Sevilla 2-1 Espanyol: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 11 November 2018

Result

Sevilla 2-1 Espanyol

La Liga · Sunday 11 November 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sevilla 2-1 Espanyol: match report

Sevilla beat Espanyol 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 11 November 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Borja Iglesias opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Sevilla's goals came from Gabriel Mercado (70') and Wissam Ben Yedder (89'). Espanyol scored through Borja Iglesias (38').

Discipline: Sevilla received 4 yellow cards; Espanyol received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sevilla were 5th on 20 points from 11 and Espanyol 4th on 21 points from 11. Sevilla went on to finish that season 5th with 59 points, and Espanyol 7th with 53.

Sevilla lined up in a 3-5-2 and Espanyol in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jesús Navas of Sevilla (8.5), ahead of Éver Banega (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Sevilla wins, 2 draws and 2 for Espanyol.

Going into the match Sevilla's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Espanyol's W-D-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Franco VázquezSevilla
  • 18'Yellow card · Daniel CarriçoSevilla
  • 38'Goal · Borja IglesiasEspanyol · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · GraneroEspanyol
  • 61'Yellow card · Gabriel MercadoSevilla
  • 70'Goal · Gabriel MercadoSevilla · 1-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Diego LópezEspanyol
  • 88'Yellow card · Sergio EscuderoSevilla
  • 89'Goal · Wissam Ben YedderSevilla · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sevilla 6, draws 2, Espanyol 2.

Team news

Sevilla line-up (3-5-2)

Tomas Vaclik, Gabriel Mercado, Daniel Carriço, Sergi Gómez Solà, Jesús Navas, Pablo Sarabia, Éver Banega, Franco Vázquez, Sergio Escudero, Quincy Promes, André Silva

Espanyol line-up (4-3-3)

Diego López, Roberto Rosales, David López, Mario Hermoso, Dídac Vilà, Sergi Darder, Marc Roca, Granero, Óscar Melendo, Borja Iglesias, Sergio García