Sporting Gijón 1-0 Espanyol: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 24 April 2011
Result
Sporting Gijón 1-0 Espanyol
La Liga · Sunday 24 April 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sporting Gijón 1-0 Espanyol: match report
Sporting Gijón beat Espanyol 1-0 in La Liga on Sunday 24 April 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Nacho Novo of Sporting Gijón in the 71st minute.
Discipline: Sporting Gijón received 1 yellow card; Espanyol received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sporting Gijón were 11th on 38 points from 32 and Espanyol 8th on 43 points from 32. Sporting Gijón went on to finish that season 9th with 47 points, and Espanyol 10th with 47.
Sporting Gijón lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Espanyol in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sporting Gijón wins, 1 draw and 2 for Espanyol.
Going into the match Sporting Gijón's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Espanyol's D-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Raúl Rodríguez
- 21'Yellow card · Javi López
- 51'Yellow card · Iván Alonso Vallejo
- 53'Yellow card · Javi Márquez
- 59'Yellow card · Jordi Amat
- 60'Yellow card · Botía
- 71'Goal · Nacho Novo
- 87'Yellow card · Joan Verdú
Head-to-head
Team news
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Juan Pablo, Alberto Botía, Cote, Iván Hernández, Lora, Castro, Diego Castro, Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, Miguel de las Cuevas, Nacho Cases, David Barral
Espanyol line-up (4-2-3-1)
Carlos Kameni, Javi Chica, Jordi Amat, Ernesto Galán, Javi López, Raúl Rodríguez, Joan Verdú, Juanmi Callejón, Luis Garcia, Pablo Osvaldo, Iván Alonso