and Gerard Moreno (79').
Discipline: Sevilla received 2 yellow cards; Espanyol received 3 yellow cards.
Sevilla went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Espanyol 8th with 56.
Sevilla lined up in a 3-5-2 and Espanyol in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pablo Sarabia of Sevilla (8.9), ahead of Luciano Vietto (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sevilla wins, 4 draws and 1 for Espanyol.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Pablo Piatti
- 15'Goal · Pablo Sarabia
- 22'Goal · Luciano Vietto
- 26'Goal · Hernán Pérez
- 38'Yellow card · Hernán Pérez
- 39'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 40'Yellow card · Gabriel Mercado
- 44'Goal · Víctor Sánchez
- 45+1'Goal · Luciano Vietto
- 45+3'Yellow card · Álvaro González
- 54'Goal · Franco Vázquez
- 64'Yellow card · Luciano Vietto
- 66'Goal · Wissam Ben Yedder
- 74'Goal · Hiroshi Kiyotake
- 79'Goal · Gerard Moreno
Head-to-head
Team news
Sevilla line-up (3-5-2)
Sergio Rico, Mariano, Nicolás Pareja, Gabriel Mercado, Hiroshi Kiyotake, Franco Vázquez, Steven Nzonzi, Pablo Sarabia, Vitolo, Luciano Vietto, Wissam Ben Yedder
Espanyol line-up (4-4-2)
Roberto Jiménez, Javi López, Álvaro González, Óscar Duarte, Rubén Duarte Sánchez, Hernán Pérez, Pape Diop, Víctor Sánchez, Pablo Piatti, Léo Baptistão, Gerard Moreno